Window Cleaning in Nanaimo, BC
Glass in Nanaimo picks up two things that inland glass does not: conifer pollen off a city full of Douglas fir, and salt on anything with a sightline to the Strait. Neither behaves like ordinary dirt, and neither comes off well with a dry cloth.
What Nanaimo Does to Your Property
Pollen in Spring, Salt All Year
Two things land on glass here that do not land on it inland. The first is conifer pollen: this is the Coastal Douglas-fir zone, the smallest and rarest of British Columbia’s sixteen ecological zones at roughly 0.3 per cent of the province, and a spring release settles as a fine film that smears rather than wipes. The second is salt. Nanaimo Harbour is sheltered behind Newcastle and Protection Islands, but the shore north of Departure Bay stands open to the Strait of Georgia, and glass facing that comes back faster than dirt does and will etch if it sits through a dry summer. Neck Point and Pipers Lagoon are rock headland and pebble beach rather than sand, so what reaches the windows above them arrives on the air rather than underfoot. Which side of that line a house sits on is worth saying when asking for a price.
- Salt film on true waterfront exposure from Departure Bay round to Hammond Bay; none inland
Around Nanaimo
Landmarks nearby: Duke Point ferry terminal · Newcastle Island (Saysutshun) · Protection Island
Nanaimo Questions
Nothing is wrong with it, and it is a common question here. At this latitude a true north slope gets no direct sun from late September to late March, so it never properly dries. Moss and algae also do not die back over a Nanaimo winter the way they would somewhere that actually freezes — mild and damp is exactly what they want. The fix is a soft wash on the shaded slopes and usually a treatment to slow regrowth rather than repeat cleaning. What it should not get is pressure; part of the reason the south side still looks fine is that it still has its granules.
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