Safety - For a long healthy life

  Safety is a boring, annoying word when you're a kid. You remember your mom constantly calling out to be carefull? But when you grow up, it's becomes important. I was always pretty cautious myself. I had friends that were caution to the wind, didn't seem to realize the dangers they put themselves into. They scared me a few times. Here at OTS we have a safety policy and being safe is more important than performing ladder gymnastics. I've been cleaning windows for 21 years and have never had an injury by ladder. Falls are the leading cause of injury in the home. With ladders, a solid setup is most important, and self discipline while on the ladder is a close 2nd. You have to stop yourself from reaching for that thing that seems ju-u-u-ust within your reach, or maybe not. Climbing down, resetting, and climbing back up can save your life, or limb. My suggestion for you: stay off the ladder and let us do it for you. We're the Ladder Pro's! Here's a video of a couple guys that set their ladder dangerously, and the result. Funny to watch, but could have been a bad bad result with no humor at all.

Mineral Stains and Landscape Design

  Mineral stains on glass look like water spots. Except they won't wash off. Not without aggressive measures anyway. We can clean off mineral stains for you. The Labor (and cost) is increased in multiples though. There are varying degrees of difficulty based on the mineral stain buildup. Time and consistent contamination increase the challenge, requiring more and more aggressive chemicals for removal. What causes mineral stains? Minerals in the water that gets on the glass. Rain is pretty pure mineral wise. It's the water from a spicket or sprinkler system that are the culprit. We once cleaned the windows of a home here in Fort Collins with heavy stains. The home owner said she hoses the windows off once a month in the warmer months. Oops. Letting the water from the hose dry on the glass 5 to 8 times a year, year after year, caused heavy mineral staining. The same thing happens when a sprinkler system sprays the windows twice a day, May to September. This is the most common cause. Landscape designers, like Architects, often don't give consideration to the effects their design will have on maintenance of the property. Sprinkler placement should not only be based on good coverage of the lawn and garden, but also the avoidance of windows. Wind should also be taken into account. A sprinkler position may not touch the windows on a clam day, but when there's a breeze, the spray can be pushed on the windows and mineral staining will occur, over just a few weeks even. We all love a lush green lawn, but it's less appreciated through stained windows. So go out there and make that lawn beautiful, and keep those windows crystal clear!

Ahhh spring time

Spring is in the air. Warm weather. Flowers blooming. And yes, the phone is ringing. Call to get your windows on our schedule. It's spring cleaning folks. We can give those screens a good clean too, from dull brown to that nice deep black.