Everything taken out of the water
Filters and resin strip the minerals, which is why the glass can be left wet.
Pure Water Window Cleaning in The Ballagh, Co. Wexford
You cannot see the sea from The Ballagh, and your windows still taste it. Salt travels inland on the easterly, arriving dry and fine rather than as spray off a strand, and the high ground catches it first. That is why glass up here films over faster than you would expect it to.
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Off the ground
The pole does the reaching, not a ladder.
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Frames and sills
Cleaned with the glass, not after it.
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No need to be home
Side access is all we ask for.
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You get notice
We tell you the week beforehand.
What gets cleaned, The Ballagh
The whole opening, every time.
What the seasons do in The Ballagh
And which one you are in now.
WinterSalt and storm film
SpringPollen, and the worst of it shows
SummerDust, and the busiest diary
AutumnLeaf fall and damp
Inland salt, and why washing-up liquid makes it worse
Salt is not dirt. It is a mineral that pulls moisture out of the air and holds onto it, so a salted pane never properly dries for you. Anything you add on top that leaves a residue of its own only gives the salt more to cling to. That single fact explains most of what people find puzzling about glass on this ridge, including why the same window can look damp on a dry afternoon.
It arrives on the wind, not off a strand
There is no beach here to throw spray at your house. What reaches The Ballagh is the fine end of it, lifted off the water miles away and carried inland on the easterly until the ground rises and the wind slows. Your east-facing glass takes most of that, and you will see that side going dull well before the rest of the house. Gates, hinges and the metal on a garden light give you the same reading if you want a second opinion. Where they go dull early, the windows above them are getting the identical treatment.
Why the film returns so quickly
Salt on your glass draws damp out of the air overnight, and that damp catches dust and pollen that would otherwise blow straight past. So the salt does not only mark your window; it makes the window sticky. Take the salt off properly and ordinary dirt has far less to hold onto over the following weeks. You can test this yourself on a still morning. Run a finger down an east pane before the sun gets to it and you will feel a faint tack rather than dust. That tack is the salt working, and it is what we are here to take away.
Detergent leaves something behind. Purified water does not
Washing-up liquid cuts the film for an afternoon and then leaves its own residue on the pane, which grips the next lot as readily as the salt did. We rinse with water that has nothing dissolved in it, so once it dries there is genuinely nothing on your glass. That is the difference you notice a fortnight later rather than on the day.
Homes up around The Ballagh and out towards Screen and Blackwater stand high enough to catch the wind before the low ground does. People who moved out here from the town tell us the same thing: the windows go off faster than they expected, given how far the water is. Once the salt is rinsed away rather than smeared about, you will get a much longer run out of each clean.
The method, The Ballagh
Nothing forced, nothing scoured.
The film is lifted
A soft head runs over the pane and along the beading until the film gives way.
Rinsed where you stand
The same pole carries the rinse up, so upper glass needs no ladder.
It dries on its own
Nothing is left on the pane to mark it, so drying finishes the job.
How The Ballagh homes book it
Once, or on the round.
A single visit
You decide the timing
- You call when you have had enough of it
- What it costs depends on the state of it
- The date is whatever week is open
MOST PEOPLE
The Signature Round
From €25
- The same standard each time, not a fresh start
- A slot held for you
- It is caught long before it looks bad
What The Ballagh customers say
Unedited, from Google.
“The salt film off the front windows in one visit. Big difference.”
“Same team each time, and they tell me the week beforehand.”
“Windows, then the gutters while they were here. Handy.”
“The salt marks that never came off before are gone.”
The other three, The Ballagh
Same visit, one set-up.
Softwashing
Painted walls and render brought back without pressure
SoftwashingGutter cleaning
Gutters cleared and the fall checked while we are up there
Gutter cleaningRoof cleaning
Algae and moss on tile or slate, treated after inspection
Roof cleaningAreas we cover near The Ballagh and across County Wexford
The Ballagh is on our mid-Wexford round, and we know what this wind does to glass.
The village is done first, and then the townlands around it. Oulart comes early on that trip and Ballymurn later in it, while houses on the higher ground towards Screen sit on our way regardless. Send the address over and you will hear which day brings us nearest.
Further on we reach Curracloe, then Castlebridge, with Enniscorthy and Gorey later in the week. Everywhere between the coast and the hills shares the same salted air, so nothing about your glass is going to surprise us. Ask, and we will confirm you are on the route.
Included, not added on
The list, and the easy way to book it.
- The top floor tooWorked from the ground up.
- Sills includedThey get the same attention as the glass.
- Conservatory roofsPanels cleaned, and the frames with them.
Put it on the Round
The same standard every visit, and a slot held. From €25.
Join the Signature RoundThe Ballagh window cleaning: your questions
We are miles from the sea. Can salt really be the problem?
It can be, and often is. Fine salt travels a long way inland on an easterly, and high ground catches it before the low ground does. If your east-facing windows go dull faster than the rest of the house, that is a fair sign of what you are dealing with.
What will a clean cost out here?
The Signature Round is priced from €25 at the small end, and your own figure turns on how much glass there is and how easily we reach it. You will have that number in front of you before we begin, and nothing is added to it later.
Should I not just use washing-up liquid between visits?
You can, but it tends to work against you. Detergent leaves a film that holds dust and salt in place, so the glass looks well for a day and dulls quicker afterwards. Plain purified water leaves nothing behind, which is why we use it on its own.
Does salt damage the glass itself?
The pane is usually fine. What suffers first is the frame hardware and the seals, which is why we rinse the whole opening and not only the glass. If we see corrosion starting on a hinge or a handle, we will mention it to you.
How soon will the film come back?
That depends on the wind and how exposed your house is, so we will not put a figure on it before we have seen the place. A run of hard easterlies can undo a fortnight; a quiet spell of south-westerlies can leave you looking well for months. What we can say is that a proper rinse gives you a longer clear run than a wipe with detergent does, and a sensible gap gets suggested once we know the house.
Get The Ballagh house booked in
Book online or ring us, and your house goes into the next mid-Wexford day. Salt rinsed off properly, frames included, and nothing left on the glass to catch the next wind.