Fulton County, GA

House cleaning in Roswell, GA

Roswell splits cleanly into two housing types. There is the historic core around Canton Street and the mill village, where houses are older, smaller and full of original material and there is the large volume of 1970s through 1990s subdivision housing spread through the wooded land toward the Chattahoochee. The two need different handling and often different products.

We work throughout the city on single visits and repeating schedules. Roswell sits directly on the river and the combination of river humidity, dense tree cover and older HVAC systems in the subdivision stock produces more bathroom and basement moisture problems than we see in the newer cities further north.

Housing here

Older homes concentrate in the historic district near Canton Street, with the majority of the city made up of 1970s through 1990s subdivision houses on wooded lots.

Coverage

Neighborhoods and areas we cover in Roswell

If your street is not named here, call and ask.

  • Historic Roswell
  • Canton Street
  • Martins Landing
  • Horseshoe Bend
  • Willeo
  • Crabapple
  • Hembree

Local conditions

What the housing here needs

What cleaning a Roswell home involves

Humidity is the defining local condition. Roswell sits along the Chattahoochee with heavy tree canopy over most of the residential land, so ground level moisture stays high and houses dry slowly. In practice that means bathroom ceilings, the top corners of shower walls and the caulk line at the tub develop a film faster here than in a comparable house on an open lot further from the river. Those surfaces are on the standard list here rather than the deep clean list.

The same moisture affects basements and lower levels. Split level and tri level houses from the 1970s and 1980s put a living space partly below grade and those rooms hold a musty smell that comes from the floor and the lower walls rather than from anything on the surface. Cleaning helps and does not fix a drainage or a ventilation problem and we will say so rather than sell you repeat visits for something a dehumidifier or a grading contractor should handle.

In the historic district the constraint is material. Houses around Canton Street and the old mill village have original wood floors, painted board walls in places, older windows and trim that has been painted many times. Water and abrasives are the two things that damage these surfaces fastest, so floors are damp cleaned and dried, trim is washed by hand and nothing gets scrubbed until a test area says it can be.

Tree cover also drives the pollen and debris load. Oak and pine cover most Roswell lots, which means a heavier spring pollen film than open neighborhoods get and a steady load of leaf litter and grit at every exterior door for most of the fall. Entry floors, mats and the grout immediately inside each door take a disproportionate share of the visit in this city, both seasons.

Subdivision houses from the 1980s frequently still have their original bathrooms, which means small mosaic floor tile, cultured marble vanity tops and fiberglass tub surrounds. Fiberglass scratches under anything abrasive and cultured marble dulls, so both get non abrasive product and mechanical work rather than a scouring approach.

Questions

Roswell questions

We also work nearby in Alpharetta and Marietta.

Why do bathrooms in Roswell need more attention than elsewhere?
River humidity and heavy tree cover keep moisture high, so shower ceilings, upper wall corners and tub caulk lines develop a film faster than in drier, more open neighborhoods. Those surfaces are on the standard visit list here rather than waiting for a deep clean.
Can you get rid of the musty smell in a split level lower room?
Cleaning removes what is on the surfaces and will improve it. If the smell comes back within days, the cause is moisture entering through the slab or the walls, which is a drainage or ventilation issue rather than a cleaning one and repeat cleans will not solve it.
How do you clean a fiberglass tub surround without scratching it?
With a non abrasive product, a soft pad and time rather than a scouring pad. Fiberglass and cultured marble both scratch and dull permanently and the scratches then hold soil faster than the original surface did.
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