Back to Reader Web Poll Results Index Reader Web Poll Results Join our newsletter to be notified when the newest Web Poll and Web Poll Results are available. QUESTION: How often do you wash your windows? Here’s how GON Readers responded… • 27% I haven't washed my windows in years • 23% Whenever I notice they're getting dirty • 21% Other • 15% Twice a year...spring and fall • 11% I "touch-up" clean them when I see bird poop and such • 2% When my professional window washer can fit me in • 1% I rent...someone else is responsible for getting this task done Other GON Reader Comments: • My home is full of windows, big, small, high, and low. It’s a challenge keeping them clean. I spot clean what I can reach and have a professional do the ones that need a ladder. A window a day is a good goal that I don’t always reach, but I appreciate the consistency of at least seeing it on my list! • Once a year, maybe. • Once a year. It’s too hard to do more often! • I can usually get to the downstairs windows, inside and out, once a year. But the outside, upstairs windows rarely get washed. • I clean my kitchen windows often because they’re easy to do, but all the others, well, maybe once a year. • Some windows, like the kitchen, patio, and front door I do whenever they look bad because I look out of them often. Others, like the bedrooms, hopefully once a year. • Every few years! • Once a year—I try to do them in spring (otherwise fall). • The inside ones are done a few times a year. Buy the outside ones are is a different matter: Those get done never. I live on the second floor and can' t reach all of the surfaces of the windows. • Once a year, unless needed more on an individual window. • I've never washed my outside windows. I never really realized this was a thing that needed doing. (I do clean inside weekly though.) • When I get the inspiration and energy. • Twice a year, except where there are nose smudges from the dogs and cats…which I handle when noticeable! • I live on a dirt road. I wash my windows and, within hours, they are dirty again. I try every year or every other year on the outside. I keep the insides clean. • Once a year. I use a spray bottle attached to the garden hose to clean the outside...not me up on a ladder. • Never. • Once every few months, when they start to look dirty. • We have a professional twice-a-year, but clean the windows where our dogs look out quite often. We also have a large window overlooking the patio that we clean a few extra times. • I wash the inside windows a couple times a year or when noticeably dirty. Unfortunately, I only do the outside about once a year, usually with a cleaner that attaches to hose. I have old windows that don’t tilt in for cleaning. • On an irregular schedule. I clean them as feasible, but it is rarely more than once a year. • You're supposed to wash those? • Every month. I live in a tropical climate so I need to clean the sills weekly. The inside windows get done each month. I pull the screens off monthly during the dry season to spray/clean. During the rainy season, I do this task every 3 months. • Four times a year inside and outside (spring, summer, fall, winter) when I change curtains, clean, and decorate for each season. • I try for once-a-year in the spring. • My husband volunteered himself for this job and he just did it for the 25 windows plus French doors in our house. Normally once a year. • My housecleaning service does it. • Twice a year, and I also wash in between when needed. • Once a year with indoor touch ups as needed. • We bought 24 new windows. The full screen on each is on year-round. Windows do not get washed as often as we would like. • When I move the furniture from in front of the window so I can get to it! Back to Reader Web Poll Results Index