Lanai cleaning on Marco Island.

On Marco Island the cage is where people actually live, and it sits in salt air off the canals, the beach, and Caxambas Pass with island humidity keeping everything damp between rains. The mesh loads with salt and greys, the frame channels pack, and the corners and kickplate line go black — all of it happening evenly enough that owners tend to notice the view has dulled rather than the cage has dirtied.

Our lanai cleaning covers the room in one visit: screens soft washed in place at a pressure the mesh survives, framing and beams cleaned top faces included, floor washed at the pressure the deck material takes, and the tracks, kickplates, and corners detailed by hand where the growth actually starts.

Salt in the frame channels holds moisture against the aluminum and corrodes fasteners and spline, so on an island cage this is genuinely maintenance. Marco's landscape ordinances mean the runoff is diluted and directed into pre-wet planting. The deck is pool deck cleaning. More on the island in Marco Island.