Working cleaners, a science editor who wandered in from materials chemistry, and a field correspondent who keeps filing copy at three in the morning. Everything on this site is written by one of them.
Senior editor of Window Washing Guide, covering the chemistry and foundations beat: surfactants, water hardness, and the House Standard solution recipe. Articles under this byline are researched and reviewed with the Giordano Inc. editorial team against published materials-science and trade references. Insufferable about Windex.
Editorial team contributor covering the Pacific Northwest and broader West Coast beat. Articles bylined by Easton are researched and reviewed in collaboration with the Giordano Inc. editorial team and informed by interviews with practicing window-washing operators in the region, plus published materials-science and trade references.
Editorial team contributor covering the Midwest and Great Lakes beat. Articles bylined by Jan are researched and reviewed in collaboration with the Giordano Inc. editorial team and informed by interviews with practicing window-washing operators in the region, plus published trade and small-business operations references.
Editorial team contributor covering the Northeast and New England beat. Articles bylined by Abby are researched and reviewed in collaboration with the Giordano Inc. editorial team and informed by interviews with practicing window-washing operators in the region, plus published trade and apprenticeship technique references.
Editorial team contributor covering the Mid-Atlantic and Southwest beat plus long-form operator profiles. Articles bylined by Drew are researched and reviewed in collaboration with the Giordano Inc. editorial team and informed by interviews with practicing window-washing operators, plus published trade and IRATA rope-access references.
Editorial team contributor covering the Gulf Coast and Florida beat. Articles bylined by JoAnn are researched and reviewed in collaboration with the Giordano Inc. editorial team and informed by interviews with practicing window-washing operators in the region, plus published trade, materials-science, and coastal-corrosion references.
Editorial team contributor covering the Northeast corridor beat, with a particular focus on pre-war and pre-1945 glazing handling and the Mid-Atlantic suburban residential pattern. Articles bylined by Derek are researched and reviewed in collaboration with the Giordano Inc. editorial team and informed by interviews with practicing window-washing operators in the region, plus published trade, IWCA, and historic-glazing references.
Regional contributor covering Texas and the central plains for Window Washing Guide. Coverage under this byline addresses well-water households, hard-water protocols, and heat-load cleaning, researched with the Giordano Inc. editorial team from practitioner interviews, municipal water reports, and published trade references.
Editorial team contributor covering the South and Mid-South beat. Articles bylined by Elly are researched and reviewed in collaboration with the Giordano Inc. editorial team and informed by interviews with practicing window-washing operators in the region, plus published trade and historic-glass conservation references.
Regional contributor covering the Upper Midwest for Window Washing Guide. Coverage under this byline addresses Twin Cities residential routes, ice-dam meltwater chemistry, and lake-country cabin work, researched with the Giordano Inc. editorial team from practitioner interviews and published water-quality and trade references.
Regional contributor covering the Mid-Atlantic for Window Washing Guide. Coverage under this byline addresses the DC–Virginia–Maryland corridor, coated-glass commercial stock, and Old Town heritage glass, researched with the Giordano Inc. editorial team from practitioner interviews and published trade references.
Regional contributor covering the Mid-South for Window Washing Guide. Coverage under this byline addresses Middle Tennessee residential routes, the Williamson County coated-glass boom, and Memphis heritage stock, researched with the Giordano Inc. editorial team from practitioner interviews and published trade references.
Regional contributor covering Kentucky and the Ohio Valley for Window Washing Guide. Coverage under this byline addresses Louisville river-corridor commercial work, Bluegrass karst-water residential routes, and Derby Week scheduling, researched with the Giordano Inc. editorial team from practitioner interviews and published trade references.
The Window Washing Guide News Desk is the byline for our industry-news beat. We monitor the cleaning trade press, glass-industry releases, and standards/policy filings, paraphrase the news in our own words, and credit the original source at the bottom of every post. Posts are written by the editorial team rather than individual contributors so the read of each story reflects the publication's collective view.