"Florida glass is not Northern glass with the heat turned up. It is its own substrate."
— A standing editorial principle for Gulf Coast and Florida coverage on this site.
JoAnn Giordano is part of the Giordano Inc. editorial team and covers the Gulf Coast and Florida editorial beat for Window Washing Guide. The articles and state pages under this byline address salt-air and chloride-aerosol residue handling along the Gulf and Atlantic coastlines, hurricane preparation and post-storm cleanup protocols, the lovebug and bug-residue seasonal pattern, the substrate-specific concerns of coastal aluminum-frame and impact-glazed windows, and the broader seasonal patterns that define window-washing work across the Florida peninsula and the Gulf Coast from Pensacola through Brownsville.
The operational and corrosion-handling details in these pieces are drawn from a combination of practitioner interviews, published trade references, materials-science literature on chloride-aerosol corrosion of aluminum and coated-glass surfaces, hurricane-recovery industry references, and municipal water-quality reports for the relevant supply districts. Where a specific protocol or chemistry observation appears, it has been reviewed against multiple sources rather than reported from a single operator's experience.
Window Washing Guide is published by Giordano Inc., and the full editorial team — including Derek Giordano and the broader regional editorial team — reviews coverage in this beat before publication. Reader correspondence on Gulf Coast, Florida, and broader coastal-marine topics is welcome through the site contact form.