Lanai & Screen Enclosure Cleaning

The Most-Used Outdoor Space in South Florida

The lanai isn't a porch in South Florida — it's a primary living space. Most homes have a screened pool cage, a screened back patio, or a screened wraparound that gets used daily for nine months a year. And precisely because it's used daily, it's exposed to the full range of South Florida environmental wear: pollen drifting in through the screens, bug residue collecting on the outside, mildew creeping in along the framework, sunscreen and pool splash on the floor, and hurricane-rain debris that doesn't fully wash away.

Within a year of construction, most lanais look noticeably tired. Within three years, the screens have a hazy gray cast, the frame has gone from gleaming aluminum to dull-and-spotted, and the concrete floor has a green-gray film. The fix is a complete lanai cleaning that addresses all four surfaces — outside of screens, inside of screens, frame, and floor — in a single coordinated job.

What a Complete Lanai Job Covers

• Outside of screen panels (yard-facing side — bugs, pollen, mildew)
• Inside of screen panels (home-facing side — lighter dirt and humidity film)
• Aluminum or vinyl framework (oxidation, water spots, mildew)
• Concrete floor or paver floor inside the enclosure
• Stucco or sheathed wall surfaces inside the lanai
• Door and frame transitions to the home interior

Soft-Wash for Screens, Surface Cleaner for Floor

Screen panels are delicate — too much pressure stretches the mesh, breaks the panel from the frame, or tears it outright. We use soft-wash chemistry at very low pressure on screens, which lifts the mildew and bug residue without any mechanical force on the mesh itself. The chemistry dwells briefly, then rinses cleanly.

The frame gets a similar low-pressure soft-wash treatment with chemistry tuned for aluminum oxidation. The floor uses our surface cleaner with adjusted pressure to avoid splashing the freshly cleaned screens above. We work top-down on the enclosure as a whole — screens first, then frame, then floor — so cleaning chemistry from above doesn't drip onto already-cleaned surfaces below.

Pool Deck Bundling

If your screen enclosure surrounds a pool deck (most do in South Florida), it makes sense to clean both at the same time. The deck and the lanai share the same air, the same humidity, the same shade pattern, and they accumulate dirt at roughly the same rate. Cleaning just one and leaving the other looks weird visually and doesn't last as long because contaminants from the unwashed surface migrate to the washed one. Most of our screened-pool clients book lanai + pool deck as a single bundled service.

Furniture & Plant Handling

We move or cover everything inside the lanai before any cleaning starts. Lounge furniture, side tables, decor items, and grills get shifted to the center of the floor and covered if needed. Hanging plants and table plants are temporarily relocated. After we finish cleaning and rinsing, we put everything back where it was. Plants inside the lanai get the same pre-rinse and post-rinse treatment as outdoor landscaping — we don't damage living plants in the course of a cleaning, no matter where they're located.

How Often It's Needed

Most South Florida lanais need a full cleaning every 12 months. Lanais next to pollen-heavy landscaping (citrus, large oak trees, flowering plants) need it more often. Lanais on coastal homes also tend to need more frequent cleaning because salt air accelerates aluminum frame oxidation. Annual cleaning before peak pool-and-patio season — usually between November and February in South Florida — is the most common schedule.

Frequently Asked Questions