Lanai & Pool Cage Cleaning
Tiburón

Course-facing screens catch irrigation overspray and the humidity it raises. Mineral spots dry onto the mesh and lower frame, and algae grows on the shaded members.

Where a home’s irrigation runs on reclaimed water, that water can carry iron. Where it reaches the deck and lower screen panels, it oxidizes orange. That needs rust chemistry, not more pressure.

Aluminum frames oxidize in North Naples humidity, leaving a chalky film that needs a brightener to remove.

Many Tiburón enclosures cover a pool, spa and outdoor kitchen. Grease near the grill and sunscreen around the pool add to what the deck collects.

Tiburón keeps resort-community appearance standards, and a cage that looks gray from the fairway stands out. Golfers see the course side of every home, which is exactly the side irrigation hits hardest. Annual cleaning keeps that view clean from both directions.

Two Norman courses, two sets of views. Tiburón wraps around the Gold Course, which opened in 1998, and the Black Course, which followed in 2001, both laid out by Greg Norman. A home on the Gold side has had its screens facing fairway irrigation for longer than almost anywhere else in the community. On many of these enclosures the lower screen rows have turned dull and the frame shows faint tide lines of dried mineral at sprinkler height. We work those rows slowly with a detergent made for hard-water film and check them from the outside before we call the job done, because that is the side the foursome sees.

Audubon sanctuary, so we watch the runoff. Both courses are certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuaries, and the community sits among preserves, freshwater lakes and tall trees. That means birds on the screen tops, pollen and leaf litter from the canopy, and water features close to many lanais. We use biodegradable soft wash detergents at the lowest strength that works, pre-wet the plantings next to the enclosure, and rinse them again afterward. Where a lanai drains toward a lake bank, we keep the volume of rinse water down and avoid sending solution straight to the shoreline.

Marsala and the custom estates. Marsala is a neighborhood of roughly fifty custom homes overlooking the greens, and estates like these rarely have a simple rectangular cage. Expect tall mansard or dome enclosures, a summer kitchen under the roofline, a spa spilling into the pool and a long covered loggia. These are priced from the birdcage and outdoor-kitchen rate rather than a standard cage, and we quote after seeing the layout, because two homes on the same street can differ by a thousand square feet of screen.

Spanish-Revival and Mediterranean ranch homes. Many single-family homes here are Spanish-Revival or Mediterranean in style, with barrel tile roofs, arches and stucco columns that meet the enclosure. The joint where screen frame meets stucco holds dirt and mildew, and a sloppy rinse can push muddy water down a light-colored column. We clean the frame first, then rinse the stucco below it so nothing dries in streaks, and we keep the wand off any decorative tile or cast stone trim around the pool.

Condos, villas and coach homes. Tiburón also includes condominium buildings, villas and coach homes, with names like Bolero, Castillo, Ventanas, Serafina and Marquesa Royale appearing among its residences. A condo owner’s screened lanai or terrace is usually small and often upstairs, so we bring hand tools and low-volume equipment, protect the unit below and work within the building’s rules on hours and water use. Some of these associations handle the shared pool deck themselves; if yours does, we can quote the common areas separately through the HOA and property management side.

Homes from the 2000s. A large share of Tiburón homes went up in the early-to-mid 2000s, which puts many enclosures at around twenty years old. Frames that age often carry heavy oxidation, and some screens are brittle near the bottom where sun and sprinklers hit hardest. We look the screens over before washing, point out any panels that are already torn or loose, and adjust pressure for older mesh so the cleaning does not create a repair bill.

Season and the Ritz-Carlton calendar. Many owners are here in season and away in summer, and the resort traffic around the Ritz-Carlton picks up in winter. A late-fall cleaning has the lanai ready before you arrive, and we can come back in spring after the pollen drop. If you are away, we work with the 24-hour guarded gate, send photos when we finish, and leave the furniture where it was.

What it costs. A standard Tiburón cage starts from $299, larger cages from 1,500 to 2,500 square feet from $399, and estate birdcages or enclosures with outdoor kitchens from $499. Chalky frames need the oxidation treatment, an added $75–$150. If you want the deck and cage done together, the pool cage plus deck package starts from $399, and we can seal the pavers afterward through our Tiburón paver sealing service.