Lanai & Pool Cage Cleaning
Pelican Preserve

A screened lanai facing a pond or fairway collects pollen, spider webs and green algae on the shaded frame members, especially on the side that gets the least sun. Over a year the screens dull and the corners turn green.

Pelican Preserve listings frequently show reclaimed water for irrigation. Communities on reclaimed irrigation often see sprinkler overspray leave orange or brown marks on lower screen panels, kick plates and lanai floors. Those marks are minerals and need rust chemistry, not more pressure.

Cage sizes vary a lot here: a carriage home might have a compact screened lanai under 800 square feet, while a single-family pool home has a full enclosure. We quote the size you actually have.

Twenty years of building, twenty years of cages. WCI built Pelican Preserve in stages from 2001 to 2020, so the age of your enclosure depends on your neighborhood. On the earliest homes, a cage may be on its original framing with screens replaced once or twice, and the powder coat on the frame has had two decades of Fort Myers sun. On the homes finished in the final years, the aluminum is still bright and the job is mostly pollen, webs and a light film. We look at your cage before we pick the method, not after.

The preserve side of the community. Pelican Preserve sets aside a 38-acre nature preserve with a butterfly garden and a fishing pier, and ponds run between many of the neighborhoods. Lanais backing onto that greenery see more insects, more webs and more wet mornings than street-facing ones. Spiders build in the upper corners where the screen meets the roof beams, and the webs trap pollen that holds moisture against the mesh. Clearing those corners is the first thing we do on a preserve-side cage.

Golf lots on a 27-hole course. Homes along the fairways get a different kind of dirt: mower clippings and fertilized irrigation mist on the lower third of the screen and the kick plate. That band of green-brown at knee height is typical of a course lot. A plain hose rinse moves it around without lifting it, so we pre-treat it and brush it by hand.

Carriage homes and cottage homes. Pelican Preserve’s carriage homes are four-unit, two-level buildings, and its cottage homes are attached duplex pairs. On a carriage building the upstairs lanai sits above the downstairs one, so the order matters: we clean the upper unit first when both owners book, and keep rinse water off the neighbor below when only one does. Cottage-home pairs share a wall, and owners sometimes book both lanais on one visit so the pair looks matched.

Chalky frames. When the coating on aluminum framing breaks down, the bare metal oxidizes into a white chalk that comes off on hands, towels and pool furniture. Cleaning alone will not bring it back to an even color. A heavy oxidation treatment, priced as an add-on of $75 to $150, restores a uniform finish on frames that have gone chalky. If only a few beams are affected, we tell you, and you can decide whether it is worth adding.

Floors and pool decks. Lanai floors here range from coated concrete to pavers and tile, and each needs a different pressure and cleaner. Orange irrigation marks get a separate rust treatment, and we note which sprinkler heads are reaching the cage so they can be adjusted. If you want the deck sealed afterward, that is a separate paver job, which we can quote on the same visit.

Part-time residents. Plenty of Pelican Preserve owners spend summers up north. You do not have to be here: give us gate registration and access to the lanai, and we send before-and-after photos and a written record the same day. Many owners book a cleaning in the fall, so the cage is ready when they arrive for the season.

Getting the lanai ready. The night before, bring cushions, rugs and pool toys inside and move potted plants away from the screen walls if you can. Turn off the irrigation zone nearest the cage that morning so we are not rinsing against a sprinkler. If a panel has been patched with tape or a screen door sticks, tell us when you book and we will treat that spot gently.

Pricing in plain terms. Small lanais under 800 square feet, common on carriage and cottage homes, start from $249. A standard pool cage on a single-family home starts from $299, a large cage of 1,500 to 2,500 square feet from $399, and a pool cage plus deck floor package from $399. We confirm the price before we start, so there are no surprises.