Lanai & Pool Cage Cleaning
Glen Eagle

Glen Eagle Golf & Country Club wraps about 1,234 residences around an 18-hole, par-70 course designed by Mark McCumber. The community was finished in 2006, and the listings we reviewed show homes built from the early 1990s to about 2004. That means most enclosures here have now seen twenty or more Naples summers. Some have been rescreened; many still have original frames. Either way, the cleaning has to respect what the aluminum and the mesh have been through. Most Glen Eagle homes date from the 1990s and early 2000s, so many pool cages and screened lanais are 20 years old or more.

Three kinds of outdoor space. Glen Eagle mixes condo buildings, attached villas and detached homes. A second-floor condo lanai is a small screened porch with no pool. An attached villa, such as those in Brittany Place, can have an extended lanai and its own private pool. A single-family home on a larger lot often has a full pool cage over the deck. We price and plan each one differently, from a quick screened-porch cleaning to a full cage, frame and deck job.

What age does to aluminum. After two decades in the sun, the painted or powder-coated finish on cage frames breaks down into a white, chalky powder that rubs off on your hand. It makes the cage look gray and tired even when the screens are clean. Plain washing removes the dirt but not the chalk. An oxidation treatment, applied by hand and rinsed off, removes the loose layer and brings back much of the frame’s color. On very old frames it will not make them look new, and we will show you a test section before treating the whole cage. Aluminum enclosures from the 1990s and early 2000s have had a long time in Florida sun and humidity, and aluminum that age commonly develops a chalky white or yellowish oxidation film that dulls the frame and rubs off on your hand. If a frame is past brightening or screens are failing, we’ll tell you before we clean rather than charge to clean screens that need replacing.

Old screen tears easily. Screen mesh gets brittle with UV exposure. A pressure washer held close to aged mesh can split it or push it out of the frame, and once the spline in the channel is dried out, it can pop loose under a strong spray. We use a soft brush and a mild cleaning solution, then rinse at no more than 300 PSI from a working distance. If a panel is already torn or sagging, we mark it so you can have it replaced, rather than making it worse. Older screens and splines are also less forgiving: mesh that has been in the sun for years tears more easily, and dried-out splines let panels pop. Annual cleaning keeps pollen and algae in check and lets you spot loose panels or splines early.

Living on the fairway. Many Glen Eagle homes and villas back onto the course, and the clubhouse itself looks out over a pond and the 9th fairway. Cages near fairways catch grass clippings, fertilizer dust and fine sand blown from bunkers and cart paths. Morning dew from irrigated turf keeps the lower screen panels damp, and that is where the green and black mildew starts. We pay extra attention to the course-facing side and the kick plates, where buildup is thickest.

Golf balls and screen panels. A home on a golf course will collect the occasional stray ball, and a hit can leave a small hole or a stretched panel high on the cage. Cleaning is a good time to find these. We note holes and loose panels in our photos so you can get them fixed before the summer storms. We do not climb on the cage roof; top panels are cleaned from below.

Water source and stains. The community page notes that recent Glen Eagle listings irrigate with municipal water. That generally means fewer of the orange iron stains seen in communities that use reclaimed or well water. If you do have orange spots on your deck or cage base, they usually come from fertilizer, rusting furniture feet or an old pipe, and we can treat them separately.

Villas and neighborhood associations. Each of Glen Eagle’s 15 neighborhoods has its own association and its own rules. In some villa neighborhoods, the association may handle shared walls or landscaping while the owner looks after the lanai and pool; in others it may be different. Check your neighborhood documents if you are unsure. We can clean a single villa lanai for an owner, or several in a row on one visit when a neighborhood wants them done together.

The deck under the cage. Pool decks here are often pavers or coated concrete, and shaded corners turn slick with algae after the rainy season. We clean the deck after the screens and frames so dirty water from above is rinsed away with it. If your pavers have lost sand or the sealer has worn off, see our Glen Eagle paver sealing page.

Pricing. Small condo or villa lanais under 800 square feet begin at $249. A standard Glen Eagle pool cage begins at $299, and larger enclosures from 1,500 to 2,500 square feet begin at $399. Oxidation treatment for chalky frames adds $75 to $150, depending on size and condition. A cage plus its deck floor begins at $399.

How often. Most enclosures here look best with a cleaning once a year, usually after the rainy season ends. Cages that face the fairway or sit under large trees may need a second visit in spring. Older frames that have had an oxidation treatment hold their color longer when they are rinsed between visits with a garden hose.