Star sits low and open on the valley floor with very little mature tree cover, which means it takes the winter inversion at full strength and gets no shelter from what the wind moves around underneath it. Glass here dulls through January without a single storm to explain it.
When the inversion caps the valley, the air stops mixing and everything suspended in it drifts down onto surfaces. It is accumulation rather than splash, which is why the change is gradual and why homeowners often blame the last cleaning rather than the weather.
Unlike sheltered older neighbourhoods, Star's open aspect means wind still drives grit at the house through the cold months. Some of what lands on winter glass here arrives rather than settles, and it packs into gutters the same way.
With the house sealed and heated, interior film builds steadily from cooking, dust and general indoor haze. Interior work is unaffected by outdoor temperature, so it can be scheduled in any week, and it is the surface you look through from November to March.
Lights left up past the season trap debris and hold moisture at the roof edge through the wettest months. Takedown is easier scheduled than remembered, and it pairs with a look at how the gutters came through the freeze.
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The inversion traps particulate over the valley floor and it settles gradually onto the glass.
Only when temperatures allow. In a hard freeze we reschedule rather than run water on glass.
Yes, and in winter it is the more useful of the two, since the house is closed up and interior film is at its worst.
Yes. Left up past the season they trap debris and hold moisture in the gutter line through the wet months.
As soon as temperatures hold above freezing. We can hold a spot in advance.
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