Crossans Shopfronts - Care & Repair

Shopfront Maintenance
If you have a shopfront, the advice below will help you to maintain and carry out repairs. The main enemy of shopfronts is water. Water, if it does not dry off the surface quickly will eventually rot woodwork. The following preventative action should be undertaken regularly:

1. Clean painted shopfronts to remove any dust or mute which might hold water against the paintwork.

2. Clean thoroughly any crevices or level places where dust could accumulate. For areas of rotten timber see under structural repairs.

3. To stop dust being thrown up on to the shopfront the pavement in front of the shopfront should be swept regularly.

4. Exhaust gases from vehicles contain sulphur which, when combined with the damp atmosphere, make sulphuric acid. Lead from exhausts leaves black marks onsurfaces. These marks should be washed off as they stain stonework and paintwork, and become impossible to remove later.

5. Remove lichen, moss or leaves from the flashing over the shopfront with a stiff fibre brush. Water falling on the shopfront from higher up must be stopped at source, for example by cleaning gutters.

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