What is scarier than a Halloween haunted house?
Snakes, spiders, public speaking and failure are top items that scare the average person. Here’s another one you can add to the list. Inviting people to 
your home only to realize how much work needs to be done to make it presentable. Teamwork can ratchet down the anxiety. Camelot Pressure Washing in Harrisburg, NC is a great teammate to handle the exterior cleaning of your Charlotte-area home or business.
Their techs will use the softwash cleaning approach to safely clean all building materials on residences and commercial properties. 
They use their 20+ years of expertise and professional equipment to clean siding, sidewalks, patios, decks and driveways. They also safely remove graffiti to return dignity to your home and neighborhood. Their techs are also trained to install gutter guard protection to keep those falling leaves out of your gutters and on the ground.
Be sure to reach out soon as the schedule only has so many openings and the weather can sometimes be a factor this time of year. Speaking of time, keep reading for some important information.
Expand your October and Halloween knowledge with some interesting information below. AND, don’t forget to “change your clock, change your batteries,” when Daylight Savings Time ends on Sunday November 2nd. This means you should replace your smoke detector batteries when you turn your clocks BACK on that date at 2 a.m.
October Facts
- The name October comes from the Latin “octō”, meaning “eight”, because in the Roman calendar October was the eight month of the year. January and February were added to the beginning of the year after the Julian calendar reform.
- Famous people born in October include Angela Lansbury, Bill Gates, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon, Julie Andrews, Hugh Jackman, Alfred Nobel, Anne
Rice, Arthur Miller, Auguste Lumière, Friedrich Nietzsche, Christopher Columbus and John Keats. - According to folklore, if the deer have a gray coat in October, you should expect a hard winter. Other natural signs include thick onion skins and corn husks, tall ant hills or early bird migrations.
- The birthstones for October are the tourmaline and the opal (picture here). Tourmalines display a wide spectrum of colors, such as yellow, pink, blue, red, green, black or brown. Opals exhibit different colors (green, white, yellow, blue, pink etc.) depending on the conditions under which they were created.
- The traditional flower of the month of October is the Calendula, symbolizing comfort, healing, protection and grace.
Reach out for a pressure washing appointment
Click here, call the Harrisburg, NC office (704.400.0623) or email the staff at info@CamelotPressureWashing.com to schedule a fall pressure washing appointment. The Camelot techs serve the greater Charlotte, NC region, including the Concord and Harrisburg areas.
Click here to read testimonials from Camelot Pressure Washing customers.
Halloween Trivia
- The name Halloween comes from “All Hallows’ Eve” or the night before “All Hallows” day (All Saints Day). In old English, “hallow” means “to sanctify.”
- The fastest pumpkin carving, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, took only 16.47 seconds. Stephen Clarke of New York holds this record, carving his jack-o’-lantern in a October 2013 contest.
- Princesses and superheroes rank as the most popular costumes.
- Candy corn was originally named “chicken feed.”