Pattern-imprinted concrete driveway
Cleaned, dried, re-sealed in the same booking — pattern detail brought back hard.
Cornwall
Looe's patios & driveways specialists
Owning a place in Looe means accepting that patios & driveways is on the maintenance list — the question is just how often. Lime render and slate need the softer end of the pressure range to keep their finish.
Local context that changes the job
Owning a place in Looe means accepting that patios & driveways is on the maintenance list — the question is just how often. Lime render and slate need the softer end of the pressure range to keep their finish.
Working harbour town facing the open Channel, which shapes how exterior cleaning here actually plays out. We're frequently in and around PL13, so booking-day flexibility is easier than people expect.
What good patios & driveways looks like here
- 1Rotary head on block paving, fan tip on natural stone common to harbour town layouts
- 2Pre-biocide twice on shaded sections at Looe's very-exposed exposure
- 3Kiln-dried sand brushed in twice on driveways with a heavy camber on harbour town sites
- 4Oil patches pre-treated with a poultice on driveways near A387
- 5Joints re-sanded across two passes on heavy-camber drives in Looe
Materials & methods we'd use here
Most Looe properties we treat have painted lime render and stone walls and a Cornish slate roof. That changes a few of the choices we'd make.
- Method
Selective biocide pre-treat to kill moss at the root - extra important on very-exposed harbour town sites
- Method
Kiln-dried jointing sand brushed in once the surface is dry on every Looe job
- Method
Optional breathable acrylic sealer - lasts longer at Looe's very-exposed exposure
- Method
Pattern-imprinted concrete re-sealed in the same visit - useful on harbour town layouts
What Looe owners ring us about
- Block paving turning green every winter on shaded harbour town layouts
- Sunken joint sand making blocks rock under the car on driveways near A387
- Stripey patches from previous DIY washes - fishermen's cottages and Victorian terraces owners ring us most
- Oil staining where cars park on porous block paving across Looe
- Resin-bound paths going dark where shade lingers in Looe
Recent patios & driveways in the area
Sloping block-paved drive
Salt and moss combined: hot-wash, biocide and re-sand done over a single day.
Tegula block-paved drive + side path
Stripe-free even finish, joints brushed, lawn untouched.
Nearby areas we also cover
Things Looe customers ask us first
Last point worth making (Looe)
We work in Looe most weeks. Booking with a local crew means the callout cost is small and the next visit is easy to arrange.
Patios & Driveways in Liskeard
PL14 - approx 2 miles from Looe
Pressure Washing in Looe
Decking, walls, fencing and exterior hard surfaces deep-cleaned in a single visit.
Roof Cleaning in Looe
Strip moss, lichen and algae from tiled and slate roofs - safely, from above or below.
Gutter Cleaning & Clearing in Looe
Blocked gutters cleared and washed down from the ground with vacuum poles - no ladders.
patios & driveways that respects {character} buildings - Looe
We adjust the method to match {walls} walls and {roofs} roofs — the wrong approach causes damage that costs more than the original job.