Block-paved double drive
Pre-treated for moss, rotary cleaned, re-sanded with kiln-dried sand; owner sealed it themselves the following weekend.
Cornwall
Polperro patios & driveways, done properly
Owning a place in Polperro means accepting that patios & driveways is on the maintenance list — the question is just how often. Holiday-let owners need a clean that turns the property around fast between changeovers.
Local context that changes the job
Owning a place in Polperro means accepting that patios & driveways is on the maintenance list — the question is just how often. Holiday-let owners need a clean that turns the property around fast between changeovers.
Working harbour village in a tight Cornish combe, which shapes how exterior cleaning here actually plays out. We tend to batch Polperro bookings with jobs in Looe the same week.
What good patios & driveways looks like here
- 1Rotary head on block paving, fan tip on natural stone common to harbour town layouts
- 2Kiln-dried sand brushed in twice on driveways with a heavy camber on harbour town sites
- 3Sealer skipped on porous stone unless asked - particularly on whitewashed fishermen's cottages and cliff-cut terraces
- 4Lawn edge masked before any biocide on harbour town properties with mature borders
- 5Pattern-imprinted concrete sealer re-coated in the same visit on harbour town layouts
Materials & methods we'd use here
Most Polperro 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
Fan-tip cold rinse on Indian sandstone with the pressure dialled for Polperro
- Method
Kiln-dried jointing sand brushed in once the surface is dry on every Polperro job
- Method
Optional breathable acrylic sealer - lasts longer at Polperro's very-exposed exposure
What Polperro owners ring us about
- Indian sandstone losing colour under a thin algae film at Polperro's very-exposed
- Sunken joint sand making blocks rock under the car on driveways near A387
- Weeds firing up through joints by April on harbour town properties
- Tyre rub marks at the gate end of block-paved drives on whitewashed fishermen's cottages and cliff-cut terraces
- Pattern-imprinted concrete dulled by UV and surface algae on harbour town layouts
Recent patios & driveways in the area
Pattern-imprinted concrete driveway
Cleaned, dried, re-sealed in the same booking — pattern detail brought back hard.
Tegula block-paved drive + side path
Stripe-free even finish, joints brushed, lawn untouched.
Things Polperro customers ask us first
Last point worth making (Polperro)
We work in Polperro most weeks. Booking with a local crew means the callout cost is small and the next visit is easy to arrange.
Patios & Driveways in Looe
PL13 - approx 3 miles from Polperro
Patios & Driveways in Pelynt
PL13 - approx 1 miles from Polperro
Wall Cleaning & Softwash in Polperro
Bring tired render, pebbledash & painted walls back to life - no harsh pressure.
Roof Cleaning in Polperro
Strip moss, lichen and algae from tiled and slate roofs - safely, from above or below.
patios & driveways that respects {character} buildings - Polperro
We adjust the method to match {walls} walls and {roofs} roofs — the wrong approach causes damage that costs more than the original job.