Composite decking + glass balustrade
Slippery green film lifted with cold-wash and fan tip; balustrade rinsed clean of detergent.
Devon
Ford's pressure washing specialists
There's a reason pressure washing sits near the top of every Ford homeowner's list once spring arrives. Terraces share walls, drains and downpipes — so a job that ignores those details creates more problems than it fixes.
What's actually different about Ford
There's a reason pressure washing sits near the top of every Ford homeowner's list once spring arrives. Terraces share walls, drains and downpipes — so a job that ignores those details creates more problems than it fixes.
Steep terraced streets above the Weston Mill creek, which shapes how exterior cleaning here actually plays out. We're frequently in and around PL2, so booking-day flexibility is easier than people expect.
What good pressure washing looks like here
- 1Hot wash on greasy areas - useful around the bin store on urban terrace properties
- 2Detergent dwell before any pressure on stone walls common to Victorian terraces and 1920s bay-front semis
- 3Drain protection in place before trigger pulls - matters near Wolseley Road run-off
- 4Detergent pre-spray on shaded fences typical of urban terrace layouts
- 5Final rinse from the high side so debris flushes downhill on sloped Ford sites
Materials & methods we'd use here
Most Ford properties we treat have painted render and stock brick walls and a natural slate roof. That changes a few of the choices we'd make.
- Method
5 GPM hot-water machine - heat dialled to the surface, important on painted render and stock brick
- Method
Biodegradable degreaser for oil and traffic film along Wolseley Road
- Method
Drain covers and gully gratings deployed before any trigger pull on urban terrace layouts
- Method
Hot wash with detergent dwell for the moderate-loaded hard surfaces in Ford
Typical problems on Ford properties
- Outdoor kitchen and BBQ areas grease-loaded on Victorian terraces and 1920s bay-front semis
- Concrete paths going dark green where they pass under shrub cover in Ford
- Garage door bottoms staining where splash-back hits them along Wolseley Road
- Composite cladding clouded by algae across newer urban terrace stock
- Pool surrounds and hot-tub decks slippery from algal film on Victorian terraces and 1920s bay-front semis
Recent pressure washing in the area
Brick boundary wall + steps
South-facing brick brought back two shades; steps degreased after years of foot traffic.
Tropical hardwood decking, large rear
Worked along the grain, oiled by the customer two days later, no fibre raising.
Things Ford customers ask us first
Why we run Ford this way
Because we live and work here. Same yard, same crew, same number every time you call. pressure washing done by people you can find again.
Get the Ford pressure washing sorted before the next wet spell
Booking early means you control the date, not the weather. Send your postcode and we'll come back with a price the same day.