Wall Cleaning & Softwash that suits Cornwood

What's actually different about Cornwood

By the time wall cleaning & softwash becomes obvious from the road in Cornwood, it has usually been quietly building for two seasons. Southern Dartmoor gateway village north of Ivybridge, which shapes how wall cleaning & softwash on Dartmoor granite and lime render and natural slate actually plays out around PL21.

Lichen growth in particular is heavier here than almost anywhere else we cover — and it's the slowest to come back once treated. Working out of PL21 we're rarely more than 8.7 miles from a Cornwood job. Exposure here is very exposed - 8.7 miles from our PL3 base makes turnaround short.

Most enquiries we take are from owners who've been thinking about it for a while and finally caught the right week for the weather. Payment is only ever after you've seen the photos and signed off, never up front. Detergents are biodegradable and lawns are pre-wetted before biocide goes near anything green. Roof harnesses are anchored and inspected before anyone leaves the ground. K-Rend, Weber and silicone-render manufacturers all specify softwash as the correct maintenance method. Windows are usually the entry-point job for new customers, and everything else follows on from that first visit. Second-home owners tend to book us on annual visits with a photo pack rather than being on site. For the odd fourth-storey house we bring a taller pole in from a neighbour's yard, still no scaffold needed. Roof access ladders are inspected each morning and swapped out at the first sign of wear. The invoice email includes the biocide safety data sheet and dilution ratio used on your job. For historic properties we send a method statement covering exactly what will and won't be used. Rain-day contingency is baked into the price — no extra charge if we come back a second day to finish. Every softwash job has a pre-clean pH check on the render surface to keep dilution honest. Long-run gutters get flushed from both ends after clearing, not just one end. Materials data sheets are available on request for any product we use on any of our work.

Typical problems on Cornwood properties

• Algae returning fast on shaded walls thanks to Cornwood's very-exposed setting - in the South Hams District Council patch - a job we tend to batch with neighbouring runs.
• Render staining at the plinth on moorland village properties along the local lanes off A38 - 8.7 miles from PL3 - a factor we build into every softwash quote here.
• Black biofilm on Dartmoor granite and lime render where the prevailing wind blows in off Southern Dartmoor gateway village north of Ivybridge - at roughly 50.421,-3.951 - a pattern we see through the shoulder seasons.
• Surface lichen on the south side of Dartmoor granite and lime render - common on moorland village stock in PL21 - on Dartmoor granite and lime render - worth flagging on enquiries this side of town.
• Render mottling where chimney flashings leak slowly onto Dartmoor granite and lime render - across natural slate - quoted from photos in most cases, no doorstep survey.

Honest answers to common questions

Neighbouring areas on the wall cleaning & softwash round