Pebbledash bungalow, full elevation
Sea-facing pebbledash rinsed clean, salt film lifted with surfactant — owner's first clean in nine years.
Devon
Local wall cleaning & softwash across Mary Tavy
If the wall cleaning & softwash at your Mary Tavy property has started looking tired, you're not alone. Granite and exposed render take a hammering from horizontal Dartmoor rain six months of the year.
What we see on Mary Tavy properties
If the wall cleaning & softwash at your Mary Tavy property has started looking tired, you're not alone. Granite and exposed render take a hammering from horizontal Dartmoor rain six months of the year.
Old mining village on the A386 north of Tavistock, which shapes how exterior cleaning here actually plays out. Most weeks we're up and down the A386 between Mary Tavy and the next booking.
What good wall cleaning & softwash looks like here
- 1Softwash strength dialled for Dartmoor granite and lime render - not the mix we'd use on smooth modern render
- 2Lower biocide concentration around old mortar joints on moorland village properties in PL19
- 3Window pre-wet so over-spray rinses clean - important on older glass in granite cottages and Victorian miners' terraces
- 4Working top-down on the Tavistock-facing wall first so streaks rinse away as we go
- 5Plinth and damp-course area always rinsed last on moorland village stock in Mary Tavy
Materials & methods we'd use here
Most Mary Tavy properties we treat have Dartmoor granite and lime render walls and a natural slate roof. That changes a few of the choices we'd make.
- Method
Sodium hypochlorite mixed to a strength suitable for Dartmoor granite and lime render - never neat on moorland village stock
- Method
Quaternary ammonium surfactant added so biocide clings to your Dartmoor granite and lime render elevation in Mary Tavy
- Method
Suitable for K-Rend, Weber and silicone renders — common on the newer moorland village properties around PL19
- Method
Painted brickwork treated by dwell-and-rinse only on moorland village terraces - no rotary
Where it usually starts in Mary Tavy
- Render staining at the plinth on moorland village properties along the A386
- Pebbledash gone blotchy where a gutter has overflowed all season on granite cottages and Victorian miners' terraces
- Discolouration where downpipes meet Dartmoor granite and lime render - near-universal on moorland village properties this far from PL3
- Tide-marks at conservatory roof drip lines on granite cottages and Victorian miners' terraces
- Pollution film thickened over years of moorland village city air around PL19
Recent wall cleaning & softwash in the area
Lime-rendered townhouse
Locally listed property, low-strength biocide and very gentle rinse — finish kept its character.
Smooth-render four-bed detached
Whole-house softwash, two days from quote to clean, payment after photos approved.
Things Mary Tavy customers ask us first
Honest recap (Mary Tavy)
wall cleaning & softwash isn't urgent until it is. Catch it on the way down and the price is small; leave it for a fourth winter and it becomes a project. Mary Tavy weather doesn't slow down for anyone.
Wall Cleaning & Softwash in Tavistock
PL19 - approx 2 miles from Mary Tavy
Wall Cleaning & Softwash in Peter Tavy
PL19 - approx 0 miles from Mary Tavy
Window Cleaning in Mary Tavy
Streak-free windows, frames and sills with pure-water poles up to four storeys.
Pressure Washing in Mary Tavy
Decking, walls, fencing and exterior hard surfaces deep-cleaned in a single visit.
Walk-around quote, fixed price, no follow-up phone calls - Mary Tavy
Send a few photos and a PL19 address — we'll come back the same day with a written price for the wall cleaning & softwash at your Mary Tavy property.