Granite cottage with painted lime render
Lichen crusts treated and left to weather off; finish improved over the following six weeks.
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Meavy wall cleaning & softwash, done properly
If the wall cleaning & softwash at your Meavy property has started looking tired, you're not alone. Slate roofs hold moss densely in this air, and gutters fill twice as fast under tree cover.
What we see on Meavy properties
If the wall cleaning & softwash at your Meavy property has started looking tired, you're not alone. Slate roofs hold moss densely in this air, and gutters fill twice as fast under tree cover.
Ancient moorland village around a thousand-year-old oak, which shapes how exterior cleaning here actually plays out. We tend to batch Meavy bookings with jobs in Yelverton the same week.
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
- 2Two passes on the Yelverton-facing elevation where very-exposed weather drives the worst staining
- 3Lower biocide concentration around old mortar joints on moorland village properties in PL20
- 4Working top-down on the Yelverton-facing wall first so streaks rinse away as we go
- 5Reduced dwell time near painted timber on granite cottages and old farmhouses
Materials & methods we'd use here
Most Meavy 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
Low-volume rinse from a high-flow tank - critical on the softer finishes you see across granite cottages and old farmhouses
- Method
Suitable for K-Rend, Weber and silicone renders — common on the newer moorland village properties around PL20
- Method
Lime render handled with a half-strength mix and a longer dwell — important on older Meavy stock
Where it usually starts in Meavy
- Streaking down Dartmoor granite and lime render that's worse on the Yelverton-facing elevation than the rest of the house
- Algae returning fast on shaded walls thanks to Meavy's very-exposed setting
- Pebbledash gone blotchy where a gutter has overflowed all season on granite cottages and old farmhouses
- Tide-marks at conservatory roof drip lines on granite cottages and old farmhouses
- Window-cill streaks running down the front of Dartmoor granite and lime render after rainwater pools
Recent wall cleaning & softwash in the area
Edwardian render and stone surround
Heavy north-side algae softwashed off without touching the painted stone detailing.
Pebbledash bungalow, full elevation
Sea-facing pebbledash rinsed clean, salt film lifted with surfactant — owner's first clean in nine years.
Things Meavy customers ask us first
Honest recap (Meavy)
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. Meavy weather doesn't slow down for anyone.
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Walk-around quote, fixed price, no follow-up phone calls - Meavy
Send a few photos and a PL20 address — we'll come back the same day with a written price for the wall cleaning & softwash at your Meavy property.