Edwardian render and stone surround
Heavy north-side algae softwashed off without touching the painted stone detailing.
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Milton Combe's wall cleaning & softwash specialists
If the wall cleaning & softwash at your Milton Combe property has started looking tired, you're not alone. Granite, cob and lime-rendered cottages all need handling differently from a modern render.
What we see on Milton Combe properties
If the wall cleaning & softwash at your Milton Combe property has started looking tired, you're not alone. Granite, cob and lime-rendered cottages all need handling differently from a modern render.
Tucked in a wooded combe near Buckland Abbey, which shapes how exterior cleaning here actually plays out. We're frequently in and around PL20, so booking-day flexibility is easier than people expect.
What good wall cleaning & softwash looks like here
- 1Softwash strength dialled for granite and painted render - not the mix we'd use on smooth modern render
- 2Window pre-wet so over-spray rinses clean - important on older glass in stone cottages and converted farm buildings
- 3Plinth and damp-course area always rinsed last on rural village stock in Milton Combe
- 4Spot-treatment on lichen patches before the main softwash on granite and painted render
- 5Pressure-tested rinse line so we never overshoot fragile granite and painted render
Materials & methods we'd use here
Most Milton Combe properties we treat have granite and painted 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 granite and painted render - never neat on rural village stock
- Method
Quaternary ammonium surfactant added so biocide clings to your granite and painted render elevation in Milton Combe
- Method
Suitable for K-Rend, Weber and silicone renders — common on the newer rural village properties around PL20
- Method
Painted brickwork treated by dwell-and-rinse only on rural village terraces - no rotary
Where it usually starts in Milton Combe
- Algae returning fast on shaded walls thanks to Milton Combe's moderate setting
- Surface lichen on the south side of granite and painted render - common on rural village stock in PL20
- Tide-marks at conservatory roof drip lines on stone cottages and converted farm buildings
- Render mottling where chimney flashings leak slowly onto granite and painted render
- Pollution film thickened over years of rural village city air around PL20
Recent wall cleaning & softwash in the area
Lime-rendered townhouse
Locally listed property, low-strength biocide and very gentle rinse — finish kept its character.
Granite cottage with painted lime render
Lichen crusts treated and left to weather off; finish improved over the following six weeks.
Things Milton Combe customers ask us first
Honest recap (Milton Combe)
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. Milton Combe weather doesn't slow down for anyone.
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Window Cleaning in Milton Combe
Streak-free windows, frames and sills with pure-water poles up to four storeys.
Pressure Washing in Milton Combe
Decking, walls, fencing and exterior hard surfaces deep-cleaned in a single visit.
Walk-around quote, fixed price, no follow-up phone calls - Milton Combe
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 Milton Combe property.