K-Rend front + gable
Algae-darkened K-Rend brought back to its original off-white in a single visit, no streaking on the silicone finish.
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Wall Cleaning & Softwash that suits Mount Batten
The best time to book wall cleaning & softwash in Mount Batten is the same week you start thinking about it. Salt-loaded south-westerlies drive everything into the windward elevations and leave a film the rain doesn't budge.
Why we built a Mount Batten page for wall cleaning & softwash
The best time to book wall cleaning & softwash in Mount Batten is the same week you start thinking about it. Salt-loaded south-westerlies drive everything into the windward elevations and leave a film the rain doesn't budge.
Peninsula facing the Hoe across the Cattewater, which shapes how exterior cleaning here actually plays out. Working out of PL9 we're rarely more than 2.6 miles from a Mount Batten job.
What good wall cleaning & softwash looks like here
- 1Softwash strength dialled for painted render and limestone - not the mix we'd use on smooth modern render
- 2Two passes on the Turnchapel-facing elevation where very-exposed weather drives the worst staining
- 3Working top-down on the Turnchapel-facing wall first so streaks rinse away as we go
- 4Spot-treatment on lichen patches before the main softwash on painted render and limestone
- 5Reduced dwell time near painted timber on former MOD housing and modern waterfront flats
Materials & methods we'd use here
Most Mount Batten properties we treat have painted render and limestone walls and a slate and modern membrane roof. That changes a few of the choices we'd make.
- Method
Sodium hypochlorite mixed to a strength suitable for painted render and limestone - never neat on coastal village stock
- Method
Quaternary ammonium surfactant added so biocide clings to your painted render and limestone elevation in Mount Batten
- Method
Suitable for K-Rend, Weber and silicone renders — common on the newer coastal village properties around PL9
- Method
Painted brickwork treated by dwell-and-rinse only on coastal village terraces - no rotary
What usually triggers the call in Mount Batten
- Algae returning fast on shaded walls thanks to Mount Batten's very-exposed setting
- Pebbledash gone blotchy where a gutter has overflowed all season on former MOD housing and modern waterfront flats
- Window-cill streaks running down the front of painted render and limestone after rainwater pools
- Green vertical patches behind drainpipes - a regular call from Mount Batten on coastal village stock
- Pollution film thickened over years of coastal village city air around PL9
Recent wall cleaning & softwash in the area
Edwardian render and stone surround
Heavy north-side algae softwashed off without touching the painted stone detailing.
Lime-rendered townhouse
Locally listed property, low-strength biocide and very gentle rinse — finish kept its character.
Things Mount Batten customers ask us first
What a good wall cleaning & softwash job actually looks like (Mount Batten)
Even finish across {walls}, no streaks, no over-spray, mortar untouched, plants unharmed, surfaces walk-on the same day. That's the bar in Mount Batten — not a 'before and after' photo trick.
Wall Cleaning & Softwash in Turnchapel
PL9 - approx 0 miles from Mount Batten
Wall Cleaning & Softwash in Hooe
PL9 - approx 1 miles from Mount Batten
Wall Cleaning & Softwash in Plymstock
PL9 - approx 1 miles from Mount Batten
Roof Cleaning in Mount Batten
Strip moss, lichen and algae from tiled and slate roofs - safely, from above or below.
Photos beat phone tag every time - Mount Batten
WhatsApp a few photos of the wall cleaning & softwash you'd like done and we'll come back within the day with a written estimate for your Mount Batten property.