Wall Cleaning & Softwash - covering Ringmore and the TQ7 area

What we see on Ringmore properties

When neighbours start asking who did your wall cleaning & softwash, that's usually a Ringmore homeowner mid-project with us. Sheltered thatched village a mile inland from Ayrmer Cove, which shapes how wall cleaning & softwash on cob and lime render and thatch and natural slate actually plays out around TQ7.

Sea air keeps algae growth wetter for longer, which is why north-facing walls darken so quickly. If you can see Bigbury from the end of your road, we cover you. Exposure here is exposed - 15.3 miles from our PL3 base makes turnaround short.

Windows are usually the entry-point job for new customers, and everything else follows on from that first visit. If a finish is not right, tell us and we will come back and look at it rather than argue about it. Second-home owners tend to book us on annual visits with a photo pack rather than being on site. The kit gets pressure-tested weekly, which is boring but it's why we haven't had a rig failure on a customer job. Sub-zero mornings we wait until 10am to start softwash — the biocide simply doesn't work well below freezing. Roof re-bed work gets its own dedicated day — nobody wants a wet roof left open overnight. Wall softwash finishes with a plinth rinse in every case, which is where the streaks would otherwise settle. Downpipe inlets are water-tested before we leave, not just visually checked. Every job carries a written scope, a written price and a written finish standard — no ambiguity. Fresh brush heads go on the pole for every glazing job over five years old. Detergent choice depends on substrate, not on habit — we don't run one product for everything. We keep bookings deliberately short in summer so a hot week doesn't back the diary up for a month. We photograph at three points during a wall softwash — plinth, mid-elevation and eaves — for the record. Winter drive seals are cured under a tarp and a heater for the last two hours so overnight rain doesn't spoil the finish. Materials data sheets are available on request for any product we use on any of our work.

Where it usually starts in Ringmore

• Black biofilm on cob and lime render where the prevailing wind blows in off Sheltered thatched village a mile inland from Ayrmer Cove - at roughly 50.295,-3.887 - something we quote weekly in this postcode.
• Surface lichen on the south side of cob and lime render - common on coastal village stock in TQ7 - on cob and lime render - a job that suits softwash first, pressure never.
• Discolouration where downpipes meet cob and lime render - near-universal on coastal village properties this far from PL3 - across thatch and natural slate - a maintenance item that gets cheaper the earlier you catch it.
• Window-cill streaks running down the front of cob and lime render after rainwater pools - on thatched cottages stock - handled from a pole not a ladder wherever we can.
• Render mottling where chimney flashings leak slowly onto cob and lime render - at exposed exposure - quoted from photos in most cases, no doorstep survey.

Honest answers to common questions

Neighbouring areas on the wall cleaning & softwash round