Exterior cleaning guides
Everything here is written from the work we actually do: low-pressure wall softwashing, window cleaning, roof and gutter work, patios and driveways, for homes within 20-mile radius of Plymouth. No jargon, no scare tactics, no prices invented on a page.
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Problems & causes
- Why render turns green - and how to clear it for good
- Black streaks running down walls: what causes them
- Moss on roof tiles: when it matters and when it does not
- Lichen on roofs and copings: the slow damage nobody sees
- Seven signs your gutters are blocked before the ceiling tells you
- Gutters overflowing only in heavy rain - what that means
- Slippery patios: why they get dangerous and what fixes it
- Red and orange staining on block paving
- Salt and sea air: what it does to coastal exteriors
- Why only one side of the house goes green
- Conservatory roofs: green gutters, grimy panels and cold spots
- Water spots that will not come off glass
- Damp patch on an upstairs wall - roof, gutter or wall?
- Bird droppings, nesting debris and blocked outlets
- White powder on brickwork: efflorescence explained
- Cracked render: what to fix before cleaning
- Weeds and moss in driveway joints
- Oil and tyre marks on driveways
- After a storm: what to check outside the house
- Preparing the outside of a house for sale
- Green tarmac and concrete: cleaning without damage
- Slippery decking: cleaning timber and composite
Surfaces & materials
- Cleaning K-Rend and silicone renders
- Cleaning pebbledash without losing the stones
- Granite, limestone and Devon stone walls
- uPVC cladding, fascias and soffits
- Indian sandstone patios: cleaning without blotching
- Porcelain paving: low maintenance, not no maintenance
- Composite and timber cladding maintenance
- Solar panels, roof access and cleaning around them
- Flat roofs, valleys and where water actually goes wrong
- Chimneys, ridges and the growth nobody can see
Property types
- Victorian terraces: cleaning a house with no side access
- 1930s semis: bay windows, pebbledash and shared drives
- New builds: what needs cleaning in the first five years
- Bungalows: low roofs, long gutters and big driveways
- Detached houses: planning a whole-property clean
- Landlords: exterior maintenance that prevents claims
- Holiday lets: exterior turnaround before the season
- Estate agents and vendors: kerb appeal on a deadline
- Farmhouses and rural properties
- Flats and small blocks: who pays for what
- Shopfronts and small commercial premises
- Care homes, schools and community buildings
- Older and period properties: a conservative approach
- Garden walls, steps and paths
- Garages, sheds and outbuildings
Costs & quoting
How we work
- Cleaning before painting or re-rendering
- How to get an accurate quote in one message
- What happens on the day of your clean
- Insurance, safety and working at height
- Best time of year for exterior cleaning in the South West
- Protecting plants, ponds and pets during cleaning
- A realistic annual exterior maintenance plan
Why people call us
Situation pages, rather than service pages: the moment that made someone pick up the phone.
- Getting the outside of your house ready before it goes on the market
- First exterior clean after buying a house
- End-of-tenancy exterior clean for a rental property
- Exterior maintenance across several rental properties
- Keeping a holiday let looking right between bookings
- Looking after a second home when you live somewhere else
- When one wall keeps going green and the others do not
- Gutters overflowing every time it rains hard
- Moss shedding off the roof into the garden and gutters
- Oil marks and tyre scuffs on a driveway
- A patio that turns slippery every winter
- Cleaning a conservatory roof and the glass around it
- First clean on new-build render
- Pebbledash that has gone blotchy and dark
- Preparing walls before exterior repainting
- Roof cleaning when there are solar panels installed
- Exterior cleaning on a bungalow
- Cleaning a terraced house with shared or restricted access
- Arranging exterior cleaning for a parent's house
- Building a yearly exterior maintenance routine
- Checking the outside of the house after a storm
- Getting the outside ready for an event at home
- Lichen on stone walls, caps and steps
- Discoloured uPVC frames, sills and cladding
- Boundary walls, gate piers and garden steps
- Green, slippery timber decking
- Looking after a house exposed to salt air
- Exterior checklist when you are moving out
- Cleaning a shared driveway with a neighbour
- What to check before booking an exterior cleaner
- Booking exterior cleaning around Plymouth weather
Not sure which applies to your house?
Send a photo of the elevation or surface you are worried about and we will tell you what it is and how we would treat it.
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