Boundary walls, gate piers and garden steps
Garden walls take weather from both sides and get no shelter from a roof overhang. They weather faster than the house they sit in front of, and they are usually the first thing anyone sees.
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Monday to Saturday, 8am – 7pm
- Check pointing condition before any pressure is used
- Copings and top courses hold the most growth
- Add boundary work to a larger visit
Exposed on both faces
A house wall is protected above by the eaves and behind by the building. A boundary wall gets rain on both faces and holds water in the coping and the top courses, which is where growth and frost damage both start.
Mortar condition sets the method
Old lime mortar and weathered pointing will not take pressure. On those walls the approach is chemical and low pressure, otherwise cleaning washes out joints and creates a repointing job that did not exist before.
Worth adding to a bigger visit
On their own these are small jobs. Added to a house wash or a driveway clean they use the same setup, which is generally the sensible way to have them done.
Common questions
- Can you clean a wall shared with a neighbour?
- Yes, though it is polite to mention it if we need to work from their side.
- Will cleaning damage old pointing?
- Not with a low-pressure approach. Jet washing weathered lime mortar will.
- Do you clean gates and railings?
- We can wash them down, though repainting is a separate trade.
Similar situations
Send photos of the wall and its coping and we will price it alongside whatever else you are having done.
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