What about the neighbour's side?

We only work surfaces you own or have permission for, and we check before spraying near a boundary.

How much water does a wall job use?

Less than a pressure wash, because the work is dwell time rather than volume.

Can you clean a wall with an electric meter on it?

Yes. The box is bagged before anything is applied around it.

What if the render is hollow in places?

It is tapped and mapped first, and hollow sections are treated dry-side only rather than soaked.

Is the method different on a listed building?

The approach is gentler still, and lime finishes are treated with the lowest strength that will work.

Is it worth cleaning a wall in winter?

Yes. Cool damp conditions suit the method, and heavy rain during application is the only real obstacle.

Do I need to move my car?

It helps. If it cannot be moved we sheet it or work around it.

Do you clean boundary walls too?

If they take the same method as the house, yes, in the same visit.

Doublebois wall cleaning without high pressure

A38 fringe of Dobwalls.

Wall cleaning in Doublebois is mostly a question of what the wall is made of. A38 fringe of Dobwalls. The nearest hub we cover in depth is Dobwalls, and the building stock here follows the same pattern.

Quote for a Doublebois property

Monday to Saturday, 8am – 7pm

Shade, damp and run-off

A wall next to a busy road picks up a film of traffic grime that holds moisture on the surface.
Nutrients from a nearby feeding lawn or planting drift onto a wall and give growth something to work with.
A wall that faces a large expanse of glass on another building gets less sun than its aspect suggests.
A tree removed years ago can leave a wall that greened in its shade and never fully recovered.
Where a wall was cleaned without a biocide, the regrowth is often patchier and faster than the original.
Where a hose reel or water butt overflows against a wall, the staining follows the overflow path exactly.
Prevailing wind decides which elevation takes driven rain, and that elevation is nearly always the tired-looking one.
Airflow along a terrace is different from airflow around a detached house, and the drying patterns follow.
Where two elevations meet in a tight internal corner, neither one dries properly.

Doublebois at a glance

Nearest full coverage hub: Dobwalls (PL14), Cornwall Council.
Recorded character: village. A38 fringe of Dobwalls.
Dobwalls sits about 2.5 miles from Doublebois on our round, so visits are often shared.
Postcode district: PL14. County: Cornwall. Approx 16.4 miles from the PL3 base.
PL14 covers 8 town hubs and 14 villages or districts in our radius.

See everywhere we cover in PL14

Surfaces this page is written for

A rendered plinth takes more water than the face above it and is usually the first band to look tired.
Render responds to dwell time better than almost any other finish, which is what makes softwash suit it.
Where a painted wall has been patch-repainted, the patches clean at a different rate.
A weaker mix and a longer wait suits paint better than anything stronger and faster.
Rubble stone walls have deep joints that hold moisture and feed growth from within the joint.
A stone wall in deep shade holds moss in the joints long after the faces have dried.

Reading the surface

01The underside of the soffit is checked, because staining there rarely stays there.
02Photographs taken before work provide the reference for judging the result later.
03Whether the render is thin-coat or traditional is checked at a bead or a reveal.
04Where a wall meets a roof abutment, the flashing is looked at first.
05Whether the property is exposed or sheltered is judged on the day, not from a map.
06Cracks are traced to their ends, because a crack that runs to an opening behaves differently from one that stops.
07A test patch at low strength shows what the surface will do before the full elevation commits to it.
08A fingernail drawn across the growth says more in a second than a photograph does.

Why order matters more than speed

Anything that involves opening a gutter is done before the ground beneath it is cleaned.

Fascia and soffit cleaning is folded into the wall visit rather than being priced as a separate trip.

Driveways come after walls so that run-off from the elevation is rinsed away as part of the drive work.

Glass is done last on any multi-service visit, since it picks up whatever the earlier stages put in the air.

Before the day in Doublebois

Note where the electricity meter and consumer unit sit relative to the wall.
Let us know whether the gutters have been cleared in the last couple of years.
If there are children's toys or a trampoline against the wall, they need to move.
Say if the elevation is overlooked by a neighbouring window that should stay shut.
Let us know if scaffold or a tower is already up for other work.
Warn us about a soft lawn or an unmade drive so boards come on the van.
Tell us where the drains run if the garden has a soakaway rather than a mains connection.
Point out any window that does not seal properly, so it gets sheeted rather than sprayed near.

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Common questions about wall softwash

What about the neighbour's side?: We only work surfaces you own or have permission for, and we check before spraying near a boundary.
How much water does a wall job use?: Less than a pressure wash, because the work is dwell time rather than volume.
Can you clean a wall with an electric meter on it?: Yes. The box is bagged before anything is applied around it.
What if the render is hollow in places?: It is tapped and mapped first, and hollow sections are treated dry-side only rather than soaked.
Is the method different on a listed building?: The approach is gentler still, and lime finishes are treated with the lowest strength that will work.
Is it worth cleaning a wall in winter?: Yes. Cool damp conditions suit the method, and heavy rain during application is the only real obstacle.
Do I need to move my car?: It helps. If it cannot be moved we sheet it or work around it.
Do you clean boundary walls too?: If they take the same method as the house, yes, in the same visit.

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In a sentence or two

Method, dwell and patience beat pressure and speed on every wall finish we work on. Cleaning reveals condition. Sometimes that means finding a repair, and it is better found than hidden under moss. Gentle and patient beats fast and forceful on any coated finish.