What about the neighbour's side?

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

Do you move furniture and pots?

Anything within the spray arc is moved and put back where it was found.

Should the gutters be done at the same time?

Usually. Overflow is behind a large share of wall staining, so clearing it protects the work.

Can you clean a wall covered in ivy?

The ivy needs removing first. Once it is off, the shaded face behind it is treated as normal.

Do you work on bungalows differently?

Only in that everything is reachable from the ground, which makes the visit shorter.

Do you use a pressure washer at all on a wall visit?

Only on hard surfaces below it, like paving, and never on the wall finish itself.

There is a mild one during application that clears within a few hours.

How do you price the work?

By elevation area and access, put in writing before anything starts.

Green walls in Landrake Village? Start here

painted render and stone walls, slate roofs, 7.1 miles from the yard.

Even wall colour after treatment on a property type common near Landrake Village

We work Landrake Village as part of the Landrake round, which keeps travel down. Wall softwash is the service most often asked about here because painted render and stone shows growth earlier than brick does.

Quote for a Landrake Village property

Monday to Saturday, 8am – 7pm

Why walls green up in Landrake Village

Salt-laden air roughens exposed surfaces slightly, and rougher surfaces hold more moisture.
Ivy pulled off a wall leaves suckers and a shaded, damp face that greens quickly afterwards.
A wall that faces a large expanse of glass on another building gets less sun than its aspect suggests.
A blocked hopper head can soak the same square metre of wall for an entire winter without anyone noticing.
Low winter sun never reaches the bottom third of a wall behind a fence, and it shows.
Nutrients from a nearby feeding lawn or planting drift onto a wall and give growth something to work with.
Growth on a painted wall often sits on top of a paint film that has already begun to chalk.
A conservatory or extension roof abutting a wall throws water back at it every time it rains.
Render laid over a colder substrate holds surface condensation into the morning.

What the staining pattern tells us

01Previous cleaning is usually visible as a slightly different texture rather than a different colour.
02Photographs taken before work provide the reference for judging the result later.
03Colour matters: green suggests algae, black suggests fungal spotting, grey-white crust suggests lichen.
04Where the pattern is even across the whole face, exposure and aspect are the cause.
05The presence of moss rather than algae suggests standing water rather than damp air.
06Where the wall carries a previous coating over render, its edges are inspected for lifting.
07The direction the growth thickens in points at the source of the moisture.
08The condition of the cills tells you how much water has been running down the face.

Getting a Landrake Village property ready

Bring in washing, cushions and anything fabric that lives against the wall.
Tell us if there is a septic tank and where its outlet sits.
Let us know if the property is listed or in a conservation area, as it affects method choice.
Unlock side gates the night before if you are not going to be in, because a locked passage stops a whole elevation.
Tell us about pets in the garden before the day rather than on it.
Tell us if there is a low wall or a step at the base of the elevation that gets slippery.
Mention any glazing you already know is cracked before work starts.
Say whether the property is occupied during the day, since that changes nothing technically but helps the plan.

What the surface will and will not take

Modern render, whether sand and cement or a thin-coat system, has a slightly porous face that holds airborne spores.
Coloured through-render fades gradually, so what looks like dirt on an older wall is sometimes age in the finish.
Colour on a painted wall usually returns once the film on top is removed.
Gloss-painted details like cills are wiped rather than sprayed.
Copings on stone boundary walls take the worst of the weather and the worst of the growth.
The rinse on stone is gentle enough that nothing is driven into an open joint.

The method we would use in Landrake Village

1.A hose test on the nearest outside tap happens before anything is mixed, because flow rate changes how the day is planned.
2.Expected rain is considered before application because the treatment needs suitable dwell time on the wall.
3.The treatment is mixed to the surface, not to a fixed recipe, and a delicate finish gets a weaker mix and a longer wait.
4.Airbricks are covered for the duration and uncovered before we leave, without exception.
5.Where a wall meets a conservatory or lean-to, the roof glazing is sheeted before anything is applied above it.
6.Vents serving a boiler or flue are checked and left uncovered, with the elevation around them worked dry.
7.Rinsing, where it is needed at all, runs top down at a pressure you could hold your hand in front of.
8.Access equipment is footed on boards where the ground is soft, so nothing sinks into a lawn.
9.Weep holes above openings are left clear so the wall can drain the way it was designed to.
10.On thin-coat systems the lance is kept moving, because holding it still in one place is how a shadow mark gets left behind.

Asked most often in PL12

What about the neighbour's side?: We only work surfaces you own or have permission for, and we check before spraying near a boundary.
Do you move furniture and pots?: Anything within the spray arc is moved and put back where it was found.
Should the gutters be done at the same time?: Usually. Overflow is behind a large share of wall staining, so clearing it protects the work.
Can you clean a wall covered in ivy?: The ivy needs removing first. Once it is off, the shaded face behind it is treated as normal.
Do you work on bungalows differently?: Only in that everything is reachable from the ground, which makes the visit shorter.
Do you use a pressure washer at all on a wall visit?: Only on hard surfaces below it, like paving, and never on the wall finish itself.
Is there a smell?: There is a mild one during application that clears within a few hours.
How do you price the work?: By elevation area and access, put in writing before anything starts.

Planning a full exterior in Landrake Village

Where only walls are being done, the gutter line is still checked, because it is the usual culprit behind the worst staining.

A wall treated in autumn goes into winter clean, which is when it matters most.

Gutters are cleared between the roof and the walls, so the first heavy rain does not restain a finished elevation.

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

Close to Landrake Village

PL12 context

Access is usually via A38.
Postcode district: PL12. County: Cornwall. Approx 7.1 miles from the PL3 base.
Typical wall finish here is painted render and stone, which sets the cleaning method.
PL12 covers 8 town hubs and 13 villages or districts in our radius.
Nearest full coverage hub: Landrake (PL12), Cornwall Council.

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Landrake Village wall softwash, in short

If a wall is greening in one strip, the answer is usually plumbing rather than cleaning. A maintenance pass is far lighter work than a first clean, and it stays that way. Method, dwell, rinse, check. There is nothing else to it.

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A wall treated now goes into winter clean, which is when the difference is most visible.

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