Homes throughout St. Johns County, Florida, including SilverLeaf, Shearwater, TrailMark, World Golf Village, Palencia, Beacon Lake, Murabella, and surrounding St. Augustine communities, are exposed year-round to humidity, rain, and airborne organic growth. Over time, this leads to algae, mildew, and dirt buildup on siding, trim, gutters, and exterior surfaces. Annual house washing helps prevent this buildup while keeping your home looking clean, protected, and well maintained.
Want to know the best way to avoid having electrostatically bonded stains on your siding, gutters and trim? Your home is under a constant electric charge. Those vertical black stripes most commonly seen on your gutters are referred to as “zebra stripes” or “tiger stripes” in the pressure washing industry. The electrostatic bond must be broke in order to remove tiger stripes. In order to do so you will need a butyl base cleaner. The downside of using butyl based cleaners is they can remove the paint right off your gutters, plus if any gets on your homes siding it will discolor the paint. I highly discourage a DIY attempt at using gutter brighteners and personally do not like using them myself. The best way to avoid electrostatically bonded stains to your siding, gutters and trim is to clean your homes exterior annually. Annual house wash benefits reason #1.
- Restore Your Home’s Beauty in Just a Day
- Curb Appeal: Your house will look better than the day you moved in.
- Increases Property Value: Remove all organic stains like, Mold, Algae, Lichens, Moss, & pollen.
- Prevents Damage: Safely & gently cleans your exterior walls.
- Saves Time: and your energy. Probably the biggest on the list of house wash benefits.
- Environmentally Friendly: Softwash chemicals break down into salt. Plus grime and buildup lead to mold and mildew particles, which can cause harm to your family’s health if inhaled regularly.
- Saves Money: Reduce the need for costly repairs and maintenance. Avoid the expense of fixing deteriorated siding, decayed wood, or repainting prematurely due to neglect.
- Increases Value : Annual exterior cleanings will help to keep a “like new” appearance.
- Maintenance cleanings: Annual house washes prevent stains. Mainly “tiger stripes” or “zebra stripes”. Mold left to dwell will create an electrostatic bond to your siding and trim if neglected for long periods. Because they are not just stains, traditional house washing chemicals used for removing mold, mildew, and other contaminants won’t budge them.
Why you should let a Pro handle it?
We have access to the correct equipment along with knowledge of specific chemicals for the job. Chances are you have a pressure washer laying around, but do you know how to use it? Utilizing high pressure tips on your exterior walls will surely etch the paint or stucco. When a home owner is using the White, Green, Yellow, or Red colors spray tips at home please know they are all HIGH PRESSURE tips. The Black colored spray tip is the only tip you should ever be using on exterior walls, or horizontally suspended substrates. The black tip is a “softwash” spray tip often times thrown in the trash because it appears to basically do nothing. Black tips come with pressure washing machines that have a dedicated soap tank and are designed to draw chemical via the Venturi effect.
Professional Licensing and Insurance:
This offers more than compliance with regulations; it is a safeguard for homeowners, ensuring accountability and recourse in the unlikely event of unsatisfactory work or accidental property damage.
Investment in Commercial Equipment:
Lets be real. Having the right equipment for the job makes a huge difference. Proper equipment helps us better clean your homes by reducing repetitive and even some manual tasks, which frees us up to do other more detailed cleaning tasks. As a full time cleaning professional having the correct equipment elevates the quality of our work.
In essence, the choice to employ a professional power washing service is a wise decision. Quality, safety, and environmental considerations over the illusory appeal of immediate savings. Consider reaching out to discuss how our expertise can serve your needs.
Driveway Fail
This job was attempt by the home owner, or that friendly neighbor with a machine. This is a result of mis-matched equipment for the job. Let a mobile contract cleaning pro handle this as one of your annual house wash benefits.
House Wash Fail
Those lines are the damages! Etching paint is a common mistake by a home owner with a high pressure tip. Sometimes, people will say, “for that price, I can get my own pressure washer and do it myself.” If that is the chance you want to take, this is the possible outcome you may get.
House Wash Fail Again
Sometimes the self satisfaction of being able to say you did it all by yourself ends in a huge fail. During the DIY process it “appears” like that nasty grime is all coming off. Once completely dry you will have this design to live with.