When it comes time to sell your home, you’re not just selling four walls and a roof—you’re selling first impressions. Buyers often decide how they feel about a property within seconds of pulling up to the curb. That’s why cleaning your home’s exterior before listing can be one of the simplest yet most powerful investments you make. 1. Boosts Curb …
Carpenter Bee Evidence
If you’ve ever seen these brown splatter marks on your homes exterior siding or trim its a carpenter bee’s home. During our daily exterior cleaning activities we often spot carpenter bee evidence. If you ever hear wood peckers banging on your home they are likely seaching for the carpenter bee larvae. Carpenter Bee Facts Do Carpenter Bees sting? YES the …
Rubber Mat Stains
Is it possible to remove rubber stains? A quick google search will throw up an A.I. overview suggesting scrubbing rubber mat stains with a mild solution of detergent and water. There are a handful of other remedies to try, but none of the A.I. recommendations work. MOST of the time the black stains are simply organic stains which easily wash …
Calcified Paver Joints vs. Efflorescence on Pavers
How to Tell the Difference Efflorescence Excessive calcium buildup between paver joints is commonly thought to be efflorescence, but technically it is not. Efflorescence occurs when water-soluble salts and minerals within the pavers or base materials are carried to the surface by moisture. Once the moisture evaporates, the salts are left behind, creating a white, chalky residue on top of …
Spray Tips
We’ve cleaned thousands of homes over the years. Here are some useful spray tips to help keep a beautiful exterior! Below is an ongoing compiled spray tips list of the most common things we see on customer homes. 1. Skip splurging on outdoor decor like fancy lights, ceiling fans, or door hardware. The Florida sun, rain, and humidity will turn …
Annual House Wash Benefits
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 …
Customer: I only need my soffits cleaned.
Partial House Washing A small percentage of customers each year call in with the quote request for a partial house washing. When these customers do call in they specifically request a single elevation to comply with an H.O.A. violation. In the images below you can clearly see the “clean” streaks coming down the exterior walls where we applied our cleaning …
What are those tiny black dots all over my house and fence?
Artillery Fungus Black Mulch Fungus (a.k.a. Shotgun Fungus) Neither high-pressure spray tips nor corresponding chemicals will successfully remove most cases of artillery fungus spores. Black Mulch fungus are tiny and generally go unnoticed until there are hundreds of them on your fence and siding. If you are early in the detection and catch them fresh they can easily be removed …
Paver surface erosion (face-mix wear)
Home Owner’s with pavers have most likely researched “paver sealing” on the internet. Just about every paver sealing article recommends to have them sealed. After finding out the real costs associated with paver sealing most home owners decide they can live with their pavers worn out. The pictures below will show you what your pavers will look like if you …
How to clean your pool screen enclosure
Screen enclosures are cleanable by anyone with proper knowledge and tools. Knowing how to clean your pool screen enclosure requires an 80/20 solution of water and sodium hypochlorite. Adding in a quality soap will help your solution “cling” which increases surface dwell time. Apply the solution with a soft bristle brush or pump up sprayer. This cleaning solution will ruin …
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