Pressure washing in Tampa
Driveways, walkways, patios, soffits and fences. The Tampa green comes off, and with the right approach it stays off a good deal longer than you expect.
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Nothing changes how a Tampa house looks from the street as cheaply as washing the driveway. It is the single highest-impact-per-dollar job we do, and it is the one most often called in before a property goes on the market.
The trick is not pressure. Anyone can point a 4000 PSI wand at concrete and take the algae off along with the top layer of the slab. The trick is the right pressure for the right surface, and treating the growth rather than just blasting it, so it does not come straight back.
What's included
- Driveways, walkways, pool decks and patios
- Fences, screen enclosures and exterior walls
- Soffits and eaves washed at low pressure
- Surface cleaner used on concrete for an even finish, no wand stripes
- Plants wet down before and rinsed after
- Oil and rust spots treated separately where they lift
Why Tampa is different
What everyone here calls the Tampa green is mostly algae and mildew, and it grows because we have humidity, warmth and afternoon rain nearly year round. It is not dirt. Blasting it off with pressure alone removes what you can see and leaves the spores, which is why an untreated driveway is green again within months while a treated one holds for a year or more.
Concrete needs a surface cleaner, not a wand. A wand leaves the arc-shaped stripes you see on half the driveways in Town 'N' Country, and once they are etched into the slab they do not come out. Pavers need lower pressure again, or you blow the joint sand out and have to re-sand.
Roofs we do not do. Tile and shingle in Florida need a soft-wash chemical approach at very low pressure, done from a ladder on a pitch, and it is genuinely specialist work with a real fall risk. We would rather point you to someone who does it properly than take the money and damage your roof.
Questions
How long before it goes green again?
With treatment, usually a year to eighteen months in Tampa. Untreated, sometimes a single wet season. Shaded areas under oaks go first, which is why north-facing driveways always look worse.
Will it damage my concrete or pavers?
Not the way we do it. We use a surface cleaner on flat concrete and drop the pressure right down for pavers, screen enclosures and painted surfaces. The damage you see around Tampa is almost always a wand held too close.
Do you do roofs?
No, and we would rather say so plainly. Florida roofs need soft-washing by someone insured for working at height on a pitch. We will give you a name.
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