Soft Wash vs Pressure Washing

High-pressure washing can chip soft brick, dent aluminum siding, loosen roofing tiles, and shatter windows!

Soft washing uses special detergents that loosen dirt and grime so that debris can be rinsed away with extremely low water pressure. These detergents dissolve caked-on dirt that other residential power washing systems miss, or would otherwise require strong water pressure to clean away. As such, your home’s exterior surfaces are spotlessly clean and free of damage!

Virtually any surface can be soft washed!

What should be soft washed:

    Homes

    Most Decks

    Roof (tile)

    Pavers with grout

    Gutter Faces, Soffits, & Overhangs

 What should be pressure washed:

    Concrete   

Windows & Glass

Window cleaning involves the application of special surfactants that gently dissolve dirt, dust, cobwebs, and other debris on window surfaces. Glass is then cleaned by hand yielding superior results vs poles, pressure washing or other inferior techniques.  Your home’s windows are then clean and streak-free.

Having glass & windows cleaned regularly is one of the most important things that you can do to make sure that your windows have a long life. Oxidation, hard water and acid rain can damage your windows.  Windows are more efficient when they are cleaned annually at a minimum. Frame weathering and oxidation can cause water and air leaks.

Driveways, Concrete, and Pavers

Routine driveway washing does more than keep a home’s driveway and walkways clean and presentable. Utilizing Dr Windows to clean concrete, stone, and asphalt on your property prolongs the life of these surfaces, resulting in fewer repairs and replacement costs over time.  Automotive fluids, salt and other snow-removing chemicals, leaves, twigs, grass clippings, fertilizer and weed killers used on your property’s lawn all break down concrete and asphalt. In turn, these surfaces begin to crack and chip and develop potholes. Professional washing will remove all debris, protecting your property’s concrete and asphalt surfaces from premature damage.

Driveways & walkways are better rough than polished as a rough surface maintains friction reducing slips and falls. Deposits of fungus, dust, algae, moss and grease on the surface reduces friction, which can be dangerous for people utilizing these surfaces. Pressure washing removes surface deposits of oil and grease content from the surface and helps surfaces retain their original consistency and friction.

Gutters

When gutters are clogged, rainwater runs over their sides and down exterior walls of a home, collecting around a structure’s foundation. This can easily lead to water damage to your home and property.  Additionally, clogged gutters can foster development of ice dams on your winter roof.  These ice dams can prove costly to homeowners as damage often occurs.  Removes leaves, twigs, pine needles, any/all biological items that nature throws in your gutters.*  Your home’s gutters will be free of clogs and buildup, and your home protected from water leaks and a cracked foundation! 

Clean out removes leaves, twigs, pine needles, any/all biological items that nature throws in your gutters 32 feet tall or less, not granules of asphalt. IF you have scheduled gutter cleanout when nights are below 40 degrees, you are accepting the strong possibility that the gutter bottoms will be frozen and not all debris will remove. If you have gutter guards, we clean off the tops of them and do NOT take gutter guards apart or clean under them.  If you require gutter guards taken apart, your gutter guards by definition are failing and you need a gutter repair company.  Detached garages and/or buildings not included unless you have received separate quote.

Prevent Roof Damage

When leaves and other debris clog your gutters to the point that water is flooding over, you'll have issues with rot on your roofing.  This is one reason to keep your gutters clean and flowing.

Keep Out Pests

Clogged gutters can be appealing to a number of critters as a nesting site. From birds to mosquitoes, a bed of damp leaves can be alluring.

Damage to Fascia

The fascia is that board that runs right behind your gutter. Overflowing water can damage this important component of your gutter system.

Overwatering Garden Beds

If your gutters become clogged to the point that water is spilling over the side and into your garden beds, you can damage your plants' health by essentially drowning them. Overwatering can be as harmful as not watering enough.

Cracks in Foundation

If water overflows and pools along a home's foundation, it can end up freezing, which can cause it to expand and generate cracks in your foundation.

Damage to Brackets

Clogged gutters hold too much weight, which can result in damage to the brackets.

 

Gutter Face Cleaning

 

Home Soft Wash

SEE HOME WASH PAGE

 

Deck Wash

A Clean Deck Increases Your Property Value

A deck is one of those things that can make or break your property value. Their presence alone is, generally speaking, enough to send your property value higher. But if your deck is dirty and covered in many unsightly growths, then you’ll have quite a hard time trying to reap your property’s full value.

If your deck has reached a sad condition, then just get professional deck cleaning! Pressure/Soft Washing (depending on deck material) your deck will have it looking like brand new once more, helping to make your property just as valuable as you want it to be!

Better Health

The most obvious and most unsightly thing that can occur on a weather-beaten deck is algae and mold growth. Of course, once those appear, aesthetics will be the LEAST of your worries. After all, in that situation, you’d also find yourself dealing with some HEALTH issues.

Mold and algae development can compromise your health. Should those have developed on your deck, you don’t have to live with compromised health. Simply have Dr Windows wash your deck and knock away those growths and help preserve your health!

Longer Lifespan 

Like any component that makes up your home, you deck won’t last forever. Unfortunately for your deck, all those growths and other unsightly results of living outside can lead it to its inevitable end quickly.

You can delay this process, though. And just like you’d expect, you can do so by calling for deck cleaning services! With professional washing, you can have those harmful growths blasted away and, thus, help to preserve the life of your much-loved and much-used deck for many more years to come!

Deck washes include the surfaces of the deck you walk on - spindles, rails, etc not included unless specifically asked for and/or quoted.

 

Roof Soft Wash/Treatment

SEE ROOF WASH/TREATMENT PAGE