House Soft Washing in Orlando, FL

A house wall is an assembly, not a slab. Stucco has a finish coat that can be opened up. Painted surfaces have a film that can be driven off. Lap siding has seams that direct water inward if it is hit from the wrong angle. Behind all of it are window seals, weep holes, light fixtures, vents and wiring. High pressure aimed at any of that risks forcing water where it does not belong, and the damage is often invisible on the day and expensive later.

Soft washing removes the force from the equation. Pressure at the wall is roughly what a garden hose delivers. The chemistry does the cleaning, which means the finish, the seals and the assembly are not being asked to survive the process.

The dark streaking and green haze on a Florida wall is living. If you only remove what is visible, the colony is still established in the pores of the surface and it reappears as soon as conditions suit it, often within weeks. A dwell time with the right solution kills it through, and the difference shows up in how long the wall stays looking clean rather than in how it looks the same afternoon.

Rinsing is done from the top down, in sections, with the landscaping wetted before and after so nothing sits on plants. Windows and screens get rinsed as part of the process rather than left spotted.

Humidity here rarely drops enough for a wall to fully dry out, and the growing season never stops. Add heavy afternoon storms that keep surfaces wet into the evening, pollen that gives growth something to feed on, and shade from mature tree cover, and mold on exterior walls is a maintenance item rather than a one time repair. North facing walls and anything under an overhang or behind a tree go first.

Most homes here look right on a yearly cycle. Houses with heavy tree cover, or with irrigation that hits the wall, tend to want it sooner, and we will tell you which side of your house is driving the schedule.