Pressure washing in Rome, GA

Worth washing

• Concrete drives and walkways gone gray-green, especially on the shaded side
• Black streaks running down siding under the gutter line
• A deck or patio that has gone slick underfoot after rain
• Green film on north-facing walls that never dries out
• Brick and stone with a dull film over it
• Fencing that has grayed unevenly
• A house about to be listed, painted or sold

How the work is done

1. The surface sets the pressure, not the machine

   Concrete and masonry take real pressure. Vinyl siding, painted wood, cedar and older mortar do not, and get a low-pressure soft wash with a cleaning solution doing the work instead of force. Using driveway pressure on siding is how you drive water behind it and how you strip paint.

2. Detergent first, dwell time, then rinse

   Organic growth is killed and lifted chemically, then rinsed off. That is what stops it returning in a couple of months, and it is why a wash that relies on pressure alone tends to look clean for one season and then go straight back.

3. Surface cleaner on flatwork

   Drives and patios get a rotating surface cleaner, not a wand, because a wand leaves the striped arc marks that are impossible to hide once they are there.

4. Plants, fixtures and doors get protected

   Landscaping gets wetted down before and rinsed after, and anything that should not take a soaking is covered. Doors, vents and light fittings are worked around rather than blasted.

What drives the price

Washing is one of the easier jobs to price without a visit, because it is mostly square footage. These are the things that move it either way.

• Square footage of the surface, and whether it is flatwork or vertical
• Surface type, since soft washing siding is a different job from a concrete drive
• How heavy the growth is, and how long since it was last done
• Access, water supply on site, and how far the hose has to run
• Whether gutters, fascia or a deck are included alongside the main surface
• Anything needing protection first, dense planting being the usual one

Send a photo and rough dimensions and you will get a real number. A drive is usually straightforward; a whole house wash depends more on height and access than on area.

What to expect

1. Send photos of the surfaces and say roughly how long since the last wash.

2. We confirm a price and what pressure each surface will be getting.

3. On the day, plants are wetted and covered, and anything vulnerable is worked around.

4. You see it wet, which always looks better, so we point out anything that will still show once it dries.

Pressure Washing questions

Where we do this work

Pressure Washing across Rome, Floyd County and the towns around them across Northwest Georgia and Northeast Alabama, including 5 distinct parts of Rome, from Between the Rivers to the West Rome / Coosa side. That is Floyd County, Bartow County, Polk County, Gordon County, Chattooga County, Paulding County, Cherokee County, DeKalb County, Cobb County, Walker County, Haralson County and Cherokee County, anywhere inside about a 45-minute drive of Rome.

Town by town, that means Rome, Lindale, Adairsville, Cedartown, Summerville, Rockmart, Calhoun, Cartersville, Euharlee, Shannon, Cave Spring, Kingston, White, Emerson, Plainville, Resaca, Fairmount, Aragon, Trion, Lyerly, Menlo, Dallas, Centre, Cedar Bluff, Sand Rock, Gaylesville, Fort Payne, Mentone, Valley Head, Acworth, Kennesaw, Buchanan, LaFayette and Waleska. Smaller places in those counties are covered too. The full picture.