Pressure Washing in Algés

About our service in Algés

A frontage on a busy street is a mixture of materials in a small space: rendered walls, a stone plinth, painted metalwork, a tiled shop surround, glazing and the pavement itself. So pressure is matched to the substrate all the way along, and the weakest element sets the limit at every junction. We prove the settings on a discreet area first, usually inside a doorway reveal or on a return wall down a side street, then work across the front. Where the render is chalking or the plinth stone is fretting, we say what a wash will actually reveal, because taking traffic film off a failing coating leaves a wall that then needs painting rather than a wall that looks new. Working on a narrow pavement means managing everybody else. We cordon and sign the area, keep a walking route open, protect shop entrances, doorbells, meters, lighting and signage, and cover parked cars or agree with the owners when they can be moved. Dirty water is not allowed to spread: gullies are covered, grit, gum residue and paint flakes are swept up and taken away instead of being washed into a rainwater drain that leads to the river, and we work with the fall of the street so residue gathers where we can collect it. Water and power are agreed at the survey, because a hose run through a hall or a tap in a ground-floor shop is often the only realistic option, and we plan volumes since municipal restrictions on water use can apply in a dry summer. On results we are candid. Traffic film comes off well; the discolouration underneath, where exhaust has been in contact with render for many years, may be permanent. Graffiti on painted shutters and doors usually lifts, on bare plinth stone it leaves a shadow, and some stains will not come out however patiently they are worked. Rear yards and north walls will green again, because the damp that caused it does not change. Roofs and rear terraces are assessed rather than assumed, and where a covering is old we recommend a gentler method. Where the building is to be repainted, wash first, dry, then paint.

What we handle in Algés:

Services Included

• Street frontages and entrance surrounds cleaned of traffic film
• Shopfront pavements and thresholds washed with the walkway kept open
• North-facing walls, rear yards and light wells de-greened
• Graffiti removal from shutters, doors, plinths and painted walls
• Garage floors, ramps and communal bin areas degreased and rinsed

Areas We Serve

We cover Algés and the area around it, including Cruz Quebrada, Dafundo, Miraflores and the Alto de Algés, Monday to Saturday between 9am and 8pm, closed on Sunday.

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