Pressure Washing in Denver

What pressure washing covers

• Surfaces wet down and pre-treated with solution before the pressure goes on
• A flat surface cleaner on the concrete, instead of a wand pass that leaves stripes
• Siding soft washed at low pressure and rinsed, not blasted
• Plants and shrubs soaked before the work and rinsed off after
• Driveway, walkway and the concrete apron washed edge to edge
• Fence and deck boards worked along the grain, not across it

What is usually not included

• Sealing or staining afterwards. That is a separate job on a separate day, once the surface has dried all the way through.
• Rust, oil that has soaked into concrete and old tire marks. A wash lightens them and often does not take them out.
• Roof shingles and the inside of the gutters. Both are their own service and are priced on their own.

When to book pressure washing

Book this when outside surfaces have gone green or grey, before selling, or once a year as maintenance. Some surfaces need lower pressure, so say what the material is.

How long it takes

A driveway or a patio is short work next to a whole house exterior, where every wall has to be reached and rinsed. Weather sets the calendar more than the work does, and freezing temperatures push the date.

What makes the price go up

• Two stories of siding, which has to be reached from a ladder or with poles from the ground
• Oil and rust, which need a degreaser and a separate treatment step
• Wood decks, which take lower pressure and more passes than concrete does
• No outside spigot, or weak water pressure, so a tank has to come along

What to ask before you book

• Do you use my water and my outside spigot, or do you bring your own?
• If I want to stain the deck after, how long do I have to wait?
• Is the driveway in that price, or is that just the house?

What pressure washing looks like in Denver

Denver sits high and dry. The air holds little moisture, so dust stays fine and shows up again quickly on flat surfaces. Snow comes and goes through the cold months, and the sand and magnesium chloride spread on the roads rides in on boots and dries to a pale film by the door. Older neighborhoods run to brick bungalows, and hardwood floors and forced-air heat are common in them.

Entryways and floors come first here, since road grit and de-icer film dull a hardwood finish if they sit. Dusting comes around more often than it would in a wet climate, and vents get attention because the heat runs long. Windows are worth doing carefully: dry air and hard light leave every streak visible.