What Exterior Restoration Actually Means

Restoration goes further than a regular wash. It's a full, top to bottom clean of every exterior surface, aimed at homes that have gone years without deep attention and have visible buildup, staining, or discoloration that a quick rinse won't fix.

Assessing Your Home's Exterior First

We walk the entire exterior and note where dirt, algae, mildew, and staining are worst. Brick, siding, wood, and concrete all need a different approach, so this walk decides how we treat each part of the house before we start.

Cleaning Brick And Masonry In Depth

Years of buildup on brick usually needs more than a rinse. We use a cleaning solution made for masonry, let it sit long enough to break down the grime, then rinse it off with a pressure washer set for stone and brick. For rust stains, which often come from old metal fixtures or rebar, we use an oxalic acid based cleaner that lifts rust without eating into the brick itself.

Cleaning Siding And Wood

Siding gets a soft wash instead of straight pressure, since high PSI can crack vinyl or force water up behind the panels. Wood surfaces get the gentlest treatment of all, since wood fibers can splinter and raise under too much pressure.

Treating Algae And Mildew At The Root

A simple rinse only removes what you can see on the surface. Our cleaning solution kills algae and mildew spores at the root, which is why a proper restoration wash lasts so much longer than a quick spray down.

Sealing And Protecting After Restoration

Once everything is clean and dry, sealing certain surfaces, especially concrete and some wood, helps repel future staining and makes the next cleaning faster and easier.

How This Differs From A Regular Wash

A regular wash is maintenance. Restoration is recovery, meant for homes where buildup has been allowed to sit for years. It takes longer, uses more targeted treatments per surface, and the results are more dramatic.

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