Exterior cleaning tips for PNW homeowners

Most driveways here need a wash once a year. Here is why our climate makes that the number, and what happens if you wait.

Nobody likes a site that hides the number. Here is how pricing actually works on exterior cleaning around here, and what moves it up or down.

If you are prepping a house to sell, cleaning order matters. Here is what I would do first, and what actually shows up in listing photos.

Sealing gets sold hard and explained badly. Here is what it actually does in our climate, and when I would tell you to skip it.

If you keep sweeping sand back into your paver joints every spring, the sand is not the problem. Here is what is actually going on.

Everyone in the Pacific Northwest gets moss back eventually. The question worth asking is how long you get between cleanings.

Cedar is soft. Most deck damage I see was done by a rented pressure washer in about ten minutes.

Metal roofs get cleaned differently than asphalt, and using the shingle method on metal is a mistake.

If you only clean your gutters once a year, the timing of that one cleaning decides whether it works.

Gutter cleaning is one of the easier jobs to price, but the number still moves with the house. Here is what actually drives it.