Maybe you just bought a new pressure washer. Maybe you hired a pressure washing company to clean your property.
Whatever the situation is, you’re looking for things to pressure wash. Sure, everyone knows you can pressure wash your deck and driveway, but there are plenty of other surprising things to pressure wash around your home.
Today, we’re highlighting some of the best ways to use a pressure washer, including the best places to pressure wash in and around your home.
House Siding
Use a pressure washer on the siding of your home. It not only cleans the siding: it also protects the siding from damage, increasing its lifespan and improving its ability to protect your home.
When you don’t clean your siding, you let contaminants, toxins, mildew, mold, and algae build up on the surface and within the siding – particularly if you live in a wet or humid climate. Over time, these contaminants impact the structural integrity of the siding. They weaken the siding. It’s a serious maintenance issue.
Sure, you could manually wash your home’s siding using a brush or sponge – but that takes forever. Use your pressure washer to quickly and efficiently scrub layers of grime from your siding. Beautify your home and protect your biggest investment at the same time.
Fences
Fences, like siding, can develop issues with grime, mold, and mildew over time – especially on Long Island. This buildup impacts the structural integrity of your fence, causing it to weaken more quickly.
Clean your fence with a pressure washer to restore its former glory. In many cases, you don’t need a new fence – you just need some strategic pressure washing once or twice per year.
Pressure washing vinyl fencing is easy. Adjust the pressure, then spray away.
However, you need to be more careful with wood fences, as the soft surface is more prone to damage. Using the right cleansers and pressure, you can easily pressure wash your fence to protect its integrity and boost its appearance.
Patios & Decks
Patios and decks are some of the best things in your home to pressure wash. They’re often exposed to the elements, which means you need to clean them regularly to avoid dirt, grime, mold, and mildew.
Patios and decks are also areas with heavy foot traffic, which means you want these areas to be clean. Nobody wants to step onto their deck and feel grime beneath their toes.
It’s a good idea to pressure wash your deck before repainting it or staining it. Pressure washing removes dirt, grime, and other contaminants, making it easier to paint.
Even if you aren’t painting your deck, pressure washing protects your deck from the elements. Studies show that pressure washing your deck once or twice per year can extend its lifespan and increase the length of time between painting and staining projects.
Roofs
Yes, you can pressure wash your roof – and pressure washing your roof can lead to huge benefits for your home.
You should not clean your roof with high pressure. However, you can use ‘soft wash’ techniques (i.e. low pressure) to gently remove dirt, grime, mold, mildew, and other contaminants from the roof.
If you let contaminants build up in your roof, it weakens the structural integrity – similar to siding. Algae accumulates and grows on the surface of your roof, consuming the limestone filler and weakening the shingles.
With a soft wash, you can remove problematic compounds from your roof, increasing the lifespan of your roof while protecting your home. Regular roof treatment is a guaranteed way to protect your biggest investment.
Concrete, Pavement, Footpaths, and Driveways
Revitalize your driveway, footpaths, garage floor, and other concrete or hard surfaces around your home.
Concrete is more porous than many homeowners realize. It’s like a sponge, and that means contaminants permeate the surface and lodge themselves deep inside. To rejuvenate the appearance of concrete around your home, use a pressure washer.
Pressure washer can easily remove oil and rust stains – things that aren’t easy to remove with normal cleaning techniques.
In colder climates, some homeowners seal driveways after pressure washing to prevent further contamination. This can be useful on Long Island, particularly before winter. When moisture enters concrete then freezes, it strains the concrete, causing cracking, chipping, pitting, and other issues. This weakens the concrete over time and reduces its lifespan.
For all of these reasons, use your pressure washer to clean concrete, pavement, footpaths, driveways, garage floors, and other surfaces around your home.
Commercial Properties & Storefronts
Curb appeal is important with any home or business, but it’s particularly important if you have a commercial storefront or any type of customer-facing business.
People like clean storefronts. If the sidewalk or siding on your storefront is dirty, it pushes customers away. If you’ve already used your pressure washer at home, take it to a commercial property and enhance curb appeal – and attract new business.
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