Soft Washing & Pressure Washing

Soft washing applies water at roughly garden-hose pressure with a cleaning solution that kills mold, mildew, and algae at the root, then rinses it away. It's the correct method for anything fragile, porous, or painted: tile and shingle roofs, vinyl and wood siding, stucco, soffits, screen enclosures, and painted surfaces.

Pressure washing uses high-pressure water with no chemistry doing the work, and belongs on hard, unpainted, durable surfaces: concrete driveways, sidewalks, paver patios, pool decks, and block walls.

The wrong method is expensive — high pressure on a roof strips granules and drives water under tile and flashing, on siding it forces water behind the panels, and on painted wood it peels the paint you were trying to clean.

Yes. Those dark roof streaks are usually gloeocapsa magma, an algae that thrives in our humidity and feeds on limestone filler in shingles. Because it's a living organism, blasting it removes only what's visible while the roots stay behind and it returns within months. Soft washing treats it biologically so it dies and rinses clear — which is why the result lasts far longer. Same approach for mold and mildew on siding, stucco, fences, and north-facing walls that never see direct sun.

Yes — on the barrier island it may be the most valuable thing a wash does. Salt spray settles on siding, trim, screens, railings, and glass, holds moisture against the surface, and speeds up paint failure and metal corrosion. Rinsing the salt load off two or three times a year measurably extends paint and hardware life on oceanfront homes in Atlantic Beach, Neptune Beach, Jacksonville Beach, Ponte Vedra Beach, and Fernandina Beach.

We fix it. Washing regularly exposes what mildew and dirt were hiding — soft fascia, split siding, failed caulk joints, peeling trim, cracked stucco. Because we're a licensed general contractor and house painter as well as a washing crew, we repair the carpentry and repaint the surface ourselves on the same project. A washing-only company has to leave you with a problem and a referral list. We show you what we found, price the repair, and you decide.

Driveways, walkways, and pavers usually want pressure washing once or twice a year. House soft washing every one to two years suits most homes, but shaded or wooded lots in St. Johns, Fleming Island, and Orange Park often need it annually because mildew never dries out, and oceanfront homes benefit from more frequent salt rinsing. Roof soft washing is typically every three to five years, or as soon as streaking shows.

Yes. Paint bonds to the surface, not to what's sitting on it. Mildew spores, chalked paint residue, salt film, and pollen all block adhesion, and painting over live mildew means it grows back through the new coating. Prep washing is included in every exterior painting project we do, and we also sell washing on its own.