Concrete and driveways
- Plain and brushed concrete
- Exposed aggregate, worked carefully
- Oil and tyre marks pre-treated
- Garage and carport floors
Driveways, paths, limestone walls, pavers, fencing and commercial car parks, for homes and businesses across the Perth metro area. Roof soft washing, gutter cleaning and solar panel cleaning are quoted on request.
Two things set this job apart in Perth. There are water rules that cover spraying a hard surface, and plenty of older homes have fibro that must never be pressure cleaned. We work to both.
WA's water use rules allow spraying a path, paved area or building with a pressure cleaner or a hand-held hose only to the extent the cleaning needs.
Separate rules cover garden bores and sprinkler rosters, and those can change, so we check the current position for your property before the job.
On the day, we use the least water the surface needs and never leave a hose running unattended. If what you are asking for does not sit comfortably inside the rules, we say so before you book.
Because many Perth homes built before 1990 contain asbestos cement sheeting, in eaves, fencing, sheds and roofs.
WA Health and WorkSafe WA are clear that high pressure water must never be used on asbestos materials. It erodes the surface and spreads fibres in a slurry across paving, gardens and next door, and cleaning that up is a job for a licensed asbestos removalist.
The surface sets the pressure, not the other way around.
Step 01
Photos or a site visit: what it is made of, how old the building is, and whether anything is a material we will not touch.
Step 02
Each surface listed with its own figure, so you can drop one and keep the rest. The price holds unless the scope changes.
Step 03
We start low in a corner you will not notice and bring it up only as far as the surface needs, managing water and runoff as we go.
Step 04
Each area before and after, dated. Useful for a strata committee, a landlord or a builder who needs the record.
This matters most for businesses. In WA, letting sediment, detergent or degreaser run into stormwater drains in the course of business is an offence.
Grated gullies and stormwater pits near the work area are covered before we start, so the wash water does not go straight into them.
Washing soil and grime onto lawn or garden lets the grass and topsoil take up the sediment, which is what state guidance suggests for mobile cleaning.
We use cleaning products only where they are needed, at the rate the manufacturer sets, and rinse with as little water as the job allows.
On a commercial site the question is never just how clean it looks. It is where the water went.
It can. Perth uses a lot of limestone: retaining walls, block fencing, paving, and liquid limestone driveways on many newer estates.
Water at excessive pressure is abrasive and can etch soft stone, so we start low, use a wide fan and pH neutral cleaners, and never use acid, bleach or vinegar on it.
There is a test anyone can run: if you see grains of stone or sand in the runoff, the pressure is too high. Watch for that next time someone cleans a wall for you.
Four situations, and the brief is different in each one.
Driveway, paths, alfresco and the front wall, timed before photography. The front of a Perth house is mostly hard surface, so it changes a listing more than people expect.
Walkways, bin rooms, visitor parking and entries, on a schedule rather than a complaint. We quote per area so a committee can see what it is approving.
Shopfronts, entries and car parks, done early in the morning before you open or in the evening after close, finished by 10pm. The photo report is the record if anyone asks.
Concrete splatter, render and mortar off a new slab and driveway before the client walks through. Often booked with the builders clean.
Six reasons, one line each.
By surface and area, after we have seen it. It comes down to three things.
A driveway, a path and a wall are three jobs. We measure and list them separately, so nothing is bundled and then re-quoted.
Oil, rust, paint and heavy moss need pre-treatment and a second pass. Years of build-up on a shaded path is a slower job than a season of dust.
Height, a tight side passage, a car park that has to be done outside trading hours, or a site where runoff needs containing all add time.
Send the rough square metres and a photo of each surface. A written quote comes back with a line for each one, and that figure holds unless the scope changes.
Same visit, one setup, one invoice.
Glass after the walls, not before, so the runoff does not land on clean panes. Window cleaning
Driveways and paths are on plenty of WA condition reports. End of lease
Splatter and mortar off the slab and driveway before handover. Construction clean
Walkways and bin rooms as part of a scheduled contract rather than one-off. Strata cleaning
If the shaded wall outside is also showing inside, that is a different job. Mould cleaning
Gutter cleaning, a roof soft wash and solar panel cleaning, each quoted on its own line and done on the same visit.
The Perth metro area, from Joondalup to Rockingham, and Mandurah. Site somewhere else? Send the address and we will confirm the same day.
Coastal salt air and beach sand impact properties heavily here. Window tracks, exterior glass, and flyscreens need regular washing to stop salt corrosion.
A mix of commercial high rises, character homes, and modern units. Jarrah floor care and delicate limestone work are common across these areas.
Large family properties and industrial facilities. Paved alfresco spaces and bore reticulation mean pressure washing is regularly booked alongside a house clean.
The watering roster is about sprinklers and reticulation. Spraying a path, paved area or building is covered by separate rules that allow it to the extent the cleaning needs, so we keep water use down and check the rules for your job.
Yes, all three, quoted after we have seen them. Roofs get a soft wash rather than high pressure, and only once we know what the sheeting is. If it reads as fibro, we tell you and leave it alone, because high pressure water must never be used on asbestos cement.
Not the way we do it. We start low on a hidden patch, use a wide fan and neutral cleaners, and stop well short of the pressure that etches stone. If you ever see sand or stone grains in the runoff, the pressure is too high.
Not down the nearest drain if we can help it. We cover gullies and stormwater pits, and wash grime onto turf where possible, because letting sediment and detergent into stormwater from business activity is an offence in WA.
Yes. Car parks, loading docks, shopfronts, walkways and bin rooms, booked before opening or after close. We ask to see the asbestos register, and strata work is quoted per area so a committee can approve line by line.
Some will not, and we say that before you pay. Rust, old oil soaked into porous concrete, paint and some leaf tannin marks can be permanent, and the test patch tells us which.
Yes. You provide an outdoor tap and a power point within reach of the work, and we bring everything else. If either is hard to get to, tell us when you enquire.
It depends on shade and traffic more than the calendar. A sunny driveway can go years, while a shaded path often needs it after a wet winter.
Most customers book more than one. Same crews, same standards, one invoice.
We stay until it's right
Our cleaners don't leave until you're happy with the work. For end of lease cleans, if you're not satisfied and tell us within 72 hours, we come back and re-clean.
Send the surfaces, rough square metres and a photo of each. If the building is pre-1990, tell us and we will check the eaves, fencing and sheds before quoting.
Monday to Sunday: 6:00 AM - 10:00 PM
104 Lambeth Circle, Wellard WA 6170
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