Pressure Washing in Salt Lake City

Pressure washing is one of the busiest scopes we run across the Wasatch Front every spring after the snow finally lifts. Winter salt, snowmelt runoff, and spring pollen coat driveways, sidewalks, and elevations through most of the year, and by late summer mildew on shaded north walls in the Avenues and Sugar House is heavy enough that any repaint bonded on top would fail early. Crews adjust pressure and tip size so painted brick, painted wood, stucco, HardiePlank, and concrete each get the right approach.

Historic Avenues and Sugar House homes tend to have chalky paint and softer joints that will not tolerate maximum pressure, while newer Draper and Herriman builds can take a more aggressive wash. Cedar shingle and specialty facades take a soft-wash chemical approach rather than mechanical pressure to preserve the shingle face. Concrete drives, pavers, and stamped hardscape each get a different pressure and detergent approach at the estimate.

Most standalone pressure-washing requests here are pre-listing cleanups, pre-paint prep, or post-winter cleanup. When the goal is a full exterior repaint, the wash is scoped as the first day of the project so paint bonds to a clean substrate. Our writeup on long-lasting exterior paint treats pressure washing as step one for a reason.