About Florence Pressure Washing Dudes
We are a Shoals washing crew, plain and simple. We live with the same river air as the people we work for, so we know what it does to a house: the green film that creeps across the north wall, the black streaks that show up on a roof a few years after it goes on, the red clay that splashes onto the bottom course of siding after a hard rain.
The work is outside cleaning and nothing else. Houses, roofs, driveways and walks, decks and fences, gutters, and the full list of surfaces we handle has a page for each. Keeping it that narrow means the equipment, the chemistry and the habits all point one direction, and nobody is learning on your house.
Our pitch is short. Clean each surface the right way, protect what is around it, say the price before we start, and leave the place looking like nobody was there except for the clean part.
How a job goes
It starts with a photo or a quick look. You tell us what bothers you, we tell you which surfaces need what, and the number comes back in writing. Every job is priced in writing before we start, by the surface and its size, from a photo or a quick walk-around. No surprise line items show up at the end.
On the day, the shrubs and flower beds along the foundation get watered down first and covered where the mix could drift. Outlets, light fixtures and doorbells get taped or bagged. Cars get moved or covered. Then the actual cleaning, which is where soft wash and pressure part ways.
Roofs, vinyl siding, stucco, painted wood and screens get a soft wash. The black streaks on Shoals roofs are an algae called Gloeocapsa magma, and the green on siding is its cousins plus mildew. High pressure knocks the color off for a while but leaves the roots, strips shingle granules and can push water up behind vinyl laps. A low-pressure mix kills the growth where it lives, and the next few rains finish rinsing it away.
Concrete and pavers are a different story. They can take real pressure, and a spinning surface cleaner gives an even finish without the stripes a wand leaves behind. Afterward the plants get another rinse, the tape comes off and we walk the job with you.
What we will not do
We will not put a pressure washer on a shingle roof, however dark it is. We will not quote one number and change it at the door. We will not spray into an open window or soak a wall we have not checked for loose siding first.
We will not tell you a wash lasts forever. In this heat and humidity, shaded concrete and the north side of a house often start greening back up within a year or two, depending on trees and drainage. We will point out which parts of your place are likely to come back fastest so you can plan for it.
And we will not sell you what you do not need. If the gutters are fine, we say so.
Start with a photo
The easiest first step is the form. Put down the town, what needs washing and a picture if you have one, and send it over for a written price. We work Monday through Saturday, 7am to 6pm, and answer quote requests the same day. Most replies go out the same afternoon.