Winter is rolling through Canada but the warm weather and sunshine will soon be back. Us here at ca1dmat.org hope you’re already done your 2022 winter preparation. In the meantime, lets get prepared for the end of winter too. Because there isn’t a better time to clean up your residence and pressure wash the deck and driveway than when winter comes to a close and the fine weather rolls back in.
We have a special treat for you today, none other than a list of pressure washing tips so you can clean the exterior of your house like a professional.
Tips for Quality Pressure Washing
- Wear rubber boots and rain gear, including latex or rubber gloves. Being in rain gear while pressure washing will make you less hesitant to get wet, and will allow you to not have to worry about back spray, resulting in more confident work. This also results in finishing jobs faster if you don’t fear getting wet, as the rain gear will keep you dry.
- Spend money on a good pressure washer. If you get the cheapest pressure washer in the store, hoping to save money, you might end up losing in the long run because you’ll be spending much more time pressure washing than you have to. This is because cheap pressure washing machines typically have lower or limited Psi than quality machines. They also tend to break easily after use. It doesn’t hurt to get a warranty when you spend more on a quality pressure washer, so you can make full use of it without worrying about what happens if it breaks.
- Don’t pressure wash your roof shingles. Moss doesn’t grow everywhere in Canada, but on Vancouver Island it grows all over the place, even on roofs. This leaves homeowners inclined to pressure wash their roofs, thinking it’ll be fine. But what actually happens, because roof shingles aren’t designed to be pressure washed, that you can easily cause damage to your roof, by cleaning off the surface layer of your shingles and lifting them up, making leaks in your attic. If you’re going to clean your roof yourself rather than hire roof cleaners, you should scrub the moss off by hand, using bristles and gloves.
- Take your time to get all the hidden spots. When pressure washing your own home, you may be inclined to take short cuts and only power clean the spots visible to the eye from the road. This means you’ll miss behind the garbage bins, you’ll miss spots under the deck, on the sides of the patio, the backside of fences, under planters, etc. If you’re going to do this, you might as well do it right. That’s how pressure washing pros get repeat customers, by leaving no spots overlooked. It might only take you 20 extra minutes to pressure wash those hidden spots, and when you walk passed them in the summer you’ll be glad you worked the extra mile to do it right, like a professional.
We hope you enjoyed and learned from this list of pressure washing advice. To get these tips, we’ve interviewed someone that’s been providing pressure washing Victoria BC services for many years, and he gave us these insider secrets. Now, you should feel confident knowing you can pressure wash like a real pro.