Patio Cleaning in Kents Hill

Much of Kents Hill went up towards the end of the twentieth century, and many of its gardens still have the patios that came with the houses. These are usually pressed concrete slabs in buff, grey or a pale red, with a lightly textured or riven face. After a few decades they tend to look darker and greener than they really are, because dirt and algae sit in the texture rather than on top of it.

Patio cleaning near me is how many Kents Hill owners find us, and the first thing we do on a visit is check whether the slabs are worth cleaning at all. A light tap and a look along the surface tell us whether the bed underneath is still sound.

Textured concrete is fairly tolerant of washing, but it needs an even approach. A rotary cleaner moving at a steady pace gives a uniform finish, whereas a hand lance can leave stripes that show for months. We pre-treat green growth so it lets go more easily, then wash at a pressure the slab can take.

Estate gardens here often back onto shared green space or mature boundary trees, which drop leaves and keep parts of the patio in shade. Those corners are where moss settles into joints and algae spreads, while the sunnier side of the same patio can look almost clean. We look at the whole area rather than scrubbing every slab the same way.

Some owners have replaced part of the original patio with Indian sandstone or porcelain. Sandstone needs a gentler wash and, where black spot lichen has appeared, a specialist treatment left to work over several weeks. Porcelain cleans up easily as long as the joints are sound. Mixing all three on one patio is common, so we adjust as we go.

Pressure and joints. Original estate patios were often pointed with a weak mix or simply laid with sand joints. Heavy patio pressure washing can empty those gaps in minutes, so we watch the joints closely and stop before damage is done.