
Serving Galena Park, TX and surrounding areas
In business since 1979
Free estimates
Emergency services offered
"This is a mixed review, but I would hire again. Doug is very knowledgeable and pleasant, everyone I dealt with at the company is very polite, they did a great job getting rid of the black algae, workers were prompt and courteous. However, at the outset I mentioned the one negative review where a customer stated that his plants were killed. I inquired about precautions and was assured that this must have occurred with a roof cleaning where they use a stronger solution and leave it on, and a light misty rain following the application could wash the strong solution down on the plants. Since a much weaker solution would be used on my brick and stucco siding, and it would be washed off promptly, and they would use multiple equally mild applications washed off promptly each time until the algae was gone, there is no way my plants would be damaged, they assured me. Well, actually almost every plant that had contact with the solution had severe leaf burn from the cleaning solution. The company was very apologetic and said they had no idea why this happened, and tried to make it right by coming out to apply a complementary foliar feeding to help the plants recover. I appreciate that, and hopefully I will not lose any of the plants, but they are very unsightly right now with all the damaged foliage. It is fortunate that I was having the pressure washing done in preparation for an exterior paint job, and not for a party at my house! I had watered the roots in well prior to the pressure washing, since I saw that tip online for pressure washing in general, but this did not prevent damage to the leaves. So if you have expensive landscaping you might ask what other measures can be taken to protect your plants. The other issue I had was due to ignorance on my part. I thought that pressure washing would brighten the brick porch floor and the stone surrounding the pool. I was surprised to see that there was still a white haze after the pressure washing. It turns out that this haze was due to calcium deposits from twenty years of watering plants, just like the white haze you might have on brick siding from the sprinkler system. Pressure washing with a bleach solution does not help to remove calcium deposits, so that is why there was not any improvement in the appearance after the pressure washing. I did not know that, and it had not been mentioned to me ahead of time that perhaps my problem was mineral deposits rather than something that could be removed with a bleach and detergent solution. The company did come out promptly to take a look, and explained that pressure washing cannot be expected to help with the haze from mineral deposits. I looked this up online and brick masons use an acid solution to clean brick and remove calcium deposits, but it is easy to damage the brick if the solution is too strong. On a different issue, I have left the mud daubers alone over the years since they eat black widow spiders, which we do have in abundance in our yard, but their nests need to be removed if you are repainting. The company offers hand scrubbing for removal of mud dauber nests and stain, but it is very labor intensive and thus rather expensive. My husband decided to do the hand scrubbing himself, so we did not utilize that service."





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