BUILDING SOFT WASHING

When cleaning your building’s exterior, choosing the right method is essential. Opting for the wrong technique or ignoring the task altogether can diminish your building’s beauty. Even more concerning, using an unsuitable cleaning method might lead to lasting damage. Soft washing often stands out as the safest and most effective way to care for delicate structures that could be harmed by pressure washing. At Servus Specialty Cleaning, we proudly bring decades of soft washing experience to Vancouver and the Lower Mainland buildings.

Soft Washing System

We use various methods for building façade cleaning, with soft washing being one. This cleaning technique combines low-pressure water, pumps, and chemical cleaners to gently clean a building’s exterior without high pressure.

We use eco-friendly cleaners to eliminate organic growth on building exteriors. We spray them on, letting them react with debris like moss and algae, then wash off with water. Soft brushes assist in removing remaining organic material if necessary.

Soft washing differs from power washing in that it does not use high-pressure water, reducing the risk of damage or rot. Professional associations endorse it for effectively removing organic matter.

Choosing the right solution is crucial in soft washing. Our skilled teams select products emphasizing safety, effectiveness, and environmental considerations. Sometimes, we add an organic growth-retarding treatment to reduce follow-up cleaning needs.

For more information on Soft Washing Chemistry, see our clean blog.

Eyebrow Cleaning

Building eyebrows are the areas at the base of verandas, decks, and other features. When it comes to building cleaning, eyebrows are often overlooked because they cause fewer potential problems in terms of building maintenance. Cleaning a building’s eyebrows is important to its overall look because they are also one of its most visible features.

Eyebrow cleaning should usually be done at the same time as cleaning the building façade or windows. This will improve efficiencies, as crews can clean all three at once, and keep the building’s appearance uniform.

Balcony & Patio Cleaning

Discolouration and stains will eventually occur on most balconies due to normal use, despite the best efforts of residents to keep them clean. Often, stains cannot be removed through regular cleaning methods and they will require more aggressive techniques, such as power washing, soft washing, and hand scrubbing.

If everybody cleaned their own balconies with these methods at different times, it would be disruptive to other residents. We recommend that building managers and strata organize these cleanings for all residents, to ensure that any runoff from the balcony washing is properly managed, cleaned up, and does not affect the appearance of the units below.