Pressure Washing in Alpharetta
Georgia algae paints every driveway green eventually. It starts on the north side where the sun never reaches, spreads along the shaded edge, and one day you notice your concrete is two different colors.
We wash driveways, walkways, patios, and siding back to the color you paid for.
What's included
- Driveways, walkways, and curbs
- Patios, pool decks, and pool surrounds
- Soft wash for siding, so the crust comes off and the paint stays
- Stain pre-treatment so spots lift instead of smearing
- Fences, decks, and porch columns
Most jobs finish in a few hours. The before-and-after is the fun part.
Pressure washing and soft washing are not the same job
This is the part that separates a clean house from an expensive mistake.
Concrete takes pressure. Driveways, sidewalks, and curbing get a surface cleaner at high pressure, which is what lifts embedded algae and leaves an even finish instead of the striped wand marks you see on half the driveways in every neighborhood.
Siding does not take pressure. Vinyl, hardboard, stucco, and painted wood get soft washed, which means low pressure and a cleaning solution that kills the mildew rather than blasting it. High pressure on siding forces water behind the boards, strips paint, and leaves you with a moisture problem you cannot see. If someone quotes you a pressure wash for your siding and means it, that is a reason to keep calling.
Roofs we do not touch with a wand at all. Pressure destroys asphalt shingles. Those black streaks are a specific algae and they come off with a soft wash treatment, or they stay.
What Georgia does to your exterior
Humidity and shade. That combination grows mildew on anything that holds moisture, and North Fulton lots have a lot of shade.
Red clay is the other one. It stains concrete on contact and gets tracked everywhere during any construction or landscaping work. Clay stains need pre-treatment. Hitting them with water alone spreads them into a wider, lighter stain, which looks worse than the original.
Then there is pollen, which coats every horizontal surface for a month in spring and turns to a yellow paste on the first rain.
When to do it
Once a year keeps most Alpharetta driveways clean. Late spring after pollen season is the natural slot, since you are washing off the pollen and the winter growth in the same visit.
Booking before a party or before listing the house is the other common reason, and both are worth doing. Concrete is one of the first things a buyer sees.
Why choose Alpharetta Handyman
- Family operated and Alpharetta based
- You see the price before we start
- Book online in minutes, no sales visit
- We clean up like we were never there
Frequently Asked Questions
Will pressure washing damage my siding?
Not the way we do it. Siding gets soft washed at low pressure with the right mix. No stripped paint, no water forced behind the boards.
How often should I pressure wash?
Once a year keeps most driveways clean. Shaded concrete under trees may want it more often.
Do you use my water?
We hook to your spigot. Standard residential pressure is plenty.
Can you get oil stains out of the driveway?
Fresh ones usually. Old oil that has soaked into the concrete lightens but rarely disappears, and we tell you which one you have before we quote it.
Do you wash roofs?
Soft wash only, for the black algae streaks. We never put pressure on shingles.
Will the plants be okay?
We wet the beds down before and rinse after. That is standard on every soft wash.
Book it online, then go find your before photo.