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Tips & Tricks for Pressure washing your Home Exterior

How to Safely Pressure Wash Your House

By Digital KDPublished 4 years ago 3 min read
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We all may know the importance of interior cleaning, but we sometimes ignore the fact that how important it is to clean the house exteriors surface like window and walls as well. As a house owner, you need to understand the importance of the exterior, as it is what your guests will see first while their visit.

if you see that your house walls have mildew and excessive moss growth, its right time to think about cleaning or removing them. Because it not only make your house look unappealing but the grit, grime, dirt, mildew and mould can damage your house masonry and siding. The best solution to make sure that your house will retain its aesthetic charm is to high-pressure wash your house exterior.

What is High-pressure washing?

High-pressure washing is a technique in which a pressure washer is used, equipment that uses water which is run through a high-pressure nozzle. This stream of high-pressure water helps you to get rid of mildew and mould from your house exteriors during the cleaning process. Cleaning hard surfaces with high-pressure washer is very easy and does not take much time and also saves your hard work which is involved in traditional cleaning methods. High-pressure washing not only clean dirt, oil and grime strains from surfaces, it can also remove and mildew and mould growth.

You have to understand that due to mould and mildew growth you or any of your family member can be caught some serious health problems like allergies, asthma and overall poor health. Hence, pressure washing can help you deal with all this problem and create a healthier place for you and your family.

Tips and Tricks

If you think that you are unable to handle high-pressure washing equipment, you can always hire a professional. An expert knows how to use a pressure washer properly and they can clean your house exteriors walls and windows easily without any fear of injury or damage. On the other side, if you want to take charge of high-pressure washing in your hand, I am sharing some tips and tricks that you should keep in mind.

1. What can be washed with a high-pressure washer?

You should always remember that this equipment uses high-pressure water to clean hard surfaces; so it can damage your house exteriors if you are not able to handle it correctly. You need to know what you can or can't be washed using this equipment. Generally, you can clean wood sidings and bricks wall using a pressure washer. To prevent damage, you have to ensure that the pressure you apply is not too intensive according to the surface you are cleaning and always maintain distance while using the equipment. Do not clean or wash the hard surface too closely.

2. Use pressure according to surface.

High-pressure washers offer a different range of forces or pressure from 900 to 3000 PSI (specifically for outside work). If you are cleaning small or soft surface like an exterior window of your house with light pressure, you can set equipment with 1500 PSI. For heavier tasks, you will set the pressure to a higher side for strong pressure.

3. Always start from top to bottom.

You need to start the cleaning process from the top and make your way down. This is important because doing this dirt will flow down, and won't go upwards, ensuring this will remove all dirt and grime. Washing from top to bottom also save you time and energy.

You have to keep one extra thing in mind, during this whole cleaning and washing process all dirt, grime that is removed from walls ends up on your deck or porch, so you also need to wash these areas. You can start pushing all things close to the wall and then push all dirt away into your yard.

If you want to find professionals who can perform this task on your behalf, you can Find Cleaning company like Nuerava.

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