slo’s FRIDAY 5/17 poll - House Washing (outside) 🏠

[fla4fun]

I hire a company to do it once a year, usually in January or February. Our house is white stucco with a white tile roof, so it really needs to be cleaned regularly.

 

[#1hoosierfan]

We have a two story with vinyl siding. We have someone pressure wash it every 1-2 years.

 

[LuvOrlando]

@slo I have used the product you show and it did a fantastic job with the mild that was growing on the back of the house a year or two back. Sometimes in years with a ton of rain we'd get an odd green film on the house and the deck and the patio, this did the trick. A power wash after made it like new.

 

[tvguy]

The rain is all the washing I do of the outside of my house. Pressure washing is usually included with any bid to paint the house, so that is the only time my house gets washed.....and it has been 10 years since we painted. Holding up well so far. House is 45 years old and has only been repainted twice, both times we changed color. The house as built was brown with tan trim. We repainted to light blue with dark blue trim, and then 10 years ago, white with black trim.

 

[jo-jo]

Has anyone used windex outdoor cleaner? Sounds like it cleans windows, walls, patio furniture. Just thinking spraying would be a whole like easier than tilting and juggling windows.

 

[lovesmurfs]

Our house is a one-story brick ranch house. I wash windows and painted surfaces, but not the brick

Brick here as well.

 

[Dan Murphy]

We use a product called Wet and Forget for mildew. We tend to get a few spots here and there. You spray it on and then wait a few weeks for the product to do the job. But we don't spray the whole house.

Same here. Wet and Forget is great.

 

[DisneyHardin]

I hire a pressure washing company to clean the siding part of our house every couple years.

 

[TippyThomas]

I have a brick ranch so I don't power wash it but I do wash the various cement surfaces each year.

 

[leebee]

Our house has siding. We use the cleaner in the bottle that goes on the end of the hose. It's worked really well for us. We do it when we notice mildew/algae (the green stuff) starting to grow, so maybe every 3 years?

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

We don’t ever seem to do that, but we got a pressure washer so we might start.

 

[DVCjj]

All brick house.
Only wash windows and painted surfaces.

 

[Micca]

The rain is all the washing I do of the outside of my house

Same here. Current place is brick so the wind & rain keep it looking clean.

 

[TCRAIG]

Our house is brick so nope, no washing of the outside needed - I did have the driveway and walkways pressure washed last year and plan on doing it again this year.

 

[mumto3girls]

We pressure wash the deck every year and the driveway at least once a year. I don’t think we’ve ever done the brick/siding.

 

[slo]

Some of you mentioned brick - part of my home is brick and another part aluminum siding. The cleaner I pictured, cleans brick too and it’s really made a difference. When you look at the brick I cleaned, and then look at the brick I didn’t, there’s definitely a difference. As much as I’m hating every second of this chore, I am glad to be doing it

 

[LoveDaisy]

Some of you mentioned brick - part of my home is brick and another part aluminum siding. The cleaner I pictured, cleans brick too and it’s really made a difference. When you look at the brick I cleaned, and then look at the brick I didn’t, there’s definitely a difference. As much as I’m hating every second of this chore, I am glad to be doing it

I agree with you. My parents have a brick house. I washed theirs and my father was shocked what a difference it made. I did it over 2 days you could tell exactly where I stopped in day one. It was worth giving up a weekend to do for them.

 

[PollyannaMom]

We haven't done the whole house, but should. (I have spot-washed an area that needed it.)

 

[OKW8297]

We live in a con So someone else washes it

 

[RedAngie]

The landscape company I use also does pressure washing. They did it in early May.