Exterior Cleaning in Wincanton
Wincanton sits right on the Somerset side of the border, a short run from us up the A357. It is a town where the front of a house and the back of it often need completely different things doing.
Road grime out front, moss round the back.
With the A303 running past the town and the old road through the middle of it, properties on the busier streets in Wincanton pick up something most rural houses do not: traffic film. It is a fine, greasy deposit of road dust and exhaust that settles on front elevations, dulls render and paintwork to a flat grey and does not shift with rain alone.
It also does not respond to the same treatment as algae. Biological growth needs a biocide and time; traffic film needs a detergent and agitation. Treat one like the other and you will be disappointed with the result.
Round the back it is the usual Somerset story — north-facing walls, shaded gardens and roofs carrying moss. So a full job here often means two different methods on the same house, which is worth knowing when you compare quotes.
What we clean in Wincanton.
Why the front never quite comes up.
If you have had a roadside property cleaned before and the front elevation still looked dull afterwards, this is almost certainly why: it was treated as algae when the problem was traffic film. It is an easy thing to miss, and an easy thing to fix once you know. Tell us if your house fronts a busy road and we will price it accordingly.
Questions from Wincanton.
Why does the front of my house still look dull after cleaning?
Because it was probably treated as algae when the problem is traffic film. Roadside properties pick up a greasy deposit of road dust and exhaust that a biocide will not shift — it needs a detergent and agitation instead. Two different problems, two different methods.
Do you clean commercial premises?
Yes. Shopfronts, forecourts, yards and parking areas are all work we do, and we can usually schedule around opening hours so it does not disrupt trade.
Do you cover the villages around Wincanton?
Yes — Templecombe, Charlton Musgrove, Bruton and the surrounding villages, and we are just over the border from Gillingham and Shaftesbury.
Wincanton is a short run north west from our base near Sturminster Newton.
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