Pressure Washing in Cincinnati, OH

Pressure Washing in Cincinnati: what to expect

Mature tree canopy means heavy spring pollen, summer sap and plenty of fall leaves in gutters. Humid summers encourage algae and mildew on north-facing siding, and the region sits on hard water, so sprinkler and rain spotting on glass is common.

Cincinnati concrete takes a beating: about 100 nights a year at or below freezing (NOAA 1991-2020 normals for CVG) and 45 inches of rain, so older driveways and front walks in Westwood, Price Hill and Pleasant Ridge often have surface spalling and exposed aggregate that need lower pressure and a surface cleaner instead of a wand. With tree canopy covering about 43% of the city, shaded walks, north-facing steps and patios under the trees grow green algae and black mildew; those get a pre-treatment so the growth lifts instead of smearing. Hillside neighborhoods such as Mount Adams, Clifton and Columbia-Tusculum mean long stairways, retaining walls and steep drives where we work top-down so runoff does not re-stain finished sections. Older brick and limestone steps common in Hyde Park and Oakley are washed at low pressure to protect mortar joints. Cincinnati route days run from our Loveland office several times a week, and we group driveways, patios and sidewalks on the same block when neighbors book together.

Cincinnati has a wide mix of housing: historic brick and stone homes with older multi-pane windows, hillside homes with tricky access, Victorian-era rowhouses in the urban core, and many mid-century and newer suburban homes.