Stucco Cleaning Clear Lake Texas

Here is a job we did last week. We soft washed this stucco to remove all the mold mildew and algae stains. This home has some badly damaged stucco, in fact the owners are in a legal matter with the builder over it, but the HOA demanded the home be cleaned. After explaing our soft wash method cleaning and assuring the customer we would not damage the stucco any further, we were chosen to clean it.

good job, what a complicated house to wash. Texas back in the late 80's and 90's built a lot of stucco houses, problem is they built them like they did in Arizona and didn't plan for the high humidity, ruined a lot of houses and a lot of lawsuits over them. They houses couldn't breath and rotten from inside the walls where moisture was trapped and slowly caused the stucco to start coming off in chunks. I was selling Vinyl siding at the time and covered a lot of that up, shouldn't have though, it just caused the problem to continue behind the stucco then toxic mold that went through in the 90's. Got to the point of insurance companies didn't cover it and required home inspectors to test for it before a house could be sold.

Not that has anything to do with the awsome job you did though.

I had the impression that stucco and brick took a bit of pressure, you proved otherwise.

Very nice outcome. Did you downstream? What tip did you use to rinse especially the second story? Great work.

They are still building a lot of stucco and drivit houses all over south texas, seems to hold up better over the years but like all surfaces here, they get dirty and mold, mildew, algae and fungus on them. Most of the new subdivisions are stucco and drivit. One builder built 2 subdivisions with over 300 houses all stucco and drivit, not one with wood, vinyl or brick. That is just one area and what they wanted. Other areas of town have other surfaces as well but it seems that stucco and drivit are the most popular.

Whether it is stucco, drivit, wood, vinyl or brick, they all need cleaning on a regular basis to be maintained.

Problem is, hardly any owners notice and over time the stains can get into the surface and eventually need to be painted. This can be prevented by washing every year or two which extends the life of the paint, keeps the place looking great and helps to prevent permanent stains in the surface.

JRHernandez88 said:

Very nice outcome. Did you downstream? What tip did you use to rinse especially the second story? Great work.

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Did not Down Stream. We used our dual roof pump from Paul at www.powerwashtore.com to clean the entire house. Rinsing was done with an 8GPM, an open ball valve or a 0060 nozzle.

Doug Rucker said:

Did not Down Stream. We used our dual roof pump from Paul at www.powerwashtore.com to clean the entire house. Rinsing was done with an 8GPM, an open ball valve or a 0060 nozzle.

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Very nice, i guess with the stucco your having to put a stronger mix? Haven't had a chance to get one done yet. I've been looking into that water dragon kit you were talking about in the other thread it seems like a good combo + I like how it fits in the back of the pickup.