Exterior cleaning in Rushcutters Bay

Harbourside apartment buildings and townhouses between the park and the marina, with salt-exposed balconies and glass.

Harbourside apartment buildings from the 1920s to today and townhouses behind the park. Around Rushcutters Bay Park, the CYCA marina and the Reg Bartley Oval, on streets such as New Beach Road, Bayswater Road, Neild Avenue and Roslyn Gardens, the defining exterior problem is salt-exposed balconies and glass facing the marina, and strata facades that need top-down programs.

Salt spray is the dominant force on Rushcutters Bay exteriors. Glass hazes within weeks, render streaks under sills and fixings rust-run within a season, and black algae colonises the shaded southern walls. We schedule Rushcutters Bay homes on quarterly glass and six to twelve-monthly soft-wash cycles rather than waiting for the grime to become visible.

City of Sydney. The City of Sydney has detailed rules for working on and over footpaths, including permits for scaffolding and elevated work platforms. Strata and commercial window-cleaning in this LGA is typically scheduled early morning to meet council and building-management noise windows.

Our approach in Rushcutters Bay: We mix sodium hypochlorite, surfactant and water to a strength matched to the growth on the wall, usually 0.5 to 1.5 percent, apply it with a 12 volt soft-wash pump at under 100 psi, allow a 10 minute dwell, then rinse with fresh water from the top down. Every job is led by a named technician, carries $20 million public liability and finishes with same-day photos. Pricing is on request: we measure, test-patch any stone and send one fixed written figure.