Exterior cleaning in Curl Curl

Beachfront and lagoon-side family homes with constant salt and sand load.

Beachfront homes rebuilt in render and glass, brick bungalows and small strata blocks. Around Curl Curl Beach, the rockpool, Dee Why Lagoon and Harbord Golf Club, on streets such as Carrington Parade, Adams Street, Abbott Road and Pitt Road, the defining exterior problem is direct ocean exposure on the beachfront streets and lagoon humidity behind them.

Salt spray is the dominant force on Curl Curl 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 Curl Curl homes on quarterly glass and six to twelve-monthly soft-wash cycles rather than waiting for the grime to become visible.

Northern Beaches Council. Northern Beaches Council stretches from Manly to Palm Beach and manages one of the longest coastlines of any Sydney LGA. Salt spray, sand and humidity mean glass, render and Colorbond need more frequent soft washing, and the council's coastal catchment policies require that no detergents or sediments enter stormwater drains that flow to the beaches and lagoons.

Our approach in Curl Curl: 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.