Sandstone Cleaning in Manly

In Manly the sandstone cleaning work is mostly on strata facades, glass. Beachfront apartment towers, Federation homes on the eastern hill and strata along the harbour side. The defining problem here is salt from ocean and harbour on balcony glass and facades, and sand abrasion at street level, which decides the chemistry, the pressure and how often the surface needs attention.

We work around Manly Beach, The Corso, Shelly Beach, North Head and Manly Wharf, on streets such as The Corso, North Steyne, Pittwater Road and Addison Road. Salt spray is the dominant force on Manly 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 Manly 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.