After. Washing a patio then building a garden around it is paying twice for the same clean.
Power washing goes near the end, after the messy stages. Clearance, tree work, fencing and hard landscaping all produce dust, soil, spoil, cement splashes and constant traffic across hard surfaces.
The one exception is washing early to inspect a surface, when you need to know its condition before deciding what to do with it.
| Stage | Why here |
|---|---|
| 1. Clearance | Reveals everything |
| 2. Tree and stump work | Heavy machinery first |
| 3. Hard landscaping and structures | Wet trades, cutting, dust |
| 4. Fencing | Digging and spoil |
| 5. Soil, levelling, planting | Messy, and it travels |
| 6. Power washing | Clean up what the work left behind |
| 7. Turf | Last of all, protected from everything |
Turf and power washing both want to be near the end, and the order between them depends on layout. Where the patio can be washed without crossing new turf, wash first then turf. Where it cannot, turf first and wash carefully afterwards, keeping runoff off the new grass.
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Where a garden has been left for years, the inspection exception is usually worth taking. Hard surfaces under years of growth are frequently in far better condition than they look, and knowing that before you plan anything changes the budget completely — a patio you were going to replace becomes a patio you were going to clean. Wash it once to find out, plan around what you actually have, then wash it again when the work is finished.
If a patio or driveway clean is part of a bigger garden project, say so at the first quote. It changes the sequencing, it can be combined into one visit at the end rather than a separate call-out, and it means the surfaces get protected during the work instead of cleaned twice.
See what our power washing service covers in Fishponds, or read more about the service across the areas we work in.
After, almost always. Clearance, tree work, fencing and hard landscaping produce dust, spoil and cement splashes that undo an earlier clean.
Yes — to inspect. You cannot judge a patio under years of green, so if you are deciding whether to keep or replace it, wash it first, then again at the end.
Usually. Surfaces under years of growth are often in far better condition than they look, and knowing that changes the budget completely.
Cement and mortar splashes left to cure. They are far harder to remove than algae and can mark soft stone during removal.
Wash first if the patio can be reached without crossing new turf; otherwise turf first and wash carefully, keeping runoff off the new grass.
Sheet them where wet trades are working, board the barrow route, mix away from the surface, clear splashes while wet and sweep daily.
Yes. One visit at the end rather than a separate call-out, and the surfaces get protected rather than cleaned twice.
Sometimes, with treatment, but not reliably and not always without marking soft stone. Preventing them is far easier.
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