After. Almost always after — washing a patio then building a garden around it is paying twice for the same clean.
Power washing goes last, or very nearly last. Landscaping produces dust, soil, spoil, cement splashes and constant traffic across hard surfaces — all of which land on a patio you have just paid to clean.
The one exception is washing early to inspect a surface, when you need to know its true 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 the layout. Where the patio can be washed without walking over new turf, wash first then turf. Where it cannot, turf first and wash carefully afterwards, keeping runoff off the new grass.
Tell us what you need and we will arrange a free quotation.
If a patio 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 patio gets protected during the work instead of cleaned twice.
Tell us about the work and we will arrange a free quotation.
After, almost always. Landscaping produces dust, soil, spoil, cement splashes and traffic across hard surfaces, all of which 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.
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 the new turf; otherwise turf first and wash carefully, keeping runoff off the new grass.
Sheet it where wet trades are working, board the barrow route, mix away from the surface, clear splashes while wet and sweep at the end of each day.
Yes. One visit at the end rather than a separate call-out, and the patio gets protected during the work rather than cleaned twice.
Clearance, tree work, hard landscaping, fencing, soil and planting, then power washing, then turf.
Sometimes, with treatment, but not reliably and not always without marking soft stone. Preventing them is far easier.
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