Patio Restoration and Cleaning in Great Lumley
Great Lumley patio cleaning specialists: treat, clean, seal. We handle sandstone, limestone, porcelain, concrete and block paving with lasting, even results.
Pressure washing alone can blast the surface clean for a few weeks, but it leaves the spores in the pores of the stone ready to come back within a season. We treat first, then clean, so the lichen actually goes rather than just getting knocked back.
For patios around Great Lumley that means sandstone and limestone get treated gently enough to protect the pointing, while block paving and concrete flags that can handle more get a proper deep clean including the joints, not just the flag faces.
Why does a patio in Great Lumley go black in patches even when the rest of it looks fine? Nine times out of ten it's black spot lichen, not dirt, and it favours the shaded, damp corners of a garden - under trees, behind fences, on the north-facing side of the house.
Limestone
- Limestone is calcium-based, so it can react badly to strongly acidic cleaning products - we're careful about what we use on it. It's also porous like sandstone, so black spot lichen treatment and adequate dwell time matter here too.
- We keep pressure low on limestone and let the biocide do the work of lifting growth, rather than relying on force that can etch or dull the surface.
Patio Cleaning near Great Lumley
- Bournmoor1.9 mi north
- Chester-le-Street2.1 mi north-west
- Shiney Row2.6 mi north-east
- Houghton-le-Spring3 mi east
- Newton Hall3 mi south-west
- Rickleton3.1 mi north
- Ouston4.1 mi north-west
- Durham4.3 mi south
Former Colliery Terrace Housing
In the ex-colliery terraces around Great Lumley, rear yards were often flagged rather than turfed, and many still have the original stone or early concrete underfoot. Coal dust staining from decades past can sit under more recent algae growth, so a clean sometimes reveals old ingrained marks that a wash alone won't lift.
Narrow yards and high boundary walls typical of this housing keep these areas shaded and slow to dry, which is exactly the environment black spot lichen prefers - it's a genuine repeat-treatment area rather than a once-and-done job.
Patio Cleaning in Great Lumley — common questions
It's a bit slower than a straight pressure wash, but it's the difference between a patio that looks clean for a fortnight and one that stays that way.
From Victorian terraces to modern estates, we've cleaned patios across Great Lumley and the surrounding 45-mile area we cover from our Washington base, in sandstone, limestone, porcelain, concrete and block paving.
Assessment, biocide treatment, dwell time, clean, and a final check - that's the process behind every patio we work on in Great Lumley, adjusted to whatever material you've got underfoot.
Not Sure What Your Patio Needs?
Damp weather is exactly when black spot lichen spreads fastest - get it treated and cleaned now before it takes hold across the whole patio.
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