Can you clean K-rend?

Yes. K-rend is soft washed with biocide and rinsed at low pressure — never pressure washed, since the coloured finish is thin enough to be damaged by force.

Do you clean brickwork as well as render?

Yes, we clean brick alongside render using soft washing and steam, particularly for black streaking and ingrained staining, and we adjust pressure to protect older lime mortar.

How often does render need cleaning?

It depends on aspect and exposure — shaded, north-facing or coastal-exposed elevations tend to need attention more often than sheltered, south-facing ones. Most properties do well with a clean every couple of years, sometimes longer.

What's involved in cleaning lichen off render?

Lichen is one of the more stubborn growths — it often needs a longer biocide dwell time than algae to break down properly. We treat it accordingly rather than rushing the rinse.

How much does render cleaning cost?

It varies with render type, property size, growth level and access, but typically runs from around £150 for a single elevation up to £650 or more for a full detached property. We'll confirm an exact figure with a quote.

Why has the render on one side of my house gone green and not the others?

Shade and moisture are usually the reason — north or west-facing walls that stay damp longer after rain are more likely to develop algae and lichen than sunnier elevations.

Soft Wash Render Cleaning, Ponteland

Professional render and brick cleaning across Ponteland. Soft wash and steam methods protect your render while removing algae and lichen for good.

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Knowing which wall is doing the damage lets us treat it properly: a biocide soft wash that gets into the texture of the render rather than just wetting the surface, followed by a low-pressure rinse that leaves the coating intact.

A soft wash treatment breaks that cycle rather than just resetting it. Biocide gets down into the render texture and brick pores, so regrowth is slower and the wall stays cleaner for longer than a one-off rinse would manage.

Render cleaning only works long-term if the method matches the surface, so on K-rend, monocouche, pebbledash and sand-and-cement render in Ponteland we soft wash — biocide applied at low pressure, given time to work into the growth, then rinsed off gently.

Render & Brick Cleaning (Soft Wash) near Ponteland

Our coverage area

We work across roughly 45 miles from our Washington base, which takes in Ponteland and the towns and villages around it comfortably. Render and brick cleaning doesn't need to be a local specialist-only job, and we bring the same soft wash standard wherever we go.

Ponteland, Northumberland — 6 neighbouring areas plotted within 7.2 miles. Distances are straight-line from Ponteland centre.

An honest note on pricing

We'd rather give you a realistic range than a low number that changes once we're on site. The prices below are typical for properties in this area, but the only way to get an exact figure is a quick look at photos or a site visit — both are free.

Small / single elevation job	from around £150
Average semi-detached property	typically £300–£400
Larger detached property	typically £450–£700

Safety on older properties

Asbestos awareness trained: Important on older render, outbuildings and past repairs where materials need identifying first.
Spill management trained: Biocide contained and disposed of properly, not washed into drains or beds.
Fully insured: Full cover in place regardless of property age or condition.

Homeowners

Getting a property ready to sell or let

Render that's gone green or brick that's streaked black is one of the first things a buyer or tenant notices from the kerb, before they've even seen inside. A soft wash clean is one of the more cost-effective things you can do before photos or viewings — it lifts the whole look of the property for a fraction of what a repaint or re-render would cost.

What a finished render or brick clean looks like

A finished job means green and red algae gone, black streaking lifted, lichen removed, and the render or brick colour back close to what it was when the wall was first finished.

Because the biocide has actually killed the growth rather than just removed it visually, regrowth is slower than it would be after a quick pressure rinse. We take before-and-after photos of every job, so you can see exactly what changed.

From first contact to finished job

1
Enquiry and photos
Send us a few photos of the render or brick and we can usually give a ballpark price before visiting.
2
Site visit and quote
We confirm render type, access and growth level in person and give you a firm quote.
3
Scheduling
Work is booked in for a day that suits, with an estimated start and finish time.
4
The clean itself
Biocide soft wash and, where needed, steam is carried out on the day, usually completed within hours depending on size.
5
Handover
We show you the finished elevations and provide before-and-after photos.

The biocide we use

We use professional-grade biocide formulated to kill algae, lichen and fungal growth on render and masonry, applied at rates matched to the surface and how established the growth is. We're biocide trained (2024), so it's used correctly rather than sprayed on and rinsed off too soon.

Render & Brick Cleaning (Soft Wash) in Ponteland — common questions

We soft wash render and clean brick across Ponteland, using biocide treatment and low pressure to lift algae, lichen and black streaking without risking the render coat or old mortar. Fully insured and biocide trained (2024) — get in touch for a quote.

Algae, lichen and black streaking don't need a pressure washer to shift — they need the right biocide treatment and a bit of patience. That's what we bring to every render and brick job in Ponteland.

Never pressure washed, always soft washed — biocide treatment and low-pressure rinsing for render and brick in Ponteland, with results that last because the growth is actually killed, not just moved.

Ready when you are

Photos, a phone call, or a site visit — however you'd rather start, we'll take it from there.

Ask Trevor Call 07501060609

Render & Brick Cleaning (Soft Wash) in Ponteland — the elevation part-way through treatment, in the Northumberland County Council area

Render & Brick Cleaning (Soft Wash) in Ponteland — the finished render drying in the sun, on a NE20 property