House Washing To Clean Your Northern Michigan Home’s Exterior

The pressure washing experts at Great Lakes Exterior Clean offer premiere house washing for your Northern Michigan home’s exterior. House washing should be a part of your routine maintenance. Ensuring your home’s exterior is clean is a tough job. That’s why our expert tech’s offer premier soft washing services.

House washing is an intricate and delicate process. To ensure your home’s exterior surfaces are safe from damage, our technicians use a process called soft washing. Soft washing is a gentle, yet effective alternative to pressure washing. We use biodegradable, eco-friendly cleaners to break down mold, mildew, and bacteria on the surface of your home. These cleaners are then washed away with a gentle rinse that leaves your home's surface sanitized.

If you're looking for the best cleaning option possible, you’ve come to the right place. Our expert’s will tackle each surface individually, ensuring that you and your home are receiving the most pristine clean possible. With state of the art equipment, our technicians are able to get the exact chemical strengths needed to clean each surface individually with our metering valves.

The best part of our house washing service is that you can package it with any of our other services that you may need! To learn more about our professional house washing services or to set up an appointment, contact the pressure washing experts at Great Lakes Exterior Clean at 989-916-4993.

Exterior Home Cleaning To Freshen Up Your Alpena Home’s Exterior

Why is it important to clean your Northern Michigan home’s exterior? Sure, cleaning the exterior of your home will freshen up and brighten the overall curb appeal, but there are also many other significant benefits to having a clean exterior.

These benefits include:

• Increase your property value and asking price when selling
• Exterior surface prep for paint/stain
• Prevent future damage to your exterior surfaces due to lack of maintenance
• Reduce and identify existing repair issues
• Increase and optimize the longevity of your homes exterior surfaces
• Remove mold, algae, bacteria, pollen, etc… that are known health risks
• Reduce insect/bug activity in and around your home

Exterior Home Cleaning Tailored To Exactly To Your Home’s Needs

Before cleaning your home’s exterior, we do an initial visit and consultation. This consultation will help ensure that everything is in place for proper soft washing. After a thorough inspection of all the problem areas, our expert team will be ready with the right chemicals and equipment to tackle your home’s dirty exterior.

When cleaning your home’s exterior, we only use biodegradable solutions that are effective, yet gentle surfaces. Our proven cleaning process is suitable for almost any home and is the recommended industry standard for washing your home’s exterior safely.

When soft-washing your home’s exterior, expertise extends beyond knowing the precise pressure to remove built up organic material. Skillful technique and extensive chemical knowledge are crucial for optimal results. Although you could try to soft wash or pressure wash your home yourself, our line of work is a complex and meticulous service that you should take advantage of.

Attempting to pressure wash or soft wash your house yourself or through a non-professional company may lead to the following pitfalls:

• Chemical burns on your siding
• Chemical reactions
• Stripped paint
• Window damage/Water intrusion
• Damage to siding, such as: holes, dislodged pieces of siding, marring, etc…
• Noticeable striping after cleaning from using too much pressure
• Damage to the structure's integrity from water being forced behind the siding.
• Possible skin and bodily harm from high pressure equipment and ladders

These are just some of the pitfalls that occur when trying to clean your home’s exterior by yourself or a non-professional company. Trust in our knowledge and ability to get the job done in a safe and timely manner.

How House Washing Can Boost Your Home’s Curb Appeal & Value

Regardless of the type of siding or material adorning your home, opting for a professional house wash is a great way to uphold the maintenance of your Northern Michigan home. Not only will this service boost your overall curb appeal, but it is a critical service needed to maintain and boost your home’s value. The overall appearance of your home can affect the asking and selling price of your home. Not only will a dirty exterior reduce your selling price, but it will also shrink the pool of potential buyers, as a dirty exterior is a huge turnoff. Trust in our highly qualified crew at Great Lakes Exterior Clean to clean any of your home’s delicate exterior surfaces.

Various exterior home materials call for different cleaning solutions and water pressure. Using the wrong cleaning products and too high of pressure can cause permanent damage to your home, which can lead to costly repairs in the future. Rest assured, our technicians are well equipped to tackle any house wash, no matter the size or height.

Examples of house siding and/or building materials we can soft wash or pressure wash include:

• Aluminum
• Brick or Block
• Composite Siding
• Fiber Cement Siding
• Finished Steel Siding
• Hardie Board Siding
• Painted Siding
• Soft & Hard Grain Wood
• Stone Veneer Siding
• Stucco
• Vinyl Siding

If you did not see your exterior siding material on this list, please do not worry, we are still here to help! Contact us to get your free custom consultation, it’s risk-free!

During your estimate consultation, we will discuss our methods of cleaning and the cleaning solutions needed to take care of your home’s exterior. During this time, we will also provide the necessary steps and procedures to prepare your home for a proper wash. This will include what to do with plants, decor, and other miscellaneous items. If there are items that you cannot remove, our team is more than willing to help you move it. If our team is unable to move it, and it is an item that you do not want wet, our team will be sure to cover the items in plastic. This also includes areas like stained doors and electrical outlets.

To remove the build up of grime, we apply a blend of specialized cleaning solutions. Once the solution has been applied, we let the solution sit for 5-10 minutes before rinsing the grime away. Thanks to our state-of-the-art equipment, we have the ability to precisely blend customized ratios of our solution and water tailored to the specific needs of your home. Partner with us confidently, knowing that we take pride in all of the small details.

Keep Up With The Joneses With Our Premium House Washing Services

Elevate your Northern Michigan neighborhood's charm with G.L.E.C.'s premier house washing service. Your home is a reflection of your unique personality and style. By investing in our top-notch cleaning services, you not only enhance the beauty of your own property but also contribute to maintaining the overall appeal of our community. Let's work together to ensure our neighborhood shines with pride, setting the standard for cleanliness and curb appeal.

Exterior Cleaning For Your Detached Buildings

If you have a detached garage, pole barn, play house, and or shed that also needs cleaning, we have you covered! Maintenance on your detached building should not be a second thought. When you work with our expert team, you will find that we put the same amount of effort and attention to detail into every surface that we clean.

For each building on your property or estate, we will do a separate assessment for each building. This helps to ensure your home and detached buildings will be receiving the best clean possible.

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Services We Offer Aside From House Washing

• Building Washing
• Commercial Pressure Washing
• Commercial Soft Washing
• Deck Cleaning
• Driveway Cleaning
• Dumpster Pad Cleaning
• Efflorescence Removal
• Exterior Window Cleaning
• Fence Washing
• Fleet Washing
• Gas Station Cleaning
• Graffiti Removal
• Gutter Brightening
• Gutter Cleaning
• Interior Window Cleaning
• Oxidation Removal
• Residential Pressure Washing
• Roof Cleaning
• Rust Stain Removal
• Screen Cleaning
• Wood Cleaning

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