Commercial pressure washing
High-pressure cleaning for car parks, hard standing, courtyards, loading bays, and industrial surfaces.
What this service covers
Hard external surfaces collect everything a building's users bring with them — oil, chewing gum, algae, moss and general grime that makes car parks, walkways and entrances look neglected and, when wet, genuinely slippery. Our commercial pressure washing service restores hard surfaces across managed sites: car parks, footpaths, forecourts, entrance areas, loading bays and external stairwells. Beyond appearance, there's a real safety case — algae and moss on pedestrian routes are a documented slip hazard, and scheduled washing is a defensible line in any property manager's maintenance records.
When you'd use this service
- Surface car parks, access roads, and loading bays — annually or after seasons of heavy use
- Paved courtyards and resident parking on managed residential developments
- Industrial concrete surfaces, warehouse floors, and external hard standing where appearance matters
How we deliver it
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Surface survey
We identify the surface type, condition, and any drainage or planting considerations that affect the method.
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Method match
Pressure level and approach matched to the substrate. Biocide treatment applied where weed and moss return rates matter.
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Phased delivery
For active car parks, we split the work to keep half the bays operational. Out-of-hours work for retail and commercial sites where business continuity matters.
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Cleanup
Debris collected, drainage checked for blockage, surface left dry-ready and walkable.
What we use to do the job
We run commercial-grade pressure washing equipment including rotary flat-surface cleaners, which clean large areas like car parks evenly and quickly without the striping that lance-only cleaning leaves. Hot water washing is available for oil, grease and chewing gum, which cold pressure alone won't shift. Detergents and degreasers are used where the soiling demands it, waste water is directed to appropriate drainage, and work is scheduled for quiet periods — early mornings, weekends — so parking and access aren't disrupted. Moss and algae treatment can be applied after washing to slow regrowth on shaded areas.
Our safety commitment
Pressure washing on occupied sites is managed around people and vehicles: work areas are cordoned, signage is placed on approach routes, and surfaces are left safe before barriers come down. Operatives are trained on the equipment, chemicals are COSHH-assessed, and waste water management is planned per site. RAMS are available to property managers on request.
Frequently asked questions
Hard surfaces only: concrete, paving, tarmac, brickwork, hard cladding, industrial floors. We don't pressure wash soft cladding, render, painted finishes, timber, or any surface that could be damaged by high-pressure water — those need soft washing instead. The general rule: if it's structural, hard, and rough-textured, pressure washing is the right call. If it's soft, decorative, or has a finish you care about, ask for soft washing.
It removes them mechanically, but it doesn't kill the root system, so they grow back faster than people expect — sometimes within weeks. If you want a longer-lasting result, we follow the pressure wash with a biocide treatment that kills the root. The treated surface stays clear typically for six to twelve months depending on conditions. Worth specifying in the brief.
Routinely. Car parks, access roads, loading bays, paved courtyards, and resident parking are some of the most common jobs we handle for managing agents. We work around the operating pattern — early-morning slots for retail sites, weekends or evenings for offices, residents-out windows for blocks. The surface comes back looking like the building it serves.
With the right control, yes. The water carries debris and any cleaning agents into the drainage system — for biocide-treated cleans we use environmentally-compliant solutions and protect surrounding planting where needed. For sensitive sites (SUDS systems, water features, listed grounds), we'll talk you through the precautions in the method statement before we quote.
A standard 30-40 space surface car park — half a day to a day, depending on contamination level. Larger sites scale proportionally. We can split the work to keep half the bays operational at any one time, which most managing agents prefer.