Any home or business owner who has cladding on their property should make sure that they regularly clean the cladding. They should be aware of the cleaning methods that work best for their cladding types and the cleaning process that they need to use to keep their cladding surfaces sparkling and free from stubborn dirt and organic growth. A thorough cleaning is essential for ensuring your cladding lasts as long as it should.
The easiest way to maintain your cladding is to simply hire professional cladding cleaning services. Experts in our field, NW Wash's team of professional cladding cleaners know when soft washing is needed over pressure washing, how to clean your cladding with minimal disruption, and can even help you out should you require free advice regarding your cladding.
For a high-level cleaning, contact NW Wash today for a free no-obligation quote.
Cladding is the use of a range of materials to provide homes with thermal insulation and weather resistance. It works well to improve the appearance of homes and commercial properties, too, and is very popular in the UK on both industrial properties and domestic properties.
It is easy to know when your cladding needs to be cleaned, particularly lighter-coloured cladding. Stains, discolouration, and organic growth are all pretty noticeable. With some cladding materials, you may also see warping or cracking.
As soon as you notice any change to your home or business interior or external cladding, you should look into cleaning services. For small areas of damage or dirt - like bird droppings - you can try to remove them using a sponge and soapy water, being careful not to be too abrasive.
When it comes to larger areas of discolouration and stubborn stains, that's where we at NW Wash come in. Hiring our team is the most efficient and effective way to clean your cladding, whether it's external, on the roof, or interior cladding.
There is a huge range of cladding panels out there, all made from different materials. Luckily for our customers, we as a cladding cleaning company, know how to tackle all of them. So whether you've got metal cladding, wooden cladding, or even PVC cladding, we can help to provide regular cleaning suited to the material.
All of our staff are trained to know how to protect your cladding above all else. We are experts in the cladding cleaning field and have all of the knowledge we need to get your property clean without creating any further issues.
This means not using abrasive cleaning techniques on your stainless steel cladding, for example, to protect from rust. Whatever exterior surfaces you need cleaning, you can rest assured we'll be able to do the job.
In some cases, some properties may also have cladding on their roof. This is especially common in industrial businesses and warehouses. Just like any other cladding, roof cladding still needs to be cared for in order to ensure it lasts as long as it's supposed to.
Most roof cladding is metal, so the best way for us to clean the roof cladding is by using a low-pressure technique. This will ensure that your metal roof cladding will remain rust-free and help to remove grime, dirt, and organic growth.
For roof cleaning services our team may need to bring with them a cherry picker or something to allow them to properly access the hard-to-reach and high places. If this is the case, then there may be additional costs.
It might come as a surprise that not all cladding can be cleaned using the same process. This is where a lot of people go wrong with DIY cleaning, and why we always recommend calling a cladding cleaning company that knows exactly how different types of cladding need to be cared for.
Modern buildings may have any of the following cladding on them, and each type has specific factors that need to be considered when we clean.
Wooden cladding can be installed in almost any direction and as a result, it is incredibly popular, but it is also very easy to damage. It may seem low maintenance, but you must be gentle, especially when cleaning wooden cladding as it can crack, warp, and lose its colour when subjected to water. Too much water may even impact how structurally sound the material is.
Predominantly used on industrial buildings such as distribution centres, metal cladding is great for fire protection as it is a non-combustible material, however, it does require care when cleaning.
Cleaning metal cladding incorrectly may encourage rust and corrosion. The wrong cleaning procedures must therefore be avoided to ensure that the cladding has as long a lifespan as possible.
Very popular on modern high-rise buildings, glass cladding can weather damage from the British ecosystem and looks incredibly sleek and stylish. It's also one of the easiest cladding styles to clean!
uPVC and other plastic cladding are popular because it's lightweight and incredibly moisture-resistant. It's super easy to install and, for the most part, cleaning uPVC cladding is relatively stress-free.
That being said, each different type of plastic does require different detergents to avoid staining and discolouration.
Cement, stone, and concrete are often chosen because of their non-porous nature. This means that they can stand up well against most weather damage and moisture.
However, they do still require professional cleaning services, as using the wrong type of detergent or water at the wrong pressure can stain and damage the stone.
Brick slip cladding is used more for interior cladding than it is for exterior cladding. This is because it attracts organic growth and gets very dirty quickly, meaning it needs more regular cleaning than most other cladding types. It looks nice, though, which gives many people a false favourable impression of the cladding.
Our team is well-versed in cladding cleaning and can offer cladding cleaning services that are unmatched elsewhere. Just like with any difficult interior cleaning services, our staff are trained diligently to make your life that much easier.
Hiring a professional is simply the most efficient and effective way to do regular cladding cleaning. Our team has worked with lots of manufactured cladding and different types of cladding coating across their careers.
They're also all trained in health and safety, so can ensure that you, your property, and themselves are all completely safe while they work.
Left under the British weather, cladding can develop a real build-up of dirt and grime. Whether it's organic materials like algae, stains from the weather, airborne pollutants, or other deposits, there are so many things out there that stick to and ruin the look of our cladding materials.
This is where cleaning cladding comes into it. With regular cleaning and the help of our cleaning teams, you can keep on top of the discolouration and stains, meaning that your home always has clean cladding.
Clean cladding has been shown to boost the appearance of a property enough to actually impact the property value. This is due to a metric called curb appeal, which looks at how appealing and aesthetically pleasing a property is to the buyer before even entering.
This is also hugely important for businesses, who need to maintain their company image from the second the customer sees the building for the first time, to the moment their purchase is complete. There is plenty of evidence to suggest that the building and branding and the company image it creates dramatically affect the amount of business a company might get.
Our team can restore cladding by cleaning it and offering free advice on how to go forward. We can use coatings and chemicals to ensure that your walls stay free from dirt for as long as possible.
We don't all pay great amounts of attention to the exterior of our homes, and there's no need to pretend otherwise. But when our team is steam cleaning or pressure washing your home, we can keep our eyes out for any damage to your cladding.
This allows you to act quickly, limiting the damage that might evolve. That way, not only do you get your cladding cleaned by an expert cleaning service.
If your cladding is painted, getting it cleaned can help to remove chipped paint or paint that is peeling and bubbling. This can dramatically improve the appearance of your cladding, once again improving the value of your home.
It's all well and good knowing about cladding cleaning and our services, but it is also important to know how often a thorough clean is needed.
Generally speaking, cladding cleaning should be done every two or three years. However, cleaning services will need to be more regular on limestone and other natural stone cladding panels.
Alternatively, glass and metal can be left without being cleaned for longer. Metal cladding can get away with only being cleaned every three to four years.
If you're not sure how frequently you need cladding cleaning services, contact us today for a conversation about cleaning cladding.
Your cladding cleaning cost will depend on several factors. For example:
To determine how much it'll cost you to have our cladding cleaned, contact NW Wash today. We can discuss what type of cladding you have, how recently it has been serviced, and how large of a surface area there is that needs cleaning.
If necessary, our team can also come out to the property to assess the state and age of the cladding to ensure that you get a complete quote.
You can be confident that at NW Wash we will always offer a competitive price for our cleaning teams. So you can receive excellent service without having to break the bank.
There are a few different ways that you can clean cladding. The least common method is to use soapy water. This isn't too common as cladding takes up a large part of most walls that it is on and cleaning cladding by hand takes a lot of time and energy - and often needs equipment such as ladders or scaffolding. We cover this in detail in our post “how to clean external cladding?”.
The more common techniques of cladding cleaning are:
The most common cladding cleaning is a low-pressure washing technique known as soft washing. It causes minimal disruption to the homeowner and uses specialist processes to gently clean the walls at low pressure. Using water-fed poles, the technique is not dissimilar to steam cleaning.
Soft washing uses a type of chemical cleaning to remove stubborn stains from the exterior cladding, providing high-quality cleaning services time and time again. It is different from pressure washing and can be great when you need to protect cladding. In some ways, it is almost similar to steam cleaning.
For both domestic and commercial properties, we at NW Wash know that you are likely to still need access into and around the building. To make sure that this is possible, we do all of our work with minimal disruption. We can gently clean your exterior cladding with our specialist processes, without once getting in your way!
When it comes to real stubborn dirt on your exterior cladding, pressure washing might be considered. It is a more aggressive style of cladding cleaning, and so is not used too often. This is a type of high-pressure washing process that works on various materials. The jet wash stream removes all of the dirt and grime build-up from the cladding surfaces, but this process comes with much more risk.
Due to the strength of the stream, jet washing is not suitable for every type of cladding. The material can be chipped and damaged by the high-pressure stream of water. However, with NW Wash's professional cladding cleaning services, our team is trained on how to use pressure washing equipment expertly to ensure that this does not happen.
There is a huge range of cladding coating options out there that will protect your cladding. Ask the team at NW Wash for their advice when you call to discuss a quote, or when we're on site.
We can advise on which coating will work best for your type of cladding, and help you to find the perfect hydrophobic coating or protective coating. With the help of regular cleaning and a coating, you can avoid needing a costly replacement anytime soon!
Hiring a professional service means that you know your property is in good hands. Hiring NW Wash means that you can rest easy knowing that you'll get a high-quality service, regardless of what kind of cleaning work we do for you. Whether we're cleaning your wall cladding, roof cladding, or cleaning cladding on industrial buildings, we'll do so with expert hands.
No stubborn stains will escape us or our team when you hire NW Wash. We are cladding cleaning experts, who have been working in the industry for years, we know all of the intricate health and safety protocols, and how to both protect, maintain, and restore cladding, all with minimum disruption.
If your render is in need of a clean, contact NW Wash today for a free no-obligation quote!
Cladding cleaning refers to the process of removing dirt, grime, and pollutants from the exterior cladding of buildings, enhancing their appearance and longevity.
Cladding cleaning is crucial as it not only boosts the building's aesthetic appeal but also prevents long-term damage caused by accumulated pollutants and organic growth.
The frequency of cladding cleaning depends on the building's location and exposure to pollutants, but typically, it should be done annually to maintain its appearance and integrity.
Various methods, including soft washing, pressure washing, and chemical treatments, are used in cladding cleaning, chosen based on the cladding material and level of soiling.
Yes, cladding cleaning significantly improves a building's appearance by removing unsightly dirt, stains, and organic growth, making it look newer and more inviting.
Cladding cleaning is safe for most types of materials when the appropriate methods and detergents are used, tailored to the specific type of cladding to avoid damage.
