Mermaid Waters
Exterior cleaning in Mermaid Waters. Quoted on site.
What we look for here
- Two jobs in one suburb: canal frontage, and the dry brick-and-tile blocks behind.
- Older concrete holds growth deep in the surface: a proper pass, not a quick one.
- Pool coping and aluminium fencing carry a salt film that returns on a cycle, which is what quarterly bookings are for.
- Wide streets, no metered parking, and side gates usually wide enough for the reel.
- Work runs away from the water, with drain protection down and biodegradable products only.
More about Mermaid Waters
Mermaid Waters splits into two jobs: the canal streets, and the dry blocks behind them.
On the water, salt and humidity are relentless — render greens up on the shaded side, pool coping stains, and the aluminium pool fence carries a salt film that a soft wash takes off.
Off the canals it is largely 1980s and 1990s brick and tile on a decent block, which means big concrete driveways down long enough to hold the black growth in the surface rather than on it.
Those come back well, but they take a proper pass at the right pressure, not a quick lick with a wand.
Otherwise it is an easy suburb to work in: wide streets, no metered parking, and side gates usually wide enough for the hose reel.
We work away from the canal, protect the drains and use biodegradable products, because nothing we lift off a house should end up in the water.
How we work
- We photograph the whole job before we start, damage included. You get the full set either way.
- Drains protected, plants covered, biodegradable products. What we lift is kept out of the stormwater drains.
- Walls are washed from the ground.
- Fibro and asbestos cement — fibro cladding, a Super Six roof, eaves, a pre-1990 fence — identified on the walk-around, left as found and documented in writing.
- We clean. Coatings, sealing and restoration are left to the trade that holds the QBCC licence for that work.