Varsity Lakes
Exterior cleaning in Varsity Lakes. Quoted on site.
What we look for here
- Exposed aggregate needs the right nozzle and a slower pass, or it pits permanently.
- Uniform estate stock: render, Colorbond, paved alfresco, aggregate driveways, tile roofs.
- Lake humidity greens shaded render and puts lichen on the southern roof pitch.
- Roofs are soft-washed at low pressure.
- Reserve-backed fences drop a leaf load that fills gutters and holds water on the fascia.
- Overgrowth coming through from the reserve side is cut back and removed first.
More about Varsity Lakes
Estate surfaces
Varsity Lakes went up in one go, and it shows: exposed aggregate driveways, rendered walls, Colorbond fencing, paved alfresco areas and tile roofs, repeating street after street with only small variations.
Exposed aggregate driveways
Exposed aggregate is its own technique. Too much pressure strips the matrix out from between the stones and leaves a patchy, pitted finish for good, so it gets the correct nozzle, a sensible distance and a slower pass.
Humidity, render and roofs
The lakes and the low ground keep the humidity up.
That is why the shaded side of a render wall goes green on a house only fifteen years old — and why the southern pitch of a tile roof carries lichen at much the same age.
Up there the method is a soft wash at low pressure.
Reserves, gutters and access
Fences back onto reserves across much of the estate, and those reserves feed the gutters: the leaf load fills them, then holds water against the fascia. Overgrowth coming through from the reserve side is cut back and taken away first.
Access is simple and the streets are wide, so the outside of a house is normally a single visit.
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.