House Washing
Soft-wash house washing. The siding's dirty, not beat up.
Your house is not a driveway. High pressure on stucco, lap siding, or painted trim drives water behind the surface, chips paint, and cracks elastomeric coatings.
Last updated: 2026-04-23
What's included in this service?
- Soft-wash application with Pressure-Tek dual-lance and SH/surfactant mix
- Pre-wet and rinse of all foundation plants and landscaping
- Stucco, LP SmartSide, Hardie, vinyl, wood siding, material-specific dwell times
- Trim, fascia, eaves, and soffit cleaning
- Spider web, wasp-nest, and mud-dauber removal
- Light mildew on north- and west-facing walls
- Final low-pressure rinse top-down
- Safe around electrical, coach lights, and doorbell cameras
When do you need this service?
- Stucco has gone gray-green on the shady side
- Black dots or streaks on north-facing walls (algae)
- Lap-siding laps are ringed with dirt you can see from the street
- Eaves have cobwebs and paper-wasp nests
- You're listing the home or painting soon
- Annual refresh before rainy season or after Santa Ana dust
What do homeowners ask about House Washing?
What is soft washing?
Low-pressure application (typically 60–80 PSI at the wall) of a cleaning solution, sodium hypochlorite plus a surfactant that keeps it on the surface long enough to work. The chemistry kills algae, mildew, and gloeocapsa. No tip of a pressure wand ever touches your siding.
Will it hurt my plants?
Soft-wash pros do house washes every day around rose bushes, lemon trees, and Japanese maples. The damage stories come from DIY mixes that skip the pre-wet and use uncut SH.
How is soft wash different from pressure washing?
Pressure washing uses force to blast dirt off. Soft wash uses chemistry to kill and loosen what's there, then a gentle rinse. Concrete and masonry handle high pressure fine. Painted and wood surfaces do not, and stucco cracks from high pressure faster than people realize.
How long does it take to dry?
Full cure on any remaining chemistry is a couple hours.
Service area
Where do we offer House Washing in San Diego County?
We provide house washing in every city and community in San Diego County. Pick your city for local climate notes and service specifics.
Coastal House Washing in Encinitas Encinitas sits in a heavy marine-layer zone, with overnight fog reaching deep through Olivenhain and into the inland eastern pockets. North-facing siding, stucco, and roof slopes accumulate black-streak algae (Gloeocapsa magma) within 12-18 months of any clean. Salt-air residue on west-facing walls in Leucadia and Cardiff requires regular soft-wash.
Coastal House Washing in Carlsbad Carlsbad covers a wide microclimate range, coastal sections (Carlsbad Village, La Costa, Aviara) get heavy marine-layer salt and algae; inland sections (Bressi Ranch, Calavera Hills) sit warmer and drier. Salt-air residue on stucco plus ocean-facing soffit mildew dominate the coastal scope.
Coastal House Washing in Oceanside Oceanside runs heavy salt-air exposure across the coastal sections (Downtown, South Oceanside, Buena Vista) and inland-valley dust patterns across the eastern sections (Rancho Del Oro, Mission). Camp Pendleton-adjacent commercial work plus military-family rental-turnover residential scope add specific call patterns here.
Coastal House Washing in La Jolla La Jolla luxury surfaces, tile roofs, flagstone, travertine, marble, limestone, need careful soft-wash chemistry rather than high-pressure contact. Coastal salt-air residue plus marine-layer algae plus the affluent demographic's high-end material mix shape every job here.
North County Inland House Washing in San Marcos San Marcos runs inland-valley heat (10-15°F warmer than coast) with significant Santa Ana dust accumulation, irrigation-rust staining on driveways, and the master-planned community scope across San Elijo Hills and the surrounding sections. Larger lot sizes than coastal averages drive bigger driveway and hardscape scope.
North County Inland House Washing in Escondido Escondido runs hot inland-valley summers (95°F+ regularly) with significant Santa Ana dust accumulation, heavy irrigation-rust staining on the older tract driveways, and ag-adjacent particulate from the surrounding avocado and citrus groves. The mix of older central neighborhoods, master-planned communities, and rural eastern sections drives varied scope patterns.
North County Inland House Washing in Poway Poway runs hot inland-valley summers (95°F+ regularly) with significant fire-zone exposure on the canyon-edge and open-space-perimeter properties, and the larger lot sizes typical of "The City in the Country." Big-lot driveways, horse-property scope, pool decks year-round, and defensible-space cleaning shape the work.
East County House Washing in El Cajon El Cajon runs hot inland summers (100°F+ regularly), wide diurnal temperature swings, and significant red-clay dust accumulation that bakes into concrete pores. Hot-water surface cleaner lifts the embedded clay in a single pass. Older established neighborhoods with built-up paint layers require lower SH dilution for safe soft-wash.
South Bay House Washing in Chula Vista Chula Vista runs a wide microclimate range, western coastal sections (Bayfront, Eastlake-coastal) get marine-layer algae and salt residue; eastern master-planned communities (Otay Ranch, Eastlake, Rolling Hills Ranch) sit warmer and drier with significant pool-deck and HOA-coordinated scope. Freeway-corridor diesel soot on storefronts adds commercial scope.
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