Why You Should Pressure Wash a Commercial Building
The Top Four Reasons to Pressure Wash a Large Building
Do you own or manage a large building on a residential or commercial property? If so, it would be wise to pressure wash the exteriors periodically.
Large buildings get dirty rather quickly. No prospective customers or tenants will want to approach a building if it is filthy on the outside. So if you want to maintain a professional-looking property, you should pressure wash the exterior whenever you start to see it get a little bit dirty.
Why Use Pressure Washing?
Cleaning the exterior of a large building is not some simple DIY project. Instead, it requires a professional pressure washing service provider to use their commercial-grade power washing equipment and wash the massive exteriors. Besides, it will save you the trouble of getting on scaffolds to clean the outside of your building.
Building exteriors are susceptible to impacts and markups from all kinds of environmental hazards like wildlife, snow, rain, wind, graffiti, gum, mold, and mildew. What’s worse is that some of these ugly elements can form in hard-to-reach areas of your building. The best way to wash them clean is for a professional pressure washer to use their pressure washing equipment on every wall and crevice until all the debris is gone.
What is Pressure Washing Exactly?
Don’t confuse power washing with pressure washing because they are two different things. They are similar actions, though, because both involve using high-speed water pressure to clean dirt and debris from building surfaces. The kinetic energy from the pressurized water is what breaks apart the dirt and debris. However, soap and cleaning agents may get added to the water if the debris is too stubborn to be removed with pressurized water alone.
The main difference between power washing and pressure washing has to do with the temperature of the water. Standard pressure washing uses a water pump with cold water, while power washing uses hot water or steam. Either way, it is a safe and effective way to clean tough stains and other unsightly elements from hard-to-reach surfaces on your building.
Which one is better? Well, power washing is better for eliminating severe grime, mildew, grease, salt, and stains from exteriors. The water’s heat assists in breaking down these elements better than ordinary pressure washing. It is okay to power wash any hard surface resistant to heat, such as concrete and tile.
Some hard surfaces, such as vinyl siding, cannot tolerate heated water. In this case, you’d have to use standard pressure washing with cold water to clean the siding. The washing technician may add an eco-friendly cleaning agent to the cold water as a substitute for the lack of heat. That way, it is still safe and effective to pressure wash those surfaces, especially if they have stubborn algae or stains on them.
The Top Four Benefits of Power Washing or Pressure Washing Your Building
Power washing or pressure washing are both acceptable for cleaning the exteriors of your building. Choose whichever is most appropriate for the type of surfaces you have on the outside.
Here are the top four benefits of doing so:
1) Reduce the Risk of Damage or Deterioration
The exterior hard surfaces of a building can start to deteriorate if dirt, grime, mold, algae, bird droppings, weeds, carbon pollutants, and other filth continue to cover them for a long time. Not only will they make your building’s exterior look ugly, but its internal structure could get compromised too. Then you could have expensive repairs on your hands.
Pressure washing away this filth is the best way to reduce the risk of damage or deterioration from happening to the exterior and interior of your building.
2) Boost Your Building’s Appraisal Value
Pressure washing your building’s exterior can increase the appraised value of your property because it will make the building look cleaner, newer, and more professional. It is the perfect way to attract new customers, investors, or potential buyers to your property.
3) Improve the Health and Safety of Your Building
You are obligated to keep the people in your building as safe as possible. But if you don’t remove the dirt, mold, pollutants, and other hazardous debris from its exterior, it could potentially put people’s health at risk when they’re on your property.
An uncleaned exterior won’t just affect the outside of your building because things like mold and mildew could also creep their way inside your building. Just think about what could happen if airborne mold particles blew through your airflow vents or got into the water of your plumbing system. People in your building could develop respiratory illnesses without even knowing why.
You can prevent all of these tragedies from happening with the periodic pressure washing of your building.
4) Pressure Wash Other Flat Hard Surfaces
Don’t only focus on pressure washing the exterior walls of your building. You must also pressure wash other hard surfaces around the building, such as your walkways, sidewalks, parking lots, and driveways. Leaving debris on these hard surfaces could cause more slip-and-fall accidents if people trip on things like grease or weeds.
You might find power washing more effective because these hard surfaces tend to have more stubborn residues, such as gum, weeds, overgrown grass, oil, etc. The heat of the pressurized water will do a better job of removing them. Otherwise, use a standard pressure washer with an eco-friendly cleaning agent.
Final Thoughts
Are you ready to contact a professional pressure washer or power washer to clean your building’s exterior walls and flat hard surfaces? If so, please contact us today to learn more about our fantastic washing services and receive a free price quote. We can service commercial and residential buildings.
