Pressure Washing in Rialto, CA

Pressure washing in Rialto usually means restoring a home that has been lived in, not prepping one for a quick sale. Census figures show 93.8% of residents were in the same house a year earlier, one of the highest rates in the area, and 66.2% of homes are owner-occupied. When people stay that long, concrete stains, wall staining and faded trim build up slowly until the place looks older than it is. A thorough exterior cleaning brings it back.

Where we usually start

1. Driveway and concrete. With an average of 3.83 people per household, Rialto driveways often hold several vehicles. Oil drips, tire marks and the dark parking-spot shadow are the usual problems on these driveways. We use a rotary surface cleaner for an even finish and spot-treat oil before washing. 2. House washing. Stucco and painted siding get a low-pressure soft wash that removes dust, cobwebs and hard-water spotting from sprinklers without forcing water behind the finish. 3. Block walls and fences. Side and rear walls take sprinkler overspray and street grime. We clean them evenly so you do not end up with a striped wall. 4. Roof soft washing. Tile and shingle roofs collect dust and dark streaks. We soft wash rather than blast, because high pressure can crack tile and strip shingle granules.

Heat and dry summers

Rialto has a Mediterranean climate with hot, dry summers and mild winters. Months without rain let dust settle and stick, and hot surfaces dry cleaning solution before it can be rinsed. We work in the cooler part of the day in summer and rinse in small sections to prevent streaking.

Las Colinas and the distribution centers

The city sits near the Cajon Pass between Interstate 10 and State Route 210, and regional distribution centers for Amazon, Staples, Target, Under Armour, Medline, Niagara Bottling and Monster Energy have driven much of its recent growth. Several of those centers are in the Las Colinas area in northern Rialto. More trucks on the road means more tire dust and diesel film on nearby homes and on the facilities themselves. For commercial customers we clean truck courts, dock aprons, employee entrances, break areas and dumpster pads, with water control set up so rinse water stays out of storm drains.

A note about water

Rialto had a well-known groundwater contamination problem in the late 1990s, when perchlorate leaked from a 160-acre site that is now a Superfund site, and cleanup costs reached $100 million by 2014. That issue concerns drinking water supply, not what is on your driveway, but it is one reason many residents pay attention to how outdoor water is used. We use efficient equipment that cleans with far less water than an open hose running for an hour, and we direct runoff to landscaped areas or capture it instead of sending it down the gutter.

Old downtown, newer tracts

Rialto was incorporated on November 17, 1911, and a fire in the 1920s destroyed many downtown buildings. The oldest standing structure is an early 19th-century adobe that has been restored near Bud Bender Park. Most homes in the city came later, in tracts with stucco, tile or composition roofs and block walls, which is exactly the kind of property our services are built around.

Estimates

Call (760) 582-6790 for a free written estimate. We list every surface, the method and a typical price range so you can decide what to do now and what can wait.

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