Pressure Washing in San Bernardino, CA

Pressure washing in San Bernardino often starts the week after a wind event. Santa Ana winds funnel through the Cajon Pass on the city's northwest edge, and in extreme cases they approach 60 mph. That kind of wind drives fine dirt into stucco texture, packs grit into window tracks and leaves a gray film across every flat surface on the property. We come up from Hesperia, on the other side of the pass, so we see the same storms from the high desert side and know what they leave behind.

Foothill lots and fire-season residue

Northern San Bernardino sits against the San Bernardino foothills, and Wikipedia's climate summary for the city notes that hot winds, wet winters and dry summers raise wildfire danger in foothill, canyon and mountain neighborhoods. Even when a fire is miles away, ash and soot can settle on roofs, solar panels and patio covers. Ash turns pasty when it gets wet, so we rinse it off with low pressure and plenty of water instead of blasting it into the surface.

• Muscupiabe, often called the Triangle, has single-family homes on large lots with mature willows and tall pines that drop needles and sap onto roofs and drives.
• Arrowhead Springs, the northernmost neighborhood, sits inside the San Bernardino National Forest at about 3,000 feet and can get snow, so its exteriors deal with both winter moisture and summer dust.

A city with as many renters as owners

Census estimates put owner-occupancy at 50.0%, which means half the homes here are rentals. For landlords and property managers, an exterior cleaning between tenants is one of the cheapest ways to make a unit show well. We handle the jobs that matter at turnover:

• Driveway and walkway cleaning to lift oil drips and tire marks
• House washing to brighten stucco before photos go online
• Block wall and fence cleaning along the street side
• Patio and entry cleaning so the first step inside looks cared for

We can schedule around a vacancy window and send before-and-after photos to an owner who lives out of the area.

Logistics yards and commercial frontage

San Bernardino is an intermodal hub near I-10, I-215 and SR-210, with a BNSF intermodal freight yard and a cluster of warehouses built around San Bernardino International Airport, the former Norton Air Force Base. Truck traffic means rubber, diesel soot and spilled fluids on aprons and loading areas. Our commercial pressure washing covers dock areas, dumpster pads, building entries and parking lot sidewalks. We plan wash water so it does not run untreated into storm drains, using berms, drain covers and recovery where a site calls for it, and we work early or late so docks stay open.

Heat changes how we wash

August here averages a daily high above 97 degrees, and the city hit 118 degrees in July 2018. Detergent dries fast on hot stucco and dark concrete, which can leave streaks. In summer we start early, keep surfaces wet while we work and rinse in sections. Solar panels get cleaned in the morning or evening, when the glass is cool, to avoid thermal shock.

Getting a quote

Call (760) 582-6790 or send a few photos of the areas you want cleaned. We give a written estimate that lists each surface and the method we will use. Typical residential jobs range from a driveway-only visit to a full exterior package, and we will give you a range that fits your property before any work starts.

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