Pressure Washing in Boonsboro, MD
Most of the housing here predates 1970. Older exteriors get a gentler method, not pressure.
A large share of Boonsboro’s housing is genuinely old.
The median Boonsboro home was built in 1966. Fifty-eight percent of the housing stock predates 1970 and nineteen percent predates 1939. For comparison, Washington County as a whole is around forty-four percent pre-1970. Nearly one in five Boonsboro homes is older than the Second World War.
That changes how the outside of a house here should be approached.
Why age changes the method
Older exteriors have usually been through more than one life. Paint has chalked, meaning it powders off on your hand. Aluminum and older vinyl have oxidized to a dull, flat finish. Mortar in the brick and stone homes in the older part of town has softened over decades.
Conditions like these generally respond better to the right cleaning solution and a gentle rinse than to pressure. On a house like that we soft wash: the solution does the work, the rinse is gentle, and nothing gets forced anywhere it should not go.
Boonsboro’s National Register historic district covers 562 contributing elements, mostly log, frame and brick with some stone, with a core running from about 1820 to 1850. National Register listing is honorific and does not restrict what you do to your own house. It does tell you what the homes are made of, and that is what matters for the work.
Newer Boonsboro is a different job
The town has grown about fifty-five percent since 1990, so there is a second Boonsboro layered over the first. Fletcher’s Grove, off Chase Six Boulevard, is roughly two hundred homes built between 2005 and 2008. Sycamore Run is newer still, 2015 to 2019. Crestview and Graystone Hills sit in between.
Those are standard modern exteriors and they generally clean up well. They also sit in a town that gets about 197 sunny days a year, which is below the national average of 205. Less sun means slower drying, and slower drying means growth that keeps coming back.
Where We Work in Boonsboro
The whole 21713 area.
That covers the older homes along Main Street and the streets off it in the historic part of town, the newer developments on the north side, and the properties out toward Greenbrier and along the National Pike.
Old house or new, it is the same person doing the work and the same care taken. What changes is the pressure, not the attention.
Work We Have Done in Boonsboro
Real before and after photos from jobs in Boonsboro.
Gutter cleaning, Boonsboro
House siding cleaning, Boonsboro
Pressure Washing Services in Boonsboro
Licensed and insured. You deal directly with the owner, Floyd Summers, from the estimate through the work itself. Call 301-882-5567 for a free quote.
Frequently Asked Questions
Pressure Washing in Boonsboro, MD
Yes, with the right method. Older exteriors get a soft wash, never pressure. The risk with an old house is not dirt, it is someone treating it like a new one.
Chalking. It is normal on older painted surfaces and it is one of the reasons pressure is the wrong tool. A soft wash removes the chalk and the growth without stripping what is underneath.
Yes, anywhere in the 21713 area.
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