St. Johns County, Florida
The Ancient City, washed clean.
Soft washing and pressure washing for St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra, Nocatee and everywhere between. Straight answers, and the right pressure for the surface.
- A firm number before we start
- Soft wash on anything soft
- Whole county covered
What decides your quote
Straight answers before anyone starts
- Surface and its area1
- Access, height, storeys2
- How heavy the growth is3
- Rust, oil or sealer work4
How a quote is built is set out on the pricing page.
The difference that matters
Pressure is a tool, not a selling point.
Concrete wants pressure. Almost nothing else on your house does. The most common cause of damage in this trade is one machine, set high, used on everything.
Soft wash
Siding, stucco, roofs, screens, painted timber, composite. The solution kills the growth; the water only rinses. Under 500 PSI at the surface.
Pressure wash
Concrete driveways, walkways and block — with a rotary surface cleaner, so you get an even finish instead of wand stripes across the slab.
Treat, then rinse
Irrigation rust, oil, tiger-striped gutters and efflorescence each need a specific product. Pressure alone will not shift any of them.
Services
What we clean
Booked as a package more often than not — a house wash with the driveway beats the two on separate visits.
House washing
A house wash is not a pressure wash. Siding, stucco and painted timber are cleaned with low pressure and a cleaning solu…
Roof soft washing
Those black streaks are Gloeocapsa magma, a cyanobacteria that feeds on the limestone filler in asphalt shingle…
Driveway & concrete
Concrete is the one surface that genuinely wants pressure. The difference between a good job and a bad one is the tool: …
Pavers & sealing
Pavers are three jobs, not one. Cleaning lifts the growth and the surface film; re-sanding restores the joints that hold…
Pool decks & lanais
A screen enclosure is the most damage-prone thing on a Florida property. Screen mesh, the aluminium frame and a cool-dec…
Fences & decks
Wood is the surface where over-pressure does the most visible damage. Furring the grain on a deck is permanent, and no a…
How it goes
Four steps, no surprises.
The part most people actually care about is the last one: the number you were told is the number you pay.
Tell us the address
Phone or the form. Photos help but are rarely essential for a standard house or driveway.
Get a firm number
Usually the same day. Straightforward jobs are quoted without anyone needing to visit.
We wash
Planting pre-wet and rinsed, method matched to each surface, edges cut in by hand to match.
Look before you pay
Walk it. Anything missed gets put right before an invoice is raised.
Coverage
Across St. Johns County
The work genuinely differs across the county — salt on the island, well-water rust inland, tile roofs out west.
Local conditions
Why exteriors here need washing more often than most of the country.
Northeast Florida runs a growing season for mildew and algae that barely pauses. Average humidity sits high enough, long enough, that organic growth on a shaded wall never really gets knocked back the way a freeze would handle it further north. What you are looking at on a dirty wall in St. Johns County is almost never dirt — it is something alive.
Three local factors decide how fast it comes back:
Salt air
Salt is hygroscopic. It pulls moisture from the air and holds it against a surface long after the rain has stopped, which is why a house in Ponte Vedra Beach or on Anastasia Island greens up faster than identical construction inland. The same air corrodes screen enclosure frames at the base channel and leaves a film on kickplates that will not rinse away on its own.
Tree canopy
The mature oak through Julington Creek and the older parts of Fruit Cove keeps roof slopes permanently shaded and permanently damp. Shade plus leaf litter plus retained moisture is the worst combination there is for asphalt shingle, and it is why the black streaking shows up sooner in those neighbourhoods than out in the open ground west of I-95.
Well water and irrigation
Out through St. Johns and Fruit Cove, irrigation frequently runs on well water carrying dissolved iron. Sprinkler heads throw it across driveways, walkways and the lower few feet of a wall, and it leaves fan-shaped orange staining that is chemically nothing like organic growth. No amount of pressure removes it — it needs a rust-specific treatment, and it is worth asking whether a quote includes one before the truck arrives.
The practical takeaway: wash when you can first see it starting rather than when it becomes obvious. Growth that has been established for years needs dwell time and sometimes a second pass, and occasionally it has already stained the substrate permanently. Catching it early is a smaller job at a lower price.
Questions
Asked most often
How much does pressure washing cost in St. Augustine?
It depends on four things: the surface and its area, access and height, how heavy the growth has got, and whether anything non-organic is involved such as irrigation rust or an old sealer. Straightforward work can usually be quoted over the phone. The pricing page sets out exactly how a number is built.
Is pressure washing going to damage my siding or roof?
It will if the method does not match the surface. Vinyl, stucco, painted timber, screens and roofs all get soft washed at low pressure, where the cleaning is chemical rather than mechanical. Only concrete gets genuine pressure, and then through a rotary surface cleaner.
How long does it take?
A typical single-storey house wash with the driveway is a half day. Roofs, large paver fields and seal work take longer, and sealing needs dry weather either side.
Do you need to be home?
Not usually, provided there is access to an outside water spigot and to any gated areas. Most people are not home for a driveway or a house wash.
What about my plants?
Beds and foundation planting are pre-wet before any solution goes on and rinsed again afterwards. That is standard on every job, not an upsell.
Do you cover my part of the county?
All of St. Johns County — St. Augustine and the beaches, Ponte Vedra, Nocatee, St. Johns, Fruit Cove, Julington Creek and World Golf Village.
Get a price
Tell us the address and what needs washing.
Most quotes come back the same day. If it is straightforward — a driveway, a single-storey house wash — you will usually get a firm number without anyone needing to visit.
Prefer to talk? Call (904) 429-1914.