DOFF Chemical Cleaning in Cullompton

The Moore & Franks approach in Cullompton

Cullompton's old wool-town core is full of cob, lime render and timber-framed frontages, with newer estates spreading out toward the M5. The damp Culm valley keeps growth coming back on shaded walls, and the historic fabric won't tolerate a heavy wash. DOFF chemical cleaning fits both ends of that — gentle enough for listed render, hot enough to clear stubborn lichen at the root. Superheated steam at low pressure does the work, and the old fabric dries within minutes. Moore & Franks are a family-run Devon business, twenty-five years on, insured to £5m. Plain pricing and proper care for older buildings — or the modern ones, equally.

Cullompton's new growth is nearly all rendered — Knightswood, Colebrook and the estates off Honiton Road — and in this damp basin the K-Rend and silicone finishes rarely stay clean past their first few winters. Sealed coatings like these often want a soft wash rather than full steam, and we'll tell you which before quoting. Where DOFF suits the surface, the heat clears the algae without forcing moisture behind a render system built to stay watertight.

Around Fore Street and St Andrew's the buildings belong to a different age — The Walronds and its timber-framed neighbours, old clay tile, walls that need to breathe. A careless wash marks fabric like that for good. Low-pressure steam, working by temperature, lifts the growth off old render and masonry while leaving soft, breathable surfaces sound, and on listed work we can provide a method statement.

Cullompton sits low in the Culm Valley with farmland on every edge, so pollen, dust and organic muck settle on render alongside the usual algae, and the south-westerlies drive rain hard against exposed west gables. That combination greens walls faster than the open coast in its own way. Steam clears the mixed grime and growth by heat, and where a gable is badly weathered an optional biocide top-coat afterwards slows how quickly it comes back.

Our Cullompton customers are typically within 20 minutes of our Exeter base. We cover the wider EX15 postcode area and the surrounding villages (St Andrew's Church, Fore Street conservation area, The Walronds, Culm Valley, Knightswood estate, Colebrook).