Pressure Washing in Totnes

The Moore & Franks approach in Totnes

Totnes climbs from the Dart up its famous steep main street, a town full of medieval and Tudor buildings, cobbled stretches and characterful old stone. Sitting in a wooded river valley, it's a damp, shaded place where moss thrives on paths, courtyards and the soft historic surfaces the town is known for. That kind of stone wants a gentle, knowing hand rather than brute force. Moore & Franks bring 25 years of treating Devon's heritage properties with care, lifting growth and grime cleanly while protecting old materials. We're a family-run firm, fully insured to £5m, and we'll keep Totnes looking characterful without ever stripping away its charm.

Over in Bridgetown, across the Dart, the slate-roofed terraces have narrow front paths, brick yards and stone steps that sit in the shade of the valley and green over readily. This is careful, close work: the old surfaces here won't take a heavy blast, so we ease the pressure down or soft wash to shift the moss and algae without lifting the stone or blowing out old lime pointing, and leave paths that are safe to walk again.

Up on the western fringes around Follaton the housing is newer, with rendered homes on block and pattern-imprinted concrete drives that discolour within a few winters in the damp valley air. These clean and re-sand up sharply, bringing back the crisp look they had when laid. Decking and garden furniture take a beating from the shade and river damp too, and we clean timber along the grain at a controlled pressure so it comes up clean without furring.

A lot of Totnes property is listed or in the conservation area, so we treat soft historic stone and cob with a gentle method and never force. Sitting low by the Dart, shaded by the oaks along the river, surfaces stay damp and grow back quickly, so an optional biocide top-coat after cleaning is worth having on north-facing paths. We cover the town and the villages toward Dartington and Stoke Gabriel on weekdays, quoting free in writing with a same-day reply.

Our Totnes customers are typically within 30 minutes of our Exeter base. We cover the wider TQ9 postcode area and the surrounding villages (Bridgetown, Follaton, Dartington, Berry Pomeroy, Ashprington, Stoke Gabriel).