Render Cleaning in Ottery St Mary

The Moore & Franks approach in Ottery St Mary

Inland and low in the Otter valley, Ottery St Mary trades sea salt for river damp — and render here feels it. The mist that settles in the valley overnight keeps walls moist well into the morning, and that's exactly what algae needs. The older rendered cottages near the church and the newer estates on the edge of town both green up on their shaded sides. Rain alone won't shift it. Moore & Franks soft-wash render at low pressure with a biocide that kills the growth at the root, so it stays clean far longer than a jet-wash ever manages. Family-run, fully insured, a short run from our Exeter yard.

Ottery St Mary keeps a good stock of old cob and stone cottages around The Square and Silver Street, and cob is a fussy thing to clean. It has to breathe and it hates being sealed or soaked, so the modern render rules do not apply. We treat the moss and green growth on these with a gentle, breathable biocide at the lowest pressure that works, keeping the historic surface exactly as it needs to be.

The newer estates climbing toward West Hill and up Tip Hill and Sidmouth Road are a different animal — K-Rend and silicone render that streaks black within a few years of going up. The thin coatings hold surface moisture, the shaded sides barely dry, and the growth returns readily. We clear it without scarring the thin coating, and we tell owners plainly which elevations will want revisiting first.

Beyond the town the lanes out to Cadhay and Tipton St John run under heavy tree cover, and that canopy does two things to render: it shades it and it feeds it, dropping leaf litter that overflows from blocked gutters and washes grime down the walls. Wind-driven rain heading up to Aylesbeare common drives more into the surface. A soft-wash resets it, and the biocide keeps working on regrowth long after we have gone.

Our Ottery St Mary customers are typically within 20 minutes of our Exeter base. We cover the wider EX11, EX10, EX5 postcode area and the surrounding villages (St Mary's Church and the Tumbling Weir, The Square and Silver Street, Cadhay Manor, West Hill, Tipton St John, Newton Poppleford).