Soft Wash in Brixham

The Moore & Franks approach in Brixham

Brixham's steep, colourful harbour houses and rendered cottages climbing the hillsides take the full force of the weather coming in off the open sea. The exposure here is real: salt, wind and damp leave algae and lichen across painted render, and those old, soft finishes on the harbour streets won't take a pressure washer. Soft washing is the sensible answer: low pressure to protect the paint and render, with a treatment that kills growth at the root and slows its return in this exposed spot. We work Brixham from Exeter, handle the awkward sloping access carefully, and carry £5m cover. Plain quotes, respectful work, clean result.

Up at Higher Brixham and the Wall Park and Sharkham estates, the newer coastal builds sit on exposed clifftop plots taking the full weather off the Channel. Their K-Rend and painted render greens noticeably faster than anything inland, coated in a fine salt film that holds dirt and feeds algae. We clean these walls at low pressure with a biocide that kills the growth at root, resetting the render, and for the most exposed plots set up a repeat visit to keep the coating clear.

Sea fret keeps slate and concrete-tile roofs damp for long spells across Brixham, encouraging black lichen and the moss that lifts and slips tiles on the steep older terraces. A pressure washer on a mossy, slipping roof only makes matters worse, driving water under the tiles. Soft washing kills the growth in place at low pressure without disturbing the covering, so the roof clears safely and the moss loses its grip rather than being forced off along with half the tiles.

Down around the harbour and up Mount Pleasant Road, the terraces stack tightly together, sharing valleys and downpipes that overflow the moment they are neglected, and gull mess adds to the grime across the quayside roofs. Access here is steep and awkward, which suits our pole-fed, low-pressure approach far better than any ladder-and-jet method. We treat the painted and K-Rend fronts gently, lifting salt-fed algae and staining without harming the soft old finishes.

Our Brixham customers are typically within 45 minutes of our Exeter base. We cover the wider TQ5 postcode area and the surrounding villages (Berry Head, Brixham Harbour & Fish Quay, Higher Brixham, St Mary's Bay, Churston Ferrers, Galmpton).