Soft Wash in Tiverton

The Moore & Franks approach in Tiverton

Tiverton sits where the Exe and the Lowman meet, and that river-valley damp leaves its mark on the town's render and stonework. From the old terraces near the centre to the rendered semis spreading up the hills, algae and lichen take hold fast on walls that don't dry out properly. Pressure washing only opens render up to more moisture. Soft washing does the opposite: a low-pressure biocide that kills the growth at the root and keeps it off for longer. Tiverton is on our patch and we've a local landline here, so we know the town well. Fixed quotes, full insurance, and a clean finish with nothing left behind.

The stone and cob farmhouses out toward Chettiscombe and Bolham gather moss in every valley and joint, tucked as they are into the damp, wooded folds above Tiverton. These old, breathable walls and their long roofs cannot take a pressure washer without real harm, so soft washing is the right and only tool. A low-pressure biocide worked into the surface kills the moss and algae at root, clearing decades of growth off stone and cob without driving a drop of water where it should not go.

Down in Westexe and Elmore, the rendered Victorian terraces sit packed tight and hold moisture in their porous surfaces, so they green up fast on the shaded sides. Pressure washing porous render only opens it to more damp, which is the last thing these walls need in a valley this wet. We treat them at low pressure instead, lifting the algae out of the render at root and leaving the finish intact, so the colour comes back and stays back far longer.

On the higher ground, the newer K-Rend estates like Blundell's Heights discolour within a few seasons of going up, while the mature trees lining the Grand Western Canal and the Lowman drop leaves and keep frontages shaded and slow to dry. Whether it is modern coated render or an older wall, a root-level treatment clears the growth and slows its return, which counts for a lot in a town where walls barely dry between one spell of rain and the next.

Our Tiverton customers are typically within 25 minutes of our Exeter base. We cover the wider EX16 postcode area and the surrounding villages (Tiverton town centre & Westexe, Grand Western Canal, Blundell's School, Bolham & Knightshayes, Chettiscombe, Elmore).