Soft Wash in Torquay

The Moore & Franks approach in Torquay

Torquay's white and pastel rendered villas, the grand Victorian terraces above the harbour and the apartment blocks lining the bay all face the same coastal pressure: salt air, sea spray and humidity that breed algae and red lichen across painted facades. Those large rendered frontages are exactly the surfaces a pressure washer ruins. Soft washing keeps the English Riviera looking the part: low pressure, a biocide matched to the finish, and growth treated at source so the clean lasts. We cover Torquay regularly from Exeter, handle large and high frontages safely, and carry £5m public liability. Clear quotes, careful work, no damage to delicate render.

The rendered semis of Chelston, Shiphay and Preston make up a big share of Torquay's soft washing. Sea fret rolling off Tor Bay keeps their render permanently damp, feeding the green and black staining that settles on the shaded sides. Coated and painted render like this cannot take pressure without marking, so we treat it at low pressure with a biocide that kills the growth at root, bringing the colour back evenly without a blown patch or a stripped edge anywhere on the wall.

Up around the Warberries, Lincombe and Babbacombe, the grand Victorian and Edwardian villas carry large slate and clay roofs shaded by mature trees, and moss takes hold fast on the north-facing pitches. Roofs and elevations on this scale, at this height, are no place for a pressure washer. Soft washing lets us clean big, tall frontages safely at low pressure, killing the moss and algae at root across the whole span without risk to aged slate or soft old render.

Down in Ellacombe and Upton, the painted and pebble-dashed terraces weather quickly in the coastal damp, and the town's countless balconies, conservatories and sea-view frontages face the salt spray head-on. Pebbledash in particular traps grime and greens over, and a jet wash tends to blow it off the wall. A low-pressure treatment lifts the algae out of the texture instead, leaving the render intact and the salt-fed growth killed where it sits.

Our Torquay customers are typically within 45 minutes of our Exeter base. We cover the wider TQ1, TQ2 postcode area and the surrounding villages (Babbacombe & Oddicombe Beach, Cockington Village, St Marychurch, Wellswood, Torre Abbey, Kents Cavern).