Driveway Cleaning in Sutton Coldfield

Driveway cleaning is pressure work, done at a pressure matched to the surface in front of us. Block paving, tarmac, concrete, imprinted concrete and gravel edges all behave differently, so we set the machine accordingly rather than blasting everything at full force. Weed, moss and algae come out of the joints, the surface is rinsed clean, and block paving is re-sanded with kiln-dried sand so the blocks lock back together. Sealing is optional and worth considering on imprinted concrete, or on a drive that has just come back to colour.

Drives in Sutton Coldfield tend to be big ones. The estates at Walmley and Roughley went in with wide block-paved frontages from the 1980s onwards, and thirty-odd winters have washed the joint sand out and let moss establish along the edges and around the manhole covers. Older houses on the roads that drop off the ridge have long gravel and tarmac in-and-out drives running between holly, laurel and old conifer screens, where the shade keeps the surface damp all winter. On a sloping drive the silt washes down and stains the bottom third first, which is the part people notice.

One clean every couple of years keeps most drives right; a heavily shaded one is better done yearly. We work in sections so you are never fully blocked in, protect planting and doorways, sweep the arisings up rather than flushing them into the road drains, and re-sand the joints before we leave. Late spring through early autumn gives the best drying conditions. Measure the drive roughly, tell us the surface, and we will put a price to it.

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