Fence Cleaning
A fence takes more weather than anything else on your property. It's exposed on both sides, it sits low enough to catch mud off the grass, and the north-facing runs stay damp for days after a rain. In Central Kentucky's humidity that means green algae on the boards and a gray, tired look on wood that's a few years old.
How we clean it depends on what it's made of. Vinyl and aluminum get a soft wash. A cleaning solution kills the algae and mildew at the root, we let it dwell, then rinse with high volume water. No pressure against the panel.
Wood is different. Wood needs low pressure and the right chemistry, because high pressure tears the soft grain out from between the hard grain. That's called furring, and it's why so many fences look fuzzy and rough after somebody cleaned them. Once you fur a board you can't undo it without sanding. We clean wood at low pressure, then follow with a wood brightener that neutralizes the cleaner and pulls the natural color back up.
We do both sides. A fence cleaned on one side is a half-finished job, and your neighbor sees the side you skipped. Gates, posts, and rails all get done.
Most residential fences run between $200 and $600 depending on how many linear feet you have, the material, and how heavy the growth is. If you're planning to stain, this is the step that has to come first. We do that too.
