Hitchin
Driveway Cleaning & Sealing in Hitchin
A pre-treat, a rotary clean, fresh joint sand and a seal, on a surface worth keeping. Free survey, a fixed written price, and you only pay when you're happy with the work.
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Driveway Cleaning & Sealing in Hitchin, explained
The first useful thing we can do is tell you not to bother. On a sound surface a proper clean is one of the best-value jobs in this trade and the colour underneath is nearly always still there. On a surface that has actually failed, washing it only makes the fault easier to photograph, and we would rather quote you for the repair than take the cleaning money.
Assuming it is worth doing, the price comes in three parts and we show them separately so you can stop at any of them. The clean itself. The re-sanding that block paving needs afterwards.
And the sealing, which is optional, is a separate visit, and is the part people most often decide against once they know what it does and does not do. We are based in Hatfield and this area is part of our normal round. The visit and the written price are free, there is no deposit, and nothing is payable until the work is finished.
We cover the SG4 and SG5 postcodes in Hitchin, and the rest of Hertfordshire.
What your quote covers
- An honest look first, and a straight answer on whether a clean will actually fix it
- One fixed price in writing, no deposit, nothing payable up front
- A pre-treatment on heavy moss and algae so it dies rather than just moves
- A rotary flat-surface clean across the whole area, not a striped hand-lance job
- Block paving joints refilled afterwards, because a clean empties them and an empty joint lets blocks shift
- Sealing as a return visit once the surface is properly dry, where you are having it sealed
Choosing driveway cleaning & sealing in Hitchin
Cleaning works on surfaces that are structurally sound and simply dirty. Where that is the case, and it often is, the result can be dramatic, because algae, moss and traffic film work into the texture over years and taking them out reveals a drive that is in better condition than it looked.
Where it is not the case, cleaning is the wrong job. Blocks that have sunk where the wheel sits, an edge that has started to spread, tarmac that is crumbling: pressure washing those will make the fault much easier to see and will not improve it by a single day.
So the first thing worth settling in Hitchin is which of the two you have. We will look and tell you, and if the answer is a repair we will say so rather than taking the cleaning money and leaving you with the same problem a week later.
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From first visit to finished job
- Step 1
Quick Look
We assess the surface and tell you honestly whether a clean and seal will do the job.
- Step 2
Written Quotation
A fixed written price, agreed before we start.
- Step 3
Deep Clean
The drive is jet washed, and moss, weeds and staining are cleared off.
- Step 4
Re-Sand
Block paving joints are refilled with kiln-dried sand so the surface locks up.
- Step 5
Seal
Once dry, we seal the surface to protect it, and you settle up when you are happy.
What happens on site in Hitchin
Any heavy moss or algae is pre-treated and allowed to die off first, so that the clean removes dead growth rather than live growth that will return from the roots.
The clean is done with a rotary flat-surface cleaner for an even finish, rather than a hand lance which tends to leave striping where the jet has lingered unevenly.
Because the wash takes joint sand out of block paving along with the dirt, refilling every joint with fresh kiln-dried sand is part of the job and not an added extra. Sealing, where it has been chosen, is a separate return visit once the surface has dried properly.
What affects the price in Hitchin
We do not publish a rate per square metre, because the number would be wrong for most properties. The survey is free and the price you get afterwards is fixed and in writing. These are the things that move it:
- The area being cleaned, and how much of it is intricate or awkward to get a rotary head across
- How much moss, algae and weed has built up, and whether it needs pre-treating
- The surface type, since block paving carries the re-sanding and concrete does not
- Whether you are having it sealed, and which sealer suits the surface
- Any repairs the surface needs first, which we would quote separately
- Access to water and power, and where the run-off can safely go
Looking after driveway cleaning & sealing
If the drive has been sealed, plan on redoing it every three to five years, sooner where there is plenty of sun and traffic. The tyre lines wear first and are the useful thing to watch.
Keep the leaves brushed off and the gullies and channels clear. Rotting leaf litter is exactly what moss needs to re-establish itself.
Treat returning green growth early with a proper biocide, and keep strong household chemicals and neat bleach away from the paving, since they bleach unevenly and leave marks that are harder to fix than algae.
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Around Hitchin
As well as Hitchin itself, we take on driveway cleaning & sealing work in Astwick, Barton-le-Clay, Hexton, Herring's Green and Steppingley, and across the rest of Hertfordshire. If you are just outside the towns listed here it is still worth a call, because we cover more ground than any list of names can sensibly show.
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