We offer 3 exterior Restoration Cleaning Services
Historic Brick Cleaning Restoration
Restore the true colour of your home while slowing brick deterioration. Our cleaning method follows Canadian Conservation Standards and Guidelines.
New Construction
Remove mortar splatter and debris from new bricks or bricks that where never cleaned after they where layed.
Stain Doctor
We can remove tar, efflorescence, water stains, chaulking, caulking, and more
* both our New construction and historic brick cleaning services include the removal of stains when included in the scope of work.
Historic Brick Cleaning Restoration
What is Historic brick cleaning?
Canada has a document called The Canadian Historic Places that outlines standards and guidelines for all historical conservation work done on sites across Canada. At Brickwash we adhere to these guidelines
Bricks are not manufactured to look weathered, dull or darkened black. Although some bricks are black, the majority of black brick homes are just extreme cases of Hydrocarbon staining. The historic brick cleaning goal is to restore the bricks to their original colour and slow down the deterioration in a non-invasive manner.
The reason your bricks might be dull or darkened is due to hydrocarbon staining. Hydrocarbon staining is caused by pollutants in the air being deposited onto the bricks. These stains can inhibit a bricks ability to breath which causes bricks to disintegrate over time. More over hydrocarbon stains darken the colour of the brick making them look weathered and unpleasent.
Removal of hydrocarbons from brick requires corrosive detergents. Protective measures is vital to protecting your property and neighbours. Covering of windows and doors, foliage etc are all steps we take to ensure a safe and clean brick cleaning experience.
Historic brick demands additional care. High-pressure or abrasive blasting like sand or soda blasting should never be used to clean historic brick, or any brick for that matter. To restore historic brick low pressure and detergent should always be used by a trained brick cleaner to ensure no damage becomes of the brick.
At Brickwash we use detergent assisted low pressure steam. The use of steam allows us to reduce water pressure and clean paint and other debris with a higher level of effectiveness and reduces the risk of damage to brick. Our historic brick cleaning methods are inline with Canadian Conservation Standards and Guidelines
Always free assessments and samples!
We always provide an in-person assessment. Its the perfect time to ask questions and for the estimator to understand your goals.
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New Construction
Additional Information
New construction cleaning is an acid wash of any brick surface that has mortar splatter on it. Mortar splatter is caused by excess mortar being smeared, dropped, smugged, etc onto the brick during the laying or fixing of brick.
Although mortar splatter is very common on new construction sites, it is also common on older homes with new additions, filled windows, or after tuckpointing.
The mortar splatter remvoval process does require an acid based detergent therefore proper prep work is required. Although the detergent for mortar splatter does not require covering of windows, plants and metalic items must be properly protected.
Free On-site Assessment
We always offer free on-site inspection with our brick cleaning specialist. The purpose of the assessment is to educate customers about our process, assess the scope for quoting and answer any questions or concerns.
Brick Stain Doctor
Additional Information
Bricks are susceptible to several kinds of stains and debris. Each stain can demand a specific detergent, cleaning method, and prep work.
We can remove, but not limited too:
- Tendrils and vines
- water stains
- efflorescence
- manganese
- alge
- mold
- Chaulking
- Caulking
- Paint drips
- etc
Free In-Person Assessment
An in-person assessment is important so that our brick specialist can identify and diagnose the stains on the brick.