Siding Soft Wash on a Montpelier VT Home

Siding buildup is one of those things that sneaks up on you. It starts with a little green tint along the bottom courses, maybe a faint streak under a windowsill. Before long, you've got algae working its way across the whole surface - and most homeowners don't even notice until it's pretty far along.

That's exactly what we were dealing with here in Montpelier. The lower sections of the siding had a heavy green algae streak running along the base, with grime and discoloration spread across the painted wood boards. The kind of stuff that makes a home look tired even when it's structurally sound.

Soft washing is the right call for painted wood siding like this. We're not blasting it with high pressure - that would risk lifting paint and forcing water into the wood. Instead, we apply a low-pressure cleaning solution that actually kills the algae, mold, and grime at the source. It doesn't just rinse it off the surface. It breaks it down. That means results that last a lot longer than a standard pressure wash.

The finished exterior speaks for itself. Clean white siding, no green streaking, no staining - just a well-kept home that looks the way it should. With fall setting in across Vermont, now is actually a smart time to get this done. Getting the algae off before things get wet and cold keeps it from continuing to work into the surface through the off-season.

House washing season in Montpelier isn't over yet. If your siding is showing signs of algae or buildup, we're still out here taking care of it.