Algae, mildew, and rust stains can build up on patios, pool decks, and walkways across Essex and Middlesex Counties. In areas with private wells and cast-iron pumps, irrigation water can leave rust marks on concrete. Sean’s Property Services treats organic growth with a soap and algaecide mix, then pressure washes the surface with a surface cleaner. Call us at 978-995-3110 to schedule a cleaning.
Both kinds of concrete around your house get the same two steps: we kill what's growing on the surface first, then wash it.
Poured concrete covers most of what we clean at a home. That's the patio, the pool deck, the sidewalk, the front steps, the foundation, and the garage floor. Pool deck here means the concrete that rings a pool, and it gets cleaned the same way the patio does. Flat or vertical, it all comes clean.
Stamped concrete gets the same treatment. The algaecide and soap mix goes down to kill the growth, then the surface cleaner does the washing. The pattern and the color stay put.
Rust is iron sitting on the surface, so unlike oil, it comes off. We start with the mildest mix that works and only go stronger if we have to.
Around here, the rust usually traces back to well-water irrigation. Cast-iron pumps and the minerals in the groundwater stain the concrete a little more every season. Metal furniture left sitting on a patio does the same thing. We mix a powdered acid with water, spray it on light, and brush and wash it off as gently as the stain allows. Heavy rust can take a few passes. We add rust removal to your concrete cleaning visit, and the price sits in the pricing below. We handle it on patios, walkways, pool decks, foundations, and garage floors.
One reason homeowners call us back for concrete: we tell you the truth about your concrete before we start.
When we quote your concrete, we walk it stain by stain and tell you what will come off and what will only lighten. You hear which is which before a drop of product goes down. Rust lifts; a few stains only fade; and we would rather say so up front than promise you a result the surface can't give. Nothing about the finished job catches you off guard.
Call us, send a text, or fill out the form. Someone on our team picks up, and we route anything tricky to the person who needs to see it. Give us the address of the property. We pull up the lot, size the concrete off the square footage, and ask for a photo or two if we want a closer look. A complex property gets an in-person visit. The estimate is free either way.
Say yes to the estimate online and you're on the schedule right away. A text and an email land with your date and a one-hour arrival window. You'll get a reminder the day before and the day of, then an on-the-way message with an ETA once we're rolling.
The crew knocks to let you know they're there, then hooks up to your outdoor spigot. Before any product goes down, they walk the area, note what needs covering, and check where the water will run.
Concrete starts with the algaecide and soap mix, sprayed across the surface and left to sit. It kills the organic growth at the root. We match the strength to how much is actually growing, from a light haze to heavy green.
Concrete is one of the few surfaces we clean with real pressure. A surface cleaner runs the flatwork even, and the hot-water unit comes out when a job calls for it. If you added rust removal, that happens here too.
When the concrete's done, you get a message telling you so. The crew rolls the hoses, packs the trailer, and the invoice follows. If anything about the job isn't right, one call brings us back.
We price concrete cleaning by the size of the concrete, not off a flat rate. There's no single average worth quoting, because a small patio and a full patio-plus-walkway job aren't the same animal. Your exact number comes from the square footage at your free estimate.
Priced by square footage, $300 minimum. The number tracks the size of the concrete and how much growth or staining is on it. Small jobs meet the minimum, and a big patio, pool deck, and walkway together run higher.
Add-on service, $200 minimum. That covers rust stain removal added onto your concrete cleaning. Heavy rust that needs repeat passes costs more, and we quote it with the rest of the job.
Concrete cleaning and rust removal both count toward a multi-service discount, while concrete sealing is a separate service and isn't discounted. We're fairly priced, we tell you what things cost, and if you book three or more services together you get 10% off.
We stand by our work. If something isn't right because of something we did, we'll come back and make it right. No runaround. Call us and send a photo, or we'll come take a look ourselves. We figure out what actually happened, and when the cause is ours, we fix it. That's the whole arrangement.
Not all the way, and we won't tell you otherwise. Oil soaks into concrete. We can lighten an oil stain, but we can't make it disappear, and we'll tell you that up front rather than promise something we can't deliver. Rust is the opposite, since it sits on the surface and comes off.
Anywhere from about two hours to a full day. A single patio is quick, while a big spread of patio, pool deck, and walkway takes most of a day. Adding rust removal stretches it a little wherever the staining is heavy.
