Shade and humidity make brick homes green and black fast. Here's how to clean historic brick without harming the mortar.
Tallahassee's canopy roads are beautiful, but the deep shade they cast is exactly what mildew, moss, and algae love. Brick homes under the oaks turn green on the north side and black along the mortar lines, and many owners make the mistake of blasting it with high pressure.
Old mortar is soft. High-pressure water chews it out of the joints, leaving gaps that let water into the wall. The right approach is a low-pressure soft-wash that dissolves the growth with cleaning solution and rinses gently.
A proper house washing in Tallahassee clears the green and black without touching the mortar, and because it kills the growth at the root it stays clean far longer. Shaded, north-facing walls always need it first. See our Tallahassee services for an upfront quote.
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