Brisbane southside
Roof cleaning and pressure cleaning in Tarragindi
Tarragindi is terracotta country, and old terracotta should never be pressure cleaned. Posh Wash treats it with a low-pressure chemical programme quoted per roof, cleans concrete tile and metal roofs from $600, and does sloped driveways and paths from $250. Free quotes: book online or call Luke on 0490 791 059.
- Roofs from$600
- Soft wash from$450
- Gutters from$250
- QuotesFree
Quick facts
- Suburb
- Tarragindi, Brisbane QLD
- Most requested
- Terracotta roof treatment, roof cleaning, soft washing, gutter cleaning, pressure cleaning
- From prices
- Roofs from $600, driveways from $250, house wash from $450
- Travel
- No travel charge within our normal southside and western suburbs run
- Book
- Book online or call 0490 791 059, 7 days
The local specialty
Why old terracotta cannot be blasted
Steep treed streets below Toohey Forest, many houses approaching or past a hundred years old, and roof after roof of old terracotta tile.
An old terracotta tile has a fired surface that has already lost most of its glaze to sixty or eighty years of sun. Underneath is porous clay. Put a pressure washer on it and three things happen: the remaining surface is stripped, the tile becomes more absorbent, and the mortar pointing along the ridges and hips, which is what holds the capping on, gets chewed out.
That last one is the expensive part. A roof that looked clean on the day can let water past the ridge capping the next wet season, and re-pointing costs many times what the clean did. We will not do it.
What we do instead is a treatment programme: chemical applied at low pressure, then reapplied on roughly a three-month cycle, so the moss and lichen die and weather off rather than being ripped off.
Terracotta treatment
What the programme actually achieves
No pressure was used on this roof at any point.
BeforeAfterBeyond the roof
The rest of a Tarragindi property
Tarragindi shares its housing history with Moorooka and Annerley: painted timber, original casement windows and paint that may well predate 1970. All of that gets a soft wash rather than pressure, with the rinse contained rather than run into the garden.
The streets climbing toward Toohey Forest share Mount Gravatt's leaf load and shade: gutters that fill with gum leaves all year, and sloped driveways that turn slick with algae after rain. Gutters are worth doing before storm season; the driveway is worth doing for grip, not just looks.
Most requested here
What Tarragindi calls us for
All services are free to quote, with no obligation. See every starting price.
- Terracotta roof treatment programmeNo pressure, three-month cyclequoted per roof
- Roof cleaning, concrete tile and metalGutters cleared as part of itfrom $600
- Soft washing for older homesPainted weatherboard and VJfrom $450
- Gutter clearingHeavy eucalypt leaf loadfrom $250
- Sloped driveways and pathsGrip restored, not just appearancefrom $250
Someone quoted me half as much to pressure clean my terracotta roof. Why?
Because pressure cleaning is quick, and the damage does not show until later. Stripped tiles and blown-out ridge pointing are the usual outcome. We would rather lose the job than do that to a roof.
How long does the treatment programme take?
Months, not days. The chemical is applied and reapplied on roughly a three-month cycle, and the growth dies back between visits. You see steady improvement rather than one dramatic day.
Can a terracotta roof be made to look new again?
Not new, no. Clean and healthy, yes. Anyone promising new is describing a coating or restoration, which is a different trade and a much bigger bill.
My roof is concrete tile, not terracotta. Does any of this apply?
No. Concrete tile handles a proper clean fine and gets our standard roof clean. Not sure which you have? Send a photo.
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Old terracotta roof? Get it looked at before someone blasts it.
We are usually on a roof or behind a machine during the day. If the phone rings out, leave a message or send a text and you will get a call back the same day.
Business hours
| Monday | 7:00am to 9:00pm |
| Tuesday | 7:00am to 9:00pm |
| Wednesday | 7:00am to 9:00pm |
| Thursday | 7:00am to 9:00pm |
| Friday | 7:00am to 9:00pm |
| Saturday | 7:00am to 9:00pm |
| Sunday | 7:00am to 9:00pm |