Deck Washing for Qualicum Beach Homes
A deck at the foot of Mount Arrowsmith, eight metres above the sea and under canopy for part of the day, does not get the drying hours a deck in the open gets. Boards that stay damp go green and slick, and slick is a safety problem before it is a look.
Why Qualicum Beach Is Its Own Problem
Old Canopy Over New Boards
Fifteen per cent of this town is town-owned green space and the biggest piece of it is forest rather than lawn, with remnant old growth between 500 and 800 years old still standing in it. Canopy that mature shades in a way landscaping does not: it puts a deck in shadow for a large part of the day and keeps the air under it damp long after an open lot has dried. Timber in those conditions grows an algal film rather than merely weathering, and that film is what makes a board slippery the moment it is wet. The work is low pressure with the solution doing the removal, because cedar and older pressure-treated fir are soft enough that a wand raises the grain into a permanently rough surface which then holds growth better than it did before. Where the shade is permanent — and beside a covenanted forest it is — the schedule matters more than the method.
- Five retirement homes sit within the town
- The town sits about 8 metres above sea level at the foot of Mount Arrowsmith
- 280 hectares of town-owned green space and parks — fifteen per cent of the town’s area
Qualicum Beach and Nearby
Landmarks nearby: Kinkade Farmstead · Heritage Forest · Milner Gardens
Further Along the Coast
Deck Washing Questions
No booking to get a price, and no obligation attached to the price. Give the address, say roughly what needs doing and send a photo if you have one — that is usually enough to come back with a straight number rather than a range. Pricing follows the size of the surface, what is growing on it and how it is reached: a single-storey home with a paved walkway and a shaded north wall is a different job from a large multi-level property, and the figure should say so plainly rather than hiding it in a package. Nothing is booked until you have seen the number and agreed to it.
What Would Deck Washing Cost Here?
Send the details of your Qualicum Beach property and we'll come back with a straight figure.