Service area · Vancouver
Pressure washing & soft wash in Vancouver, BC
On Vancouver's West Side the trees set the schedule. A Kerrisdale lot under a mature Douglas fir grows moss on its north roof slope while the same house two streets over in the open stays clean for years. We read each property that way: a cedar-safe soft-wash for the Dunbar and Point Grey siding, full pressure for laneway concrete and basement-suite entrances, and never the two confused. Quoted in English or Mandarin.
Neighbourhoods
From Marpole to Mount Pleasant
Vancouver is too big to feel like a single market. We work the West Side detached streets most weeks: Kerrisdale's mature-tree lots, Dunbar's cedar-clad postwar homes, Point Grey near UBC, Shaughnessy's heritage mansions on restricted blocks, Arbutus Ridge and MacKenzie Heights. South Vancouver sends us into Marpole's quiet duplex streets and the new builds creeping up 70th Ave. The East Side asks for Mount Pleasant's south-of-Broadway rebuilds plus the Champlain Heights townhouse strata. Each pocket has its own dominant facade material and roof age, so we plan visits accordingly.
Climate angle
Rain shadow on the West Side, exposed gusts on the inlet edge
Vancouver's rain pattern is uneven. The West Side sits in a partial rain shadow off Burrard Inlet, getting noticeably less rainfall than the North Shore even though it feels equivalent in March. East-facing facades in Kitsilano and Point Grey take the prevailing south-west gusts off English Bay, which dries pollen and moss in summer but drives wind-blown rain into siding seams in winter. Trees do most of the work for or against you here: a Kerrisdale lot with a mature Douglas fir overhang collects moss faster than the same house two blocks over in the open.
Property mix
Detached homes on the West Side, duplex and townhouse on the rebuild blocks
Vancouver's detached stock leans pre-1970 with a strong overlay of 1980s through 2010s rebuilds. Cedar siding shows up most in Dunbar and Point Grey; Hardie board on the newer rebuilds in Kerrisdale and Mount Pleasant; stucco on the Shaughnessy mansions and the postwar Marpole strip. Roofs are mostly asphalt shingle on 15-to-25-year cycles, with cedar shake on the older estate properties. Add the townhouse strata layer in Champlain Heights and the duplex-rebuild belt along 41st Ave, and the service mix runs from single-family soft-wash to small multi-building strata cycles inside one week.
What we clean in Vancouver
Our full Greater Vancouver service kit, applied locally
We bring the full kit to Vancouver: roof cleaning and moss removal, house soft washing, gutter cleaning, driveway and concrete cleaning, window cleaning, and commercial and strata work. West Side cedar siding gets a cedar-safe soft-wash; the Hardie board on rebuild blocks runs on a different cycle. Laneway concrete and basement-suite entrances see the pressure-washer; the painted facades never do. Heritage cedar shake on Shaughnessy roofs is handled from a ladder, never walked on.
English & 中文
Quoted in the language you prefer
Roughly a quarter of Vancouver residents speak a Chinese language at home, concentrated heavily on the West Side: Kerrisdale, Oakridge, South Cambie, Marpole and the Cambie Corridor have some of the highest concentrations of Chinese-speaking households in the city. Most contractors quoting these blocks still operate only in English, which leaves a real friction for owners who would rather discuss what a soft-wash chemical actually is in 中文. Estimates, walkthroughs and invoices can all happen in 中文 or English, your choice.
Recent work
Roof moss removal
Vancouver questions
Three questions we hear from Vancouver owners
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Do you charge more for the West Side?
No. Travel time across Vancouver is small enough that we quote the same way regardless of postal code, from Dunbar to East Hastings. The price reflects the property itself: square footage, facade material, roof pitch and access. A 1960s Kerrisdale split-level and a 2010s Mount Pleasant rebuild get the same quoting approach, just different volumes.
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Will soft washing strip the moss control my landscaper sprayed last fall?
Mostly no. Our soft-wash solution is a sodium-hypochlorite + surfactant blend that targets organic growth on the surfaces being cleaned. Landscape-applied moss control on soil and stone has different chemistry and stays put. We rinse plants thoroughly during a wash, which actually helps wash down dust without flushing landscape treatments.
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Can you clean a heritage Shaughnessy roof without walking on the shakes?
Yes, and that is how we prefer to do them. Heritage cedar shake and slate roofs are too soft to walk on without risking damage. We work from extension ladders with low-pressure poles for the soft-wash, and use the same approach for any steep or fragile roof material. Costs slightly more in time, never in damage.