Brick & Stonework Cleaning in Chichester

Brick, stone & masonry — cleaned, not damaged

Brickwork and stone are built to last for generations, but they show their age the moment algae, moss and black staining settle into the surface. A smart wall starts to look grubby and neglected, and on a period flint or stone frontage the green creep can hide the very detail that gives the house its character. We bring it back. Our brick and stonework cleaning lifts the dirt and growth off the masonry and restores a clean, even surface — and because every material reacts differently, we match the treatment to what we are cleaning:

• Facing & engineering brick — the everyday brickwork on homes right across Chichester and the Witterings; soft washed so the face and the mortar joints are never harmed.
• Flint & natural stone — the traditional walls so common on period properties near Chichester city, gently treated without disturbing the soft lime mortar.
• Masonry, Portland & flagstone — reconstituted and natural stone, and stone paving, cleaned at low pressure so the surface and the pointing stay sound.

It is the same surface-appropriate thinking that runs through all of our soft washing work, and links across to our render and cladding cleaning — the right method for the material, never one harsh tool for everything.

Our soft wash method — why it matters on masonry

This is the rule we never break: brick and stone are cleaned by soft washing only. A pressure washer turned on masonry does real, lasting harm — it tears out soft lime mortar, pits the face of soft stone and flint, and forces water deep into the wall where it sits and causes damp. We do the opposite. A safe, biodegradable treatment kills the algae, moss, lichen and black spot at the root, and then we rinse it away at low pressure. The growth comes off, the colour comes back, and the brickwork, stone and pointing are left completely intact. It is the same gentle approach we take to roof cleaning and render cleaning, and the deliberate counterpart to the firmer wash we reserve for tough horizontal surfaces like driveways and patios. Matching the method to the material is the whole job.

Brickwork steam cleaning & DOFF heritage stonework

For the most delicate masonry — period flint, soft natural stone, lime mortar and listed or historic walls — we go gentler still and clean with chemical-free steam. Superheated water at low pressure lifts algae, moss and ingrained black staining with heat alone, so nothing harsh runs off into your borders or the harbour waters and the surface is never blasted. It is the approach conservation officers favour on older buildings, and we are DOFF heritage-stone approved — certified on the specialist superheated, low-pressure system used to clean listed and historic stonework safely. So whether it is everyday facing brick or a heritage flint frontage you are nervous about, there is a method matched to it: soft washing for sound brick and stone, brickwork steam cleaning and DOFF for the period and protected stonework around Chichester city.

Removing algae & staining — and slowing its return

Clearing the green is half the work; keeping it clear is the other half. Once the masonry is clean we can finish with a biocide treatment that keeps algae, moss and black spot at bay for far longer than a clean alone. That matters most on the damp, coastal-facing walls around West Wittering, Bracklesham and Selsey, where the salt-laden sea air keeps walls wet and growth returns faster than it does inland.

Areas we cover

The difference a masonry clean makes to a house is hard to overstate — a green, streaked, grubby wall comes back looking solid and cared for, and it lifts the whole property with it. Every job above was a real wall we cleaned across the harbour villages, from masonry out at East Wittering to walls near West Wittering. And because we soft wash rather than pressure blast, that finish is restored without ever putting the mortar or the stone at risk.

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We clean brick, stone and masonry right across Chichester and the harbour villages: Chichester (PO18, PO19), West Wittering, East Wittering, Bracklesham, Birdham, Itchenor and Selsey (PO20), out to Bognor Regis (PO21, PO22) and Emsworth (PO10) on the Hampshire border. For a free, no-obligation quote, get in touch — and if your render or cladding needs the same gentle treatment, see the full soft washing service.