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House Washing in Stow, Ohio
This is the classic Ohio suburban siding belt, and the two failures we see over and over are oxidation and algae.
What it costs in Stow
Up to 1,000 sq ft$249
1,001 - 1,500 sq ft$299
1,501 - 2,000 sq ft$349
Exact prices by size. Sales tax is shown as its own line on the estimate.
Stow is the Ohio suburban siding belt, mostly one and two-story homes from the 1970s and 1980s, and both cost the same for the same square footage: $299 up to 1,500 square feet of home, $349 up to 2,000. Worth knowing before booking — chalky, oxidized siding is a different treatment from a wash, and a house wash removes what is sitting on the siding rather than restoring a finish that has already broken down.
Here is the whole table. Find the size that matches and that is your price in Stow.
House Washing
Priced on the square footage of your home, so we can quote from your address.
| Size | Price | Typical time on site |
|---|---|---|
| Up to 1,000 sq ft | $249 | 1 hr 15 min |
| 1,001 - 1,500 sq ft | $299 | 1 hr 30 min |
| 1,501 - 2,000 sq ft | $349 | 1 hr 45 min |
| 2,001 - 2,500 sq ft | $399 | 2 hr 15 min |
| 2,501 - 3,000 sq ft | $459 | 2 hr 30 min |
| 3,001 - 3,500 sq ft | $519 | 3 hr |
| 3,501 - 4,000 sq ft | $579 | 3 hr 15 min |
| 4,001 - 4,500 sq ft | $649 | 3 hr 45 min |
| 4,501 - 5,000 sq ft | $719 | 4 hr |
| 5,001 - 5,500 sq ft | $799 | 4 hr 30 min |
| 5,501 - 6,000 sq ft | $879 | 5 hr |
Included: Siding, brick face, eaves, soffit, fascia, the outside of the gutters and downspouts hand-scrubbed, and the attached garage door.
Not included: The inside of the gutters. Interior clean-out is its own service, and it is free with a roof soft washing.
Most often paired with: Roof Soft Washing
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Summit County sales tax of 6.75% is added at the bottom of the estimate, shown as its own line. On a $249 job in Stow that is $16.81.
Every other service, priced the same way.
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Stow's surfaces, in the research
Vinyl and aluminum installed in the '70s and '80s chalks on the south and west elevations — a dull, powdery surface.
A lot of that siding is made to shed its chalk with washing, so the wash comes first and often takes it off, and whatever is left is treated and priced after we see it.
The most useful thing to settle on a Stow house is whether you are looking at dirt or at oxidation.
Chalked siding on a south or west elevation is a finish that has broken down, not a surface that is soiled — press a hand against it, and if it comes away powdery, a plain rinse will wet it and it will dry back exactly the same.
The wash comes first and takes off what the siding is designed to shed; whatever is left is treated and priced after we see it.
How we do it
We identify what every elevation is actually made of first, because vinyl, brick, stucco, painted wood and fiber cement do not tolerate the same thing. Plants and fixtures near the house get pre-wetted and covered. A cleaning solution matched to the material is applied at low pressure and given time to work, then the whole envelope is rinsed top to bottom with a fresh-water rinse that carries the solution off the surface and away from the beds rather than into them.
Every elevation is identified before anything is applied, because vinyl, aluminum, brick, stucco, EIFS, painted wood, cedar and fiber cement do not tolerate the same treatment. And the whole wall is cleaned together on purpose. Setting up, mixing, running hose and packing up is the same work whether or not the trim is included, and the soffit, fascia and gutter faces are reached on the same pass from the same standing position — so leaving them out would save about ten minutes and nothing else. It also looks worse: a clean wall under a dirty soffit band draws the eye straight to the band, and the black streaks people actually notice are on the gutter faces.
What to expect: Siding looks its best the same day. The one thing worth knowing beforehand is chalking: if a sun-facing wall leaves powder on your hand, that is pigment leaving the finish rather than soil sitting on top of it. A lot of siding is designed to shed that chalk with washing, and the wash often takes it off. If a wall is still chalked once it is clean, that is treated separately and priced after we have seen it. Brick cleans at the same price as vinyl, with no material surcharge.
Worth adding: Roof Soft Washing. The roof drains onto the walls you just had cleaned. Doing the roof first, on the same visit, means the runoff lands on siding that is about to be washed rather than on siding that already was — and it costs less than two separate trips.
Forcing water behind siding or into seals and vents causes moisture problems, not a cleaner house. A controlled, low-pressure approach protects those openings while still lifting dirt and organic growth.
- Inspect & Protect. We inspect exterior materials and protect applicable plants and fixtures before starting.
- Low-Pressure Solution. We apply a surface-appropriate cleaning solution at low pressure.
- Gutter Faces, Downspouts, Soffit & Fascia. The outside faces of the gutters and downspouts are cleaned, and soffit and fascia are washed. Clearing debris from inside the trough is a gutter clean-out — a separate service, and one that comes free with roof soft washing.
- Careful Rinse. We rinse carefully without forcing water behind siding, seals, vents, or openings.
The method does not change from one town to the next — what changes is what we find when we get there. The full house washing page has the rest of it.
Where we work in Stow
- Heron Springs
- Stonebridge Crossing
- Springbrook Reserve
- Quail Highlands
- Baker's Glen
- Pebblehurst
- Terrace Glen
- Kings Mill
- Carter's Grove
- Bridgewater
- Emerald Woods
- Silver Springs Heights
- Woodland Lake
- Wyoga Lake Park
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House Washing in Stow — common questions
My Stow siding looks dull and leaves powder on my hand. Is that dirt?
No, that is oxidation, and knowing the difference is the most useful thing we can tell you here. Vinyl and aluminum installed in the seventies and eighties chalks on the south and west elevations — the finish itself has broken down into a dull, powdery surface. A plain rinse just wets it down and it looks the same once it dries, which is why people feel let down by a standard wash. A lot of siding is made to shed that chalk with washing, so the wash comes first and often takes it off. Where it does not, oxidation treatment is what improves it — done after the wash, priced after we see it, and it improves the finish rather than restoring the original color. We check for chalking on the walk-through and tell you which elevations have it, so you are buying the service that matches the condition.
Why a wash leaves chalky siding chalky-looking, and what actually improves it, is explained in why a wash will not bring the color back.
Learn More — what siding oxidation is and why pressure washing won't fix it
Do you serve Cuyahoga Falls, Stow, Hudson, and Kent?
Yes. Those Summit and Portage County communities are within our regular range, along with Akron itself. We do residential house washing, roof soft washing, deck and patio cleaning, and concrete work there, plus commercial exterior maintenance for storefronts and managed properties. Work in that direction is often grouped on the same day, so choosing a weekday window when you accept your estimate usually gets you in sooner.
You can get your own number right now: the instant estimate prices your property from the address in about two minutes, and what you accept is what you pay.
My lot is heavily shaded and the green growth keeps coming back. What can be done about it?
A shorter interval between washes, and trimming the trees back off the roof. Shade and tree cover keep surfaces damp longer, and damp plus low sunlight is exactly what algae, moss and lichen need, so growth returns faster on wooded lots than on open ones. Cleaning removes what is there now; staying ahead of it means yearly or better on the north and tree-facing sides, and keeping branches off the roof and gutters clear so surfaces can dry.
A shaded lot is the case the maintenance plan was built for: $149 a year adds an autumn visit and spot re-clean, and extends the roof warranty to three years.
Learn More — what black streaks, moss, and lichen actually do to a roof
Why does my 1970s Stow roof streak so badly on one side?
Because asphalt roofs on shaded north planes streak black with gloeocapsa growth, and on a low-pitch roof from that era the growth holds moisture against the shingle rather than shedding it. That is not just an appearance problem — moisture held against shingle is what shortens its life. The method is low-pressure soft washing that kills the growth and lets it release; walking or pressuring a roof that age takes granule off and is how a cleaning turns into a roofing conversation. We look at the shaded plane first and tell you what will clear and how long it takes.
Learn More — what black streaks, moss, and lichen actually do to a roof
What can be done about my old Stow driveway?
Surface cleaning plus targeted stain treatment, which does far more here than raw pressure. Concrete drives from the same era as most of these houses have absorbed thirty to fifty winters of de-icing salt, and pressure on concrete in that condition just opens the aggregate and leaves you worse off. Surface cleaning lifts the organic staining and much of the general discoloration, and stain treatment goes after rust and oil specifically. What none of it reverses is scaling where the top layer has already broken loose. We separate those two on the estimate so the number matches the outcome.
I manage a shopping center on Darrow Road. How do you scope that?
As a defined surface list on a defined interval, which is the kind of recurring maintenance a property manager can budget instead of reacting to. Darrow Road and Kent Road carry Stow's retail, with the Stow-Kent and Fishcreek shopping centers as the main nodes, and center work there is parking-area concrete, sidewalk and curb zones, dumpster pads and entry surfaces. Each of those is quoted as its own line so you can include or drop any of them without re-quoting the property. Independent restaurants along Darrow, Graham and Bridgewater route on the same trip, which helps the pricing on smaller frontages.
What is the difference between gutter cleaning, a gutter clean-out and gutter brightening?
Three different jobs on the same piece of metal.
Gutter cleaning is the outside face of the gutter and downspout. It comes with a house wash or a siding cleaning at no extra cost.
A gutter clean-out is interior work: removing packed leaves, shingle grit and sediment from inside the trough, then flushing each downspout to confirm water runs through it. It is included free with roof soft washing, because roof work puts debris into the gutters by design. It is also sold on its own, priced per linear foot, with no other service required.
Gutter brightening removes the dark vertical striping bonded to the front face, often called tiger striping. That is oxidized aluminum and road film chemically stuck to the finish, so it needs a dedicated product and will not come off with house wash solution. It is never included in a house wash.
A quick way to tell what you need: if the inside is full, you need a clean-out. If the outside is streaked dark, you need brightening. If neither, the cleaning that comes with your wash is enough.
The gutter clean-out is free with a roof soft wash, free with the maintenance plan's autumn visit, and 25% off added to any other service, and the rate is published on the pricing page. More on what the gutters do to a roof in black streaks, moss and lichen.
Why a wash leaves chalky siding chalky-looking, and what actually improves it, is explained in why a wash will not bring the color back.
You can get your own number right now: the instant estimate prices your property from the address in about two minutes, and what you accept is what you pay.
My 1977 colonial needs everything. Where should I start?
Roof first, then siding, then concrete — because each one drains onto the next. A colonial of that era in Solon typically means two full stories of siding, a steep roof with multiple planes, and a driveway poured around the same time. The roof is soft washed at height without touching the shingle. The sun-facing walls are usually chalked: the wash comes first and takes off what the siding is designed to shed, and whatever is left is treated and priced after we see it. And a drive that has held nearly fifty winters of road salt is surface cleaning with stain treatment. Three different methods, three different outcomes, and most owners take them across two seasons.
Why a wash leaves chalky siding chalky-looking, and what actually improves it, is explained in why a wash will not bring the color back.
You can get your own number right now: the instant estimate prices your property from the address in about two minutes, and what you accept is what you pay.
Learn More — what siding oxidation is and why pressure washing won't fix it
Do you charge more for a two-story house?
No. One price covers the house at that size, whether it is one story or two. A 1,200 square foot home is $299 either way, and a 2,000 square foot home is $349 either way — you read your price off the table without doing arithmetic or wondering which column applies to you. A second story does take longer and needs more reach, and that is already built into the size-based price rather than added on top. Genuine difficulty does carry an add-on: a third story, or an elevation that cannot be worked from the ground. Anything like that is identified while the property is walked and stated before the work starts, never added afterward.
You can get your own number right now: the instant estimate prices your property from the address in about two minutes, and what you accept is what you pay.
Can faded color on oxidized siding be brought back?
Often yes, as an optional treatment separate from a standard wash. The house wash comes first, and it takes off the dirt, the growth and the chalk the siding is designed to shed; where a wall is still flat once it is clean, restoring color means treating the oxidized surface layer itself, which is a different product and a different process, priced after we see it. How much comes back depends on how far the oxidation has progressed and how evenly the panel has chalked, and heavily degraded siding can improve without returning to its original color. We look at the siding and tell you what is realistic before you commit to it.
Why a wash leaves chalky siding chalky-looking, and what actually improves it, is explained in why a wash will not bring the color back.
Learn More — what siding oxidation is and why pressure washing won't fix it