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Siding Cleaning in Akron, Ohio
Northwest Akron's later stock is mostly split-level and Cape Cod, which means painted or aluminum siding that chalks and oxidizes, and roofs that streak on the plane facing the tree line.
What it costs in Akron
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.
Akron's median house dates to 1962, and the split-levels and Cape Cods that make up much of the stock are $299 to $349 depending on size. Northwest Akron and Fairlawn Heights are a different job — 1920s Tudor and Colonial Revival houses running from 3,000 square feet upward, at $459 and $519. Brick, stucco and half-timber are cleaned at low pressure and cost no more than vinyl.
Here is the whole table. Find the size that matches and that is your price in Akron.
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 Akron that is $16.81.
Every other service, priced the same way.
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Siding and concrete look their best immediately, which is why the two halves of the same job appear to progress at different speeds.
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.
Uneven rinsing leaves streaks and patchy results. Working top to bottom, on the correct siding material, gives a consistent, even finish across the whole surface.
- Identify Material & Problem Areas. We identify the siding material and the specific problem areas before starting.
- Protect & Apply. We protect nearby plants and fixtures, then use a controlled low-pressure application.
- Siding Surfaces Only. This service covers the siding itself. Eaves, soffit, fascia, gutter faces and the garage door are part of a full house wash rather than this one — worth knowing before choosing between them, because the price difference is smaller than the scope difference.
- Top-to-Bottom Rinse. We rinse from top to bottom for an even result.
The method does not change from one town to the next — what changes is what we find when we get there. The full siding cleaning page has the rest of it.
Where we work in Akron
- Northwest Akron
- Fairlawn Heights
- Merriman Hills
- Merriman Valley
- Wallhaven
- Northampton
- Montrose–Ghent
- High Hampton
- Greystone
- Pigeon Creek
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Worth reading first
Siding Cleaning in Akron — common questions
My siding looks washed out and my roof has dark streaks. Same problem?
No — and treating them the same is why a standard wash sometimes disappoints. Washed-out siding on a Northwest Akron split-level or Cape Cod is usually oxidation: the painted or aluminum finish has broken down, so a rinse wets it and it dries back to the same dull grey. 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. The dark streaking on the roof is a living organism growing on the plane facing the tree line, and it releases with a low-pressure soft wash. One is a finish problem and one is a growth problem, and they are identified before anything is applied.
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
My house in Fairlawn Heights has brick, stucco and half-timber. How is that handled?
As several materials on one house, each with its own chemistry, all at low pressure. The 1911 through 1930 houses through Merriman Valley and Fairlawn Heights — Tudor, Spanish, Renaissance Revival, Georgian, large colonials — combine brick, stone, stucco and half-timber with painted wood, and every one of those fails differently under pressure. Stucco cracks at the keys, timber lets water in behind it, paint strips, mortar opens. So the whole category is soft-wash-only, and the walk-through is largely about identifying which material is where before anything is applied. That mapping is what the estimate is built on.
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.
Do you work in Akron neighborhoods with older homes and multifamily buildings?
Yes. Our Akron work spans older housing stock, multifamily buildings, and the commercial corridors, and older mixed-material homes there are washed with low-pressure soft washing instead of high pressure. Typical Akron projects are algae streaking on north-facing roofs, dirty and oxidized vinyl siding, dark staining on driveways and porches, plus apartment walkways and dumpster pads for property managers. Single homes and multi-building properties are scoped the same way: surface by surface, with access and drainage reviewed first.
My Akron roof has moss and lichen, not just black streaks. Will it look clean right away?
Not immediately, and we explain that on site so the result is not a surprise. Sand Run and the gorge keep humidity high enough that shaded roofs here grow lichen and moss rather than just algae. Lichen has a root-like hold on the granule surface, so it has to be killed and then left to release on its own schedule with weather — scrubbing or pressuring it off takes granule with it and shortens the roof's life. That means an Akron roof can keep improving for weeks after we leave. The timeline is part of the estimate, not just the price, so you know what to expect at day one and at week four.
Learn More — what black streaks, moss, and lichen actually do to a roof
How often does a restaurant entry and sidewalk need cleaning?
On a busy corridor, quarterly at minimum — grease carried out on shoes bonds to concrete and darkens it long before anyone identifies why the entry looks dull. West Market Street is the retail and restaurant spine along Northwest Akron's southern edge, with grocers, cafes and markets whose entries carry all-day foot traffic. Merriman Valley packs twenty-plus restaurants into a compact stretch. Montrose and Ghent runs the highest volume in the metro, and at that level of traffic a canopy, pad and walkway will show a season of wear in about a quarter.
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 Wooster split-level looks faded rather than dirty. Can washing fix that?
Washing comes first, and on siding made to shed its chalk it often takes it off. In the established communities the split levels and ranches are the oxidation jobs — siding chalked to a dull, powdery finish on the exposed elevations, where the finish itself has broken down. A plain rinse wets it and it dries back to the same look. Where the chalk is still there once the house is clean, oxidation treatment is what improves it — always after the wash, priced after we see it, and on heavily degraded siding it improves the look rather than bringing the original color back. On the walk-through we check for chalking by hand, tell you which elevations have it, and quote the service that matches the condition we found rather than the one that sounds cheaper.
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
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
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