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Pressure washing costs in Boston

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What it usually costs

  • Wash the house siding$0.16 – $0.60 per sq ft
  • Wash the driveway and walkways$0.16 – $0.60 per sq ft
  • Wash a deck or fence$0.32 – $0.54 per sq ft
  • Soft-wash the roof$0.16 – $0.81 per sq ft

A ballpark, not a quote. All of these are national averages adjusted for Boston prices, so your job could land outside them.

Pressure washing in Boston

Close to one Boston home in four sits in a building with three or four units, by the Census Bureau's count. Another one in nine is in a two-unit building, and only about one in eight is a detached house. Here, a stand-alone house with four walls of its own is the exception, not the rule.

The city's architectural conservation districts set cleaning rules district by district, and they don't all say the same thing. The Mission Hill Triangle district is built around late 19th-century masonry rowhouses. Its standards don't permit sandblasting, call for gentler cleaning methods, and even suggest that letting old paint weather off brick may beat stripping it. In the Highland Park district, normal cleaning and routine maintenance aren't subject to the commission's review at all.

Weather sets the calendar, since a wet wall and a hard frost don't mix. Logan Airport averages about 92 nights a year below freezing. NOAA's normals put the typical last spring freeze there around April 4 and the first fall freeze around November 9, about 218 days apart.

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Questions homeowners ask

How accurate is a photo estimate?
It’s a ballpark, not a quote. A photo gives us a good read on the surface and how dirty it is, but a pro who sees the whole property will always be more precise. Use our number as the range to expect before you start calling around.
How is pressure washing priced?
Mostly by the square footage and the surface — a concrete driveway is cheaper per foot than siding or a wood deck, which need a gentler soft-wash. Heavy algae, mildew, or oil stains add to it because they take detergent and a second pass.
Will pressure washing damage my siding or deck?
It can if it’s done at full pressure on the wrong surface — that’s why good pros soft-wash siding and wood. Our ballpark factors in the gentler method for delicate surfaces.
Is this really free?
Yes. No signup, no credit card, no spam. We only make money if you choose to connect with a local pro — and that’s up to you.
What photo works best?
One shot showing the full surface you want cleaned — the whole driveway or the side of the house — gives the best read on the size and how dirty it is.

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