Pressure washing costs in Fresno

Dust is the everyday coat on a Fresno house. The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District says that despite years of improvement, the Valley's air basin still fails state and federal health standards for particulate matter. Its dust-control brochure traces fugitive dust to soil disturbed by digging, earthmoving, excavation and vehicle traffic.

The District's dust rules, Regulation VIII, name the sources it watches: construction sites, earthmoving, bulk materials, vacant land, paved and unpaved roads, and farms. Its rule of thumb fits on a sticky note. If you see dust, control it.

Bare ground counts. Under Rule 8011, an open area includes undeveloped land next to a neighborhood, and a subdivided lot with nothing built on it yet. If your street backs onto a field or an unbuilt lot, that's the kind of ground the rule covers.

For a wash, that means the job starts dry. Fine dust on stucco, screens and window sills turns to mud the second water hits it. Brushing off what you can and rinsing from the top of the wall down keeps it from running in streaks. On a patio or driveway, sweep before anyone turns on the machine.

When a building site or a bare lot next door keeps dusting your walls, the District's rule is plain: anyone running a dust-making job must not cause a nuisance, and violations can bring fines. Its Central Region office on East Gettysburg Avenue in Fresno takes dust complaints for Fresno, Madera and Kings counties at 1-800-870-1037.