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Pressure washing costs in San Antonio

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What it usually costs

  • Wash the house siding$0.21 – $0.43 per sq ft
  • Wash the driveway and walkways$0.15 – $0.30 per sq ft
  • Wash a deck or fence$0.28 – $0.47 per sq ft
  • Soft-wash the roof$0.14 – $0.71 per sq ft

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

Pressure washing in San Antonio

In San Antonio, pressure washing for pay starts with the San Antonio Water System. A city ordinance requires the washer to register, and SAWS issues a certificate for the work.

Your own hose has rules too. Under SAWS's year-round watering rules, you can wash a driveway, sidewalk or other paved surface as long as none of the water runs off. Water that runs into a gutter, ditch or drain counts as water waste, and water waste is banned at all times. A driveway that slopes down to the street is where that rule bites.

Those year-round rules last until the rolling 10-day average of the aquifer drops to 660 feet. Once SAWS is in drought restrictions, its power-washing page says washing paved surfaces is prohibited, with exceptions only for health and safety. So the same patio that's fine to clean in a wet year may have to wait in a dry one.

SAWS also runs a Power Wash Program that rewards local businesses for clean-water best practices. Its example: collect the wash water and send it to the sanitary sewer through a pre-treatment system that pulls out solids or oils, or have a certified waste hauler take it away.

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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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