Driveways & Concrete

If your driveway is showing small chips or flaky patches rather than deep cracks, you’re most likely looking at spalling: the top layer of concrete separating and flaking away, not damage from a previous cleaning or ordinary dirt buildup. This is common on Brandon driveways poured in the 1980s and 1990s, and it changes how…

You hose it off, it looks clean, and it’s still slick enough to worry about the next time someone walks out of the pool barefoot. Pool decks stay slippery after hosing because the algae causing the problem grows into the texture of the concrete or pavers, not on top of it, so surface-level rinsing never…

Getting a new driveway poured is the kind of project where the last thing anyone wants is to damage it right after it’s finished. Freshly poured concrete should not be pressure washed for at least 12 months, and even after that, it needs reduced pressure for a period beyond initial curing. The reasoning comes down…

Ask five different homeowners how often a driveway needs pressure washing and you’ll usually get five different answers, most of them guesses. Most residential driveways in the Brandon, FL area need pressure washing once every 12 to 18 months, though homes with heavy tree cover or shaded lots often need it closer to every 6…