Power Washing Concrete Driveways

Your concrete driveway can be very expensive to repair or replace.

Cracks, joints opening, broken corners, pitting, flaking, staining or sinking are common problems homeowners have with their cement driveways. It can easily cost over $10k to replace a driveway, and can also cost several thousand dollars to repair.

Right Way Power Washing offers a variety of solutions to make your driveway look like new - and stay looking great for longer.

Concrete Driveway Cleaning – Power Wash, Pressure Wash or Soft Wash?

When it comes to driveway cleaning, most home owners - and companies - use a cold-water pressure washer to clean the concrete driveway’s surface.

Unfortunately, this only removes the top layer of dirt for a season.

Pressure washing your driveway every year with this method actually causes more damage than good. Cement isn’t designed to have that much pressure applied annually, so this method can prematurely cause damage such as etching and deterioration.

Driveway Cleaning and Concrete Sealing

Right Way Wash recommends the most comprehensive solution for protecting your concrete and your investment – Soft Washing.

With Soft Washing, there are a whole host of added benefits including:

SoftWash’s final step of sealing reduces damage from freezing / thawing

• Protects from salt damage

• Reduces cracking and peeling

• Makes it easier to clean and maintain

• Makes it easier to remove snow and ice

• AND works on new or old concrete

Right Way don’t use products sold in big box stores, because they tend to discolor the driveway’s surface. These products simply don’t last as long - and require your contractor to come back more often to re-apply.

Seal Concrete Before the Seasons Change

Our Soft Washing sealer solution penetrates the surface, and chemically reacts to create a gel that fills the open pores of the concrete which hardens the surface, thus protecting your driveway’s concrete better - and for longer.

CEMENT SEALING PROCESS

Many people call us to pressure wash their cement driveways, walkways, porches, garages, patios.  While this is a good idea and great service, it SHOULD NOT be done on a yearly basis.  Pressure washing your cement surface every year can etch and ruin the surface because of extremely high-water pressure.

Concrete surfaces are very porous and are often covered with algae mold and mildew.  Pressure washing will remove the top surface dirt, but it WILL NOT KILL BACTERIA.

Instead of pressure washing or paying someone every year, it usually makes more sense to seal the driveway and only do this project every 5 years.

Right Way has a 3-Step Driveway Cleaning and Sealing Process

• First, we provide a SoftWash solution with kills the bacteria on the top surface and deep within the concrete pores.

• Second, we provide a Hot Power wash solution which has water temperatures above 150 degrees which allows the surface to be cleaned better and faster, causing less possible friction to the surface.

• Third step is to seal the cement to protect against algae, staining, cracking, pitting, salt and basic erosion from harsh weather changes. 

The average local cost to seal cement is approximately 1.00 per square foot.  We can provide the full solution and even show homeowners how to easily do the seal portion of the project with an ordinary pump up sprayer.  We can cut the costs up to 50% in certain circumstances. 

Sealing your cement will also protect from winter salt damage, reduces cracking peeling and pitting, lowers mold and mildew stains, makes it easier to clean and remove ice and snow.

Right Way can be hired for

1. Concrete SoftWash

2. Concrete Hot Power Washing

3. Concrete Sealing Service