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Jet Washing in Croydon
**Pressure washing across Croydon** runs to 10 areas. With 40% of the borough's homes in flats, half the diary is communal hard standing and half is private **block paving** and **patio cleaning**. Tram-track loading limits in the centre, steep Purley hills and wide suburban roads with driveways elsewhere.
- 10 areas covered, each with its own page
- Fixed price from £95 — £110 minimum visit
- Soft washing on render and roofs, pressure only where the surface can take it
- London Borough of Croydon permits arranged and paid for by us
The service, locally
Jet washing across Croydon
- Areas covered
- 10Areas covered
- Homes that are flats
- 40%Homes that are flats
- Front path from
- £95Front path from
- Households
- 152,945Households
Instant estimate
Price your Croydon jet wash
Estimated for Addiscombe CR0
£170 – £300
Typical time on site: 2–3 hours
- Block-paved driveway
- £170 – £300
£110 minimum charge per visit. Prices include VAT, water, power, permits and silt disposal. Nothing is added on the day without your written agreement first. Re-sanding on block paving and all edge detailing are already inside these figures — in London that is part of the job, not an add-on.
How it works
How jet washing in Croydon works
- Send photosTwo pictures and a rough size get you a fixed written price the same working day.
- We clean and protectDrains guarded, plants sheeted, correct pressure for the surface, every edge detailed by hand.
- Re-sand and walk roundJoints re-sanded, silt taken away, before-and-after photos and a walk-round before we leave.
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Surface selector
Pressure, method and risk in Croydon
Block paving
Jet130–150 bar, rotary headEnclosed rotary pass, then edges and manholes detailed by hand.
Risk: Sand blasted from joints, leaving blocks free to rock.
Full guide →Sandstone, limestone, York stone
Reduced80–110 bar, wide fanBiocide first, dwell, then a low-pressure lift that keeps the riven face.
Risk: Etching and zebra striping from a turbo nozzle.
Full guide →Pattern-imprinted concrete
Reduced100–120 bar, no turboWash off the failed seal, neutralise, dry, re-seal on a second visit.
Risk: Lifting colour hardener and exposing grey aggregate.
Full guide →Porcelain and vitrified paving
Reduced100 bar, fan lanceAlkaline pre-spray, agitate, rinse, then squeegee dry.
Risk: Grout washout and permanent hard-water spotting.
Full guide →Victorian tessellated path
Never pressure60–80 bar maximumHand work, pH-neutral chemistry, soft rotary at low pressure.
Risk: Losing tiles or blowing out lime pointing.
Full guide →Timber and composite decking
Reduced60–80 bar with the grainPercarbonate cleaner, dwell, wide fan drawn with the grain.
Risk: Furring soft-wood boards and lifting fixings.
Full guide →Render, brick and walls
Soft washUnder 40 barDilute biocide top down, left to work, controlled rinse.
Risk: Water driven through render cracks and stripped mortar.
Full guide →Communal bin stores and car parks
Jet150 bar, hot water90°C water with degreaser, rotary pass, drain guard on every gully.
Risk: Contaminated run-off entering a highway drain.
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Why Hello Services in Croydon
Edges and thresholds by hand
The machine does the middle; a technician does the border, steps and gully surrounds.
Permits, ULEZ and parking included
London Borough of Croydon suspensions are arranged and paid for by us, so charging zones never reach your invoice.
Pressure set from a test metre
We work to the weakest material on site, because joint sand washed out by the previous contractor, leaving blocks free to rock is what a rushed job leaves behind.
Re-sanding included, never an add-on
Kiln-dried sand brushed and vibrated in on the day, then topped up once the surface dries.
Fixed prices
Jet washing prices in Croydon
| Job | From | To | Typical size | Time on site | What it covers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front path and steps | £110 | £165 | up to 12 m² | 1–2 hrs | Tiles, threshold, step risers and gully |
| Patio — slab or natural stone | £140 | £260 | up to 35 m² | 2–4 hrs | Biocide, low-pressure lift, joints checked |
| Block-paved driveway | £170 | £300 | up to 45 m² | 3–5 hrs | Rotary clean, edge detail, re-sanding included |
| Imprinted concrete driveway | £200 | £340 | up to 45 m², clean only | 3–5 hrs | Cleaned and neutralised ready for sealing |
| Timber or composite decking | £120 | £220 | up to 25 m² | 2–3 hrs | Grain-direction wash, balustrade included |
| Garden and boundary walls | £95 | £190 | up to 20 linear metres | 1–3 hrs | Soft-wash biocide, copings and pier caps |
| Render or cladding soft wash | £240 | £460 | one two-storey elevation | half day | Pole soft wash, windows masked, plants sheeted |
| Communal bin store, walkway or car park bay | £180 | £380 | per zone | 2–5 hrs | Hot water, degreaser, drain guards, photo report |
£110 minimum charge per visit. Prices include VAT, water, power, permits and silt disposal. Nothing is added on the day without your written agreement first.
Same-visit bundles
Front-of-house reset
£240 – £400
Saves about £40 against separate visits
Driveway, front path, steps and boundary wall in one visit.
Back garden reset
£230 – £420
Saves about £45 against separate visits
Patio, decking, garden walls and the side return together.
Whole exterior
£520 – £900
Saves about £110 against separate visits
Every hard surface plus a render soft wash and gutter exterior.
Treatments and local costs
What can change the price in Croydon
| Treatment | From | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Kiln-dried re-sanding | Included | included on block paving |
| Weed and moss root treatment | £35 | per driveway or patio |
| Impregnating or acrylic sealing | £7 | per m², minimum £180 |
| Oil and tyre-mark treatment | £45 | per patch area |
| Gutter, fascia and soffit wash | £95 | per elevation |
| Gully and channel-drain flush | £60 | per property |
| Graffiti and paint removal | Included | on survey |
Sealing always needs a separate dry visit — a sealer over damp stone blooms white.
- Parking and permits
- London Borough of Croydon suspensions and visitor permits are arranged, paid for by us and already inside the quote.
- Charging zones
- Croydon sits outside the Congestion Charge zone and inside ULEZ. Our vans are compliant, so ULEZ never reach your invoice.
- Water and power
- No outside tap or socket? We carry a bowser and a generator, and we never recharge metered water.
Scope
What is included in Croydon
Included in every visit
- Written fixed price from your photos, before booking
- Drain guards on every gully, silt taken away
- Plants, doors, vents and air bricks sheeted first
- Kiln-dried re-sanding on all block paving
- Permits, ULEZ and parking arranged and paid for
Not included — and why
- Re-laying sunken or rocking paving — that is groundworks
- Guaranteed removal of deeply absorbed old oil
- Sealing on the same visit as the clean
- Roof tile pressure washing — roofs are soft-washed only
Coverage
Jet washing around Croydon
Areas we jet wash across Croydon
- Jet washing in AddiscombeAddiscombe (Tramlink)CR0
- Jet washing in CoulsdonCoulsdon South (Southern)CR5
- Jet washing in CroydonEast Croydon (Southern, Thameslink, Tramlink)CR0
- Jet washing in Crystal PalaceCrystal Palace (Overground, Southern)SE19
- Jet washing in KenleyKenley (Southern)CR8
- Jet washing in PurleyPurley (Southern)CR8
- Jet washing in SandersteadSanderstead (Southern)CR2
- Jet washing in South CroydonSouth Croydon (Southern)CR2
- Jet washing in South NorwoodNorwood Junction (Southern, Overground)SE25
- Jet washing in Thornton HeathThornton Heath (Southern)CR7
Related services
Other cleaning we run in Croydon
After builders cleaning
Cement splash and skip marks off a Croydon frontage.
One-off deep cleaning
Inside and outside reset in the same Croydon week.
End of tenancy cleaning
A green path fails a check-out as fast as an oven.
Carpet cleaning
Less grit walks in once the Croydon path is clean.
Regular domestic cleaning
Weekly visits across Croydon with an annual outdoor reset.
Office cleaning
Entrances and forecourts around Croydon kept presentable.
About the borough
Croydon in context
A town in its own right — office towers and trams in the centre, Purley and Coulsdon's downland suburbs to the south. 1930s semis, Victorian terraces in Thornton Heath, tower blocks and converted office buildings in the centre, a 40% flats to 60% houses split that decides whether the work here is private driveways or communal hard standing. London Borough of Croydon permits are arranged and paid for by us.
Croydon at a glance
Dwelling mix
40% flats · 60% houses · 152,945 households
Water hardness
250–350 mg/l — hard, so smooth surfaces are dried, not air-dried.
Dominant surface: block paving
- Borough
- Croydon, South London
- Postcodes served
- CR0
- Nearest station
- Addiscombe (Tramlink)
- Most-booked job
- a full block-paved driveway clean with kiln-dried re-sanding
- Watch out for
- joint sand washed out by the previous contractor, leaving blocks free to rock
- Charging zones
- Croydon sits outside the Congestion Charge zone and inside ULEZ
- Typical visit
- Half a day in CR0
ONS Census 2021, household composition by borough
Questions
Croydon jet washing questions
Front paths from £95, patios £140–£260, block-paved driveways £170–£300 including re-sanding, and render soft washing from £240 an elevation. The minimum visit charge is £110, and every figure includes water, power, permits and silt disposal.
All 10 of them, each with its own page covering the housing stock, the surfaces that come with it and the access reality for a van. Tram-track loading limits in the centre, steep Purley hills and wide suburban roads with driveways elsewhere.
Yes. Bin stores, walkways, car park bays and podium decks across Croydon are cleaned with hot water and a degreaser out of hours where residents need it, with drain guards fitted, a deodorising treatment and a photo report for the building file.
They solve different problems. Pressure — through an enclosed rotary head — is right for block paving and concrete. Soft washing at under 40 bar is the only safe option on render, brick, roof tiles and fragile stone, because it kills the growth at the root instead of stripping the surface it lives on.
Where a suspension is needed we arrange and pay for it with London Borough of Croydon and the cost is already inside your quote. Our vans are ULEZ compliant, so those never appear as an extra line.
We carry £5m public liability, test a hidden metre before starting and photograph the surface before and after. If something goes wrong we put it right — that is why we survey on arrival rather than pricing blind from a phone call.
Source: ONS Census 2021, borough totals via Nomis (table TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003). Figures describe the whole borough, the smallest area ONS publishes every one of these tables for.
Book jet washing in Croydon
Send two photos for a fixed written price the same working day. Permits, water, power, drain guards and re-sanding are already in the figure.