Hillingdon · UB3 · Patio and decking cleaning
Same-week slots · Fully insured · Local Hayes fitters · Fixed written pricesHayes UB3 is a regular stop on our Hillingdon round. The old EMI works, the canal and a town centre transformed by the Elizabeth line, so patio and decking cleaning here is quoted on the street the job is on — from £4.50, in writing, with insured fitters, every fixing torqued, and the flat-pack packaging taken away.
Overview
Patio and decking cleaning in Hayes UB3 is a fixed-price visit for mixed-tenure homes in Hillingdon, most of them inter-war. 14,482 households sit inside this UB3 patch, 34% of them flats, so we quote on access near The former EMI factory at Blyth Road rather than a London average.
How it works
Step 1
Concrete, natural stone, softwood or composite, roughly the area, and whether there's an outside tap or the flat needs water carried up by bowser.
Step 2
Priced per square metre for the surface you have, with oiling, re-staining or a bowser water supply shown as separate lines rather than bundled in.
Step 3
Furniture and planters moved, deck board gaps cleared of leaf litter, and algae or lichen in shaded corners given a biocide soak before washing.
Step 4
Concrete at full strength; natural stone, softwood and composite all stepped down to protect the surface, using a wide fan nozzle on composite specifically.
Step 5
Softwood decking is left to dry before any oiling; drainage outlets on roof terraces are checked clear; furniture is put back once the surface is dry underfoot.
Why choose us
We expect solid London stock brick in UB3, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — a median age of 34 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here in UB3, and we carry the anchors, through-fixings and long bits that match. The mistake we spend most time undoing here is fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body on these streets — with 22% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first.
Wastewater containing detergent or biocide is contained and directed away from surface water drains during the clean, and drainage outlets on roof terraces and balconies are checked and cleared as part of the visit.
One technician for a standard garden patio or deck; two for a roof terrace or balcony where water has to be carried up by bowser and furniture moved through a lift or stairwell. New blocks need booked lifts and bays; older streets have driveways and canal bridges.
Same-week across every borough, with weekend slots common through spring and early summer when garden and roof-terrace use picks up. Hayes & Harlington (Elizabeth line) is the nearest station, so a UB3 visit rarely needs a whole morning set aside.
Fixed prices
| Job | From | Typical time | What sets the price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concrete flag patio, per m² | £4.50 | By area | Manufactured concrete flags take a standard rotary surface cleaner at full pressure without any risk to the finish. |
| York stone or sandstone patio, per m² | £6.50 | By area | Natural stone is more porous and softer than concrete, so it's cleaned at a lower pressure with a specialist stone-safe cleaner rather than the standard detergent. |
| Softwood decking clean, per m² | £5 | By area | Softwood boards need the pressure kept low and the nozzle kept moving, since a static jet will fur the grain and shorten the board's life. |
| Composite decking clean, per m² | £5.50 | By area | Composite boards need a wide fan nozzle and a lower bar pressure than timber, since a narrow jet can strip the capping layer that gives composite its colour and grip. |
| Decking oiling or re-staining after cleaning, per m² | £4 | Added to visit | Softwood decking needs re-oiling once dry to stay weatherproof; this is priced as a separate pass because it can only start once the boards have fully dried out. |
| Roof terrace or balcony deck, per m² | £7 | By area | No mains tap on most roof terraces means water is carried up by bowser, and drainage outlets have to be checked and cleared as part of the visit, not just the deck surface. |
Concrete flag patio, per m²
£4.50 · By area
Manufactured concrete flags take a standard rotary surface cleaner at full pressure without any risk to the finish.
York stone or sandstone patio, per m²
£6.50 · By area
Natural stone is more porous and softer than concrete, so it's cleaned at a lower pressure with a specialist stone-safe cleaner rather than the standard detergent.
Softwood decking clean, per m²
£5 · By area
Softwood boards need the pressure kept low and the nozzle kept moving, since a static jet will fur the grain and shorten the board's life.
Composite decking clean, per m²
£5.50 · By area
Composite boards need a wide fan nozzle and a lower bar pressure than timber, since a narrow jet can strip the capping layer that gives composite its colour and grip.
Decking oiling or re-staining after cleaning, per m²
£4 · Added to visit
Softwood decking needs re-oiling once dry to stay weatherproof; this is priced as a separate pass because it can only start once the boards have fully dried out.
Roof terrace or balcony deck, per m²
£7 · By area
No mains tap on most roof terraces means water is carried up by bowser, and drainage outlets have to be checked and cleared as part of the visit, not just the deck surface.
Domestic prices are the total you pay; managing agents and landlords are invoiced plus VAT at 20%. Furniture moved off the patio or deck before cleaning and put back after, and clearing debris from drainage gaps between deck boards, are included. Where a bowser or extended hose run is needed for a flat with no outside tap, that's shown as its own line.
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Coverage
Also in this area
Block paving, resin-bound and imprinted concrete driveways cleaned, resanded and sealed.
Front paths, side returns and communal walkways cleaned without disturbing loose flags.
The wider outdoor jet washing hub covering every hard surface we clean.
New garden furniture built and levelled on the patio or deck once it's clean.
Two crew and a Luton or tipper; three where everything has to be carried through a hallway.
A full top-to-bottom clean of the property once it has been emptied.
Cuttings, turf and soil taken to a licensed composting site rather than to landfill.
Working in Hayes
Walk Hayes from The former EMI factory at Blyth Road outwards and the inter-war pattern is obvious: 34% of the 14,482 households in UB3 live in flats, 66% in houses.
33% of households rent privately and 45% own, which is why patio and decking cleaning demand here peaks around tenancy changeovers and completion dates.
Walls are solid London stock brick in UB3, some of it dry-lined during a later refurbishment — a median age of 34 in this neighbourhood shapes what gets ordered here, so the fixing that matters in Hayes is chosen on site — the usual failure here is fixings landing in soft lime mortar joints instead of the brick body on these streets — with 22% social-rented stock locally, block access is agreed with the estate office first.
Two streets can behave very differently in Hayes: the old EMI works, the canal and a town centre transformed by the Elizabeth line. The quote reflects the street the job is actually on. Hayes is outside the Congestion Charge zone but inside ULEZ; our vehicles are compliant, so nothing is added for it.
Getting to the door matters as much as the job: new blocks need booked lifts and bays; older streets have driveways and canal bridges. Hayes & Harlington (Elizabeth line) is the nearest station, and one technician for a standard garden patio or deck; two for a roof terrace or balcony where water has to be carried up by bowser and furniture moved through a lift or stairwell.
Area at a glance
Who lives in Hayes and what they live in decides how patio and decking cleaning is quoted and how long a visit takes. These are the published Census 2021 figures for the Hayes End and Hayes South and Hayes Town & Lake Farm and Hayes Town North neighbourhood itself — not Hillingdon-wide averages, and not estimates.
45,454
Residents
Hayes End and Hayes South and Hayes Town & Lake Farm and Hayes Town North neighbourhood, Census 2021
14,482
Households
Median age 34.2
Flats vs houses
Residents by sex
Single-person households
21%
Privately rented
32.8%
Source: ONS Census 2021 via Nomis (TS008, TS041, TS007A, TS044, TS054, TS003), MSOA geography. Figures cover the ONS neighbourhoods Hayes End, Hayes South, Hayes Town & Lake Farm, Hayes Town North (E02000517, E02000519, E02000520, E02000523) — the published geography that covers Hayes, not the whole borough. Neighbourhood names: House of Commons Library MSOA Names (OGL). Coordinates for the UB3 district: 51.5052, -0.4244 — Outward postcode centroid, postcodes.io (Ordnance Survey Open Data).
50 in Hayes, and every job is quoted as a fixed written price before a fitter is booked around Hayes & Harlington (Elizabeth line), with The former EMI factory at Blyth Road a few streets away. Surface material first — natural stone and composite decking cost more per square metre than concrete because both need a lower pressure that takes longer to cover the same area — then access, since a roof terrace with no outside tap needs water carried up rather than run from a hose on UB3 jobs — and Hillingdon parking rules in play, with 66% of Hayes homes being houses.
Yes — IKEA, Argos, Wayfair, Made and independent brands are all built to the manufacturer's instructions around Hayes & Harlington (Elizabeth line), with 33% of UB3 homes being privately rented. We are independent of every retailer; the names simply describe what we assemble in Hayes most weeks across UB3, with this being a short walk from Hayes & Harlington (Elizabeth line).
5–2 hours. Sliding-door and corner wardrobes take two to four times as long because the tracks have to be dead level on the streets near The former EMI factory at Blyth Road, with this being London Borough of Hillingdon territory. London Borough of Hillingdon rules apply where the kerb or a bay suspension is involved.
That is exactly why we build in the room it will live in for Hayes (UB3) addresses. With 34% of Hayes homes being flats, narrow hallways and tight turns are the norm in this 34% flats neighbourhood — and 33% of UB3 homes being privately rented, with 22% social-rented stock nearby, so anything that will not pass a doorway once assembled is built where it stands.
All three. With 33% of Hayes privately rented and 45% owner-occupied, roughly half the UB3 diary is agent- or landlord-instructed and invoiced separately from the person at the door in this 34% flats neighbourhood — and 22% social-rented stock nearby, with The former EMI factory at Blyth Road a few streets away.
The former EMI factory at Blyth Road is the marker we route to on the streets near The former EMI factory at Blyth Road, with 45% owner-occupation locally — and 22% social-rented stock nearby, and new blocks need booked lifts and bays; older streets have driveways and canal bridges. A UB3 slot added to an existing Hillingdon round usually lands the same week rather than the next across UB3, with 22% social-rented stock nearby.
Same-week across every borough, with weekend slots common through spring and early summer when garden and roof-terrace use picks up across UB3, with 14,482 households on this patch. Hayes sits close to Hayes & Harlington (Elizabeth line) on the streets near The former EMI factory at Blyth Road, with a median age of 34 in this neighbourhood, so we can usually add a UB3 job to an existing Hillingdon round at short notice.
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Free quote · 1-hour reply
Two ways to go: price it yourself on the quote page, or pick a slot on the live booking calendar. Hayes UB3 jobs are confirmed in writing before anyone travels, and the same crew covers the rest of hillingdon.
No deposit is taken until the price and slot are confirmed in writing.
