Gentle house washing for Shaver Lake cabins

Most Valley homes are stucco. Up at Shaver Lake, you’re more likely to see wood siding, painted trim, deep eaves and decks wrapped around the house. That changes how a home should be washed. High pressure can splinter wood, strip paint and force water behind boards and into window frames. Meanwhile the forest supplies a steady load of grime. Shaded walls on the north side of a cabin can stay damp for weeks after the snow melts, and that’s exactly where green and black mildew and algae take hold.

Soft washing deals with that grime without the force. We pre-rinse plants, make sure windows and doors are closed, and apply a cleaning solution at low pressure to the walls, eaves, soffits and trim. It gets time to loosen dirt and break down mildew and algae before we rinse everything from top to bottom. Cobwebs and wasp nests come down from the eaves along the way, and the yellow film of spring pine pollen washes off with the rest. Sap spots and rust stains are a different kind of mark and may not come out with a wash, so we’ll point out anything we can’t promise.

The exterior season at elevation is short. Late spring through early fall gives the most reliable weather, and many owners like a wash in early summer after the pollen settles, so the cabin looks fresh for the busy months. We hook up to an outdoor spigot, so let us know if your water is shut off for winter or the spigot is hard to find. You don’t have to be there while we work. Ducky’s is a licensed, insured crew from Fresno and Clovis, estimates are free, and we’ll come back to make right anything you’re not happy with.