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Stone Cleaning in Oxfordshire
Your local, reliable stonework cleaning company
If you need your stone walls, floors or patios cleaning, you’re in good hands with the team at Alfresco.
We’ve been providing professional stone cleaning in Oxford & Oxfordshire areas since 1996.
Using safe and effective stone cleaning methods and industry leading technology, we’re able to completely revitalise stone surfaces and leave them looking brand new in just one service.
Scroll down for full details of the four key stonework cleaning systems. You can rest assured that we’ll choose the most appropriate system for your particular stone cleaning project.
Call us on 03335 672727 or use our convenient online form to request a call back.
Our accreditations and qualifications include:
- SafeContractor Approval
- Stone Health DOFF trained contractor
- Tensid Torik
- Construction Skills Certification Scheme Qualification
- Softwash Systems ‘Five Star Company’
- Winner of Medium Sized Business of the Year by Vale 4 Business
- Federation of Small Businesses Member
- Recognised by the Safety Schemes in Procurement
Only The Best Stone Cleaning Equipment and Technicians
Experienced Stone Cleaning Team
Alfresco’s window cleaning technicians are all trained, qualified and insured. The entire team has completed extensive induction, training and refresher training delivered both in-house and by our Health and Safety partners HS Direct. Training includes:
- DOFF Steam Cleaning
- Hot Water Pressure Washers
- Hot Water Low Pressure Systems
- Modular Carbon Poles with specialist nozzle jets
- Tensid Torik Chemical-free Cleaning
- 25m Cherry picker for access at height
Our professional stone cleaning team use industry leading techniques and technology to deliver exceptional results, every time.
Stone Cleaning Equipment
The Alfresco Exterior Cleaning team will arrive at your home or premises with all of the equipment necessary to achieve a full and thorough clean. You would have already worked out that we dont use domestic pressure washers on your home.
The very latest equipment and methods we use include:
- Customer Service
- Risk Assessments
- Working at Heights
- Safe Working on your home
- IPAF (Cherry Picker)
- PASMA (Tower Scaffold)
- Water Recovery Management
- Stone Health Trained
Our Four Top Stone Cleaning Systems
DOFF Steam Cleaning
Designed and developed to effectively remove paint, biological matter and general dirt and grime without causing harm or shock to the substrate, the DOFF System is capable of achieving temperatures up to 150 degrees at the nozzle end.
DOFF cleans stonework and masonry using high-temperature steam. Whilst the temperature in the system is high, the pressure on the surface being cleaned is very gentle and the volume of water is low. The surface is therefore not saturated and will be dry within minutes.
V-TUF Hot Water system
The V-TUF system is ideal for removing moss, algae, fungi and other biological matter.
It will even kill off spores, resulting in much less organs growth following treatment. This means there’s then no need to use a chemical biocide during the removal process or as a protection against further biological activity.
With pressure of only 100bar and 12L of water per minute at 120C, its the ideal machine for our stone cleaning team.
Tensid Torik
The Tensid Torik Stone Cleaning System provides the option of chemical-free cleaning, without sacrificing results. Like the DOFF system, it produces a controllable stream of high pressure superheated water and steam that quickly removes grime, moss, algae, fungi and other biological matter.
The TORIK system is gentle, safe and effective for removing grease, oil, paint bitumen, graffitti and even chewing gum from stonework and brick masonry.
SoftWash Systems
SoftWashing is an alternative to pressure washing and can also be part of a combined cleaning solution for you.
This a more gentle way to clean stone surfaces, causing less damage and disturbance. As a result, it can be used on more surfaces and is a more cost-effective process, and in some cases this will still be pressure washing.
To ensure you receive the very best from our exterior cleaning teams we suggest you request a home assessment from one of our solutions-led team.
Surface Protection
Some companies recommend using a sealing agent after stonework cleaning. We strongly advise you against that.
These sealants trap moisture which can reveal itself to you later as milky-white patches under the surface of the coating.
What do we recommend?
First of all, any remedial work should be completed – such as repairing loose stones and joints. Then we recommend using surface protection products from Guard Industry. We have found their surface protection products to be the best we can find and have completed training with them.
Why Choose Alfresco For Your Stone Cleaning?
- Oxfordshire’s best rated Exterior Cleaning Company on Google
- Eco-friendly Safe and Effective Cleaning
- Fully Insured to clean your Stonework or Patio
- Exterior Cleaning Experts since 1996
- Committed to Excellence in Staff and Systems
- Check-a-Trade verified
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Does Your Stonework or Patio Have Ugly Black Spots?
If you’ve tried jet washing your own stonework, only to be left with stubborn, ugly black spots, you have black lichen growths.
These take take between three and eight years to form and can’t be effectively removed by standard pressure washing, which just removes the surface dirt – but these microbes are actually growing within the porous stone.
Some contractors use neat Sodium Hypochrolite to deal with Black Spot Removal on your stonework. Beware – this chemical is corrosive and can damage the stone, landscaping and plants around your patio.
Sodium Hypochrolite should be diluted before application. Our SoftWash System blend unit allows us to dilute to the correct mixture to safely remove black lichen spots without causing harm to your stonework, patio or garden.
If your stonework is suffering from black lichen spots, call us today and let’s get rid of them once and for all.
Stone and Patio Cleaning Oxfordshire – Frequently Asked Questions
We cover a 30-mile radius from our offices at Kingston Bagpuize, Abingdon. This includes areas such as Oxford, Abingdon, Wantage, Boars Hill, Wantage, Wallingford, Benson.
Yes, the price we give you from our quotation system is the price you pay. There are no hidden costs
Yes – we are fully insured for the work we undertake.
- £5 million for Public liability
- £10 million Employee liability
No, we send you an appointment reminder via our booking system, just in case you need to unlock the back/side gate before we arrive.
As payments are collected either in advance or via card payment with the office.
Yes – in fact we clean stonework, patios, pathways and driveways on all types of property including:
- Homes
- Commercial Buildings
- Offices
- Warehouses
- Scientific facilities
- Industrial Units
We make payment as simple as possible, so there’s no need to have cash or cheques on the day we arrive.
You can pay with a debit card or bank transfer – our payment details will be on the invoice.
You’ll receive a notification when you book your stone cleaning and an email from the office as a reminder the day before your appointment.
We take payment via BACS or debit card, although we prefer debit cards due to bank charges on credit cards
SoftWashing kills all of the organic growth so your stonework will stay cleaner for longer than it would with just pressure washing.
We will arrange a checkup after 24 months to see how its looking – if your stonework is mostly in the shade it may need to be treated again after this time.
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Contact Us Today
Ready to give your stonework a new lease of life?
Contact us today to arrange a home assessment. Our expert team is dedicated to providing top-quality stone cleaning services, ensuring your property in Oxfordshire looks its best.
Call us at 03335 672727 or use our convenient online form to request a call back.
Choose Alfresco Exterior Cleaning for exceptional stone cleaning services in Oxfordshire. We’re committed to safeguarding your investment while enhancing your property’s overall appeal.
Let us help you achieve cleaner, healthier, and more beautiful stonework today.
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Utilising our highly skilled and accredited team of operatives, supervisors and hands-on management we stand out from all the rest by simply delivering exactly what we promise.
