Most homeowners don’t notice their concrete going dark. It happens a shade at a time, and you find out when you move a planter or back the car out and there’s a clean rectangle where it was sitting. It is gradual enough that most homeowners do not notice until they see the clean line where a car or a planter has been sitting. Homes here that back up to a pond or sit under heavy tree cover soil the fastest, and that is why flatwork in Summerville needs a periodic cleaning to stay looking right.
We clean residential flatwork of every kind: driveways, patios, sidewalks, and the concrete around your home. On coated and delicate surfaces like pool decks and painted garage floors, we ease off the pressure and use a gentler soft-wash approach rather than blasting them. As a locally rooted crew here in Summerville, Holy City Hydroshine treats your property the way we would our own.
Ready to get your concrete looking right again? Give us a call at (843) 729-3095 and we will get you a free estimate.
Different surfaces call for different approaches, so before we ever start we look at what you have and match the method to it. Here is what we clean.
Standard driveways and cement flatwork are pre-treated and then surface-cleaned for an even, consistent finish from edge to edge. Once the concrete is clean, many homeowners have us follow up with concrete sealing to help it stay that way and shed stains more easily.
Pavers get cleaned to lift the organic growth and grime that work their way into the surface and the joints.
Walkways and sidewalk runs are cleaned right along with the driveway, so the whole approach to your home looks finished, not patchy.
Coated pool decks are soft-washed rather than run at high pressure, protecting the coating while still clearing the grime. Textured deck surfaces hold onto algae in the low spots, so we let the solution do the lifting instead of forcing it out with pressure.
Decorative stamped concrete is cleaned with care for its texture, so the pattern that makes it worth having stays intact.
Painted garage floors are soft-washed only, never blasted, so we clear the dirt without lifting the paint.
Beyond just getting your concrete clean, a few things make us the right call for this kind of work.
We run a stainless-steel hot water unit that cuts through grease and oil in high-traffic areas that cold-water setups cannot touch, and hot water is still uncommon in this market. On an oil-stained driveway apron or the concrete next to your garage, that heat is what makes the difference.
We will pull up as much of the oil residue as possible, but oil stains leave some shadowing behind, and we will set clear expectations before we start so there are no surprises. You will know exactly what the finished surface will look like before we begin, so the result matches what we told you to expect.
Pool decks and painted garage floors are soft-washed, not hit with high pressure, so the coating and the paint stay protected while the surface still gets clean. Too much pressure on a coated deck or a painted floor can etch or peel the very finish you paid for, and that is a repair we would rather help you avoid entirely.
Every job starts with a free estimate, either in person or as an instant online estimate through our website booking tool. We’ll tell you up front whether the job clears our $300 minimum and roughly where it lands, so nothing about the cost catches you off guard later.
Once you approve the estimate, you can schedule right from it. You will get a booking confirmation, reminders as the appointment gets closer, and a morning-of heads-up with an ETA so you know when to expect us.
We pre-treat the surface with a sodium hypochlorite solution and let it dwell for about fifteen minutes. That gives the solution time to break down the algae, mildew, and organic staining before any cleaning begins.
We surface-clean the flatwork with a rotary surface cleaner running at roughly 1,500 to 2,000 PSI. That tool spins the cleaning across the whole surface evenly, so you get a consistent, stripe-free finish instead of the wand marks a handheld nozzle tends to leave. Coated or painted surfaces such as pool decks and painted garage floors are soft-washed only and never run at high pressure, so the finish stays intact.
For oil and grease, we bring in the Hydrotech hot water unit and a degreaser, which is heat most cold-water setups cannot match. It lifts the residue that everyday cleaning leaves behind, and we walk you through the realistic result at your estimate.
We post-treat as needed and rinse the surface down, protecting the plants and landscaping bordering the flatwork the whole way through.
Residential driveway and concrete cleaning is priced to fit the size and surface of the job rather than a one-size-fits-all rate, and a business-wide $300 minimum applies to every service we run. That keeps the pricing straightforward: you see the number up front and approve it before any work is scheduled. Here is how it breaks down.
A couple of standing ways to bring the total down:
Any other current offer is easy to ask about when you get your estimate.
Significantly, yes. Hot water and a degreaser lift most of the residue, and that heat is what gets under an oil stain in a way a cold-water rinse can’t. What usually stays is a faint shadow in the concrete, especially on an older stain that has had years to soak in. We’ll look at yours before we quote it and tell you which of those two outcomes to expect.
No, because we match the method to the surface. Standard concrete is surface-cleaned at a controlled pressure for an even finish, while coated and delicate surfaces are soft-washed rather than blasted. Pool decks that are coated and painted garage floors are soft-washed only, which protects the coating and the paint. We also pre-treat first, so much of the cleaning happens chemically rather than through brute pressure.
No. We document the work with before-and-after photos and send them to you whether or not you are home. If you are home, we walk the finished surface with you before we pack up.
A standard driveway usually takes about thirty to forty-five minutes. Larger areas, multiple surfaces, or heavy oil and organic staining will add time to the job.
Get a free estimate in person or an instant quote online, and you will know the price before we ever pull into the driveway. Whether your Summerville driveway, patio, or pool deck has gone dark with algae or just needs a refresh, we will get it looking right again. Call us at (843) 729-3095 to get started.
