Cleaning soffits

[Participant]

Hi

Wife wants us to buy a pressurised soffit cleaner for £100 but how do you guys clean your soffits please?

We already have a pressure washer (Karcher K2), so I'm wondering if it'd be cheaper to figure out a way to use that?

I'm not sure of the process either really. Is special detergent required, or is a blast with fresh water normally sufficient?

Thanks.

 

[Maccapacca]

Ladder and a sponge.

Are they painted timber?

 

[Participant]

Ladder and a sponge.

Are they painted timber?

Looks like they're mostly PVC. Same method applies? Sounds like I'm overcomplicating this! Just need a tall ladder then.

 

[gort]

Unless there is a long gadget to extend the pressure washer lance a tad so the water will reach the soffits (I'm guessing normal two storey building.)

 

[fastwunz]

UPVC = sponge and soapy water.

Timber = less sponge and less water

 

[Hades]

As above, ladder and sponge.

 

[Participant]

Cheers all, wilco.

 

[DXP55]

I have one of these which I bought for the last house - I wouldn't say it was easy but it saves climbing ladders etc.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-2-Mete...045481?hash=item1eff3a8a69:g:A3wAAOSw-FJdQvUa

I now have a bungalow which makes it easier but if I still lived in a two story house I would get local window cleaner in to do it twice a year.

It really is nice having someone else to do the poo jobs.

 

[tom_nieto]

Don’t you just get your window cleaner to do it for you?

 

[Mark A]

Get some PVC cream cleaner if it's really dirty. Or Jiff does pretty much the same thing. Then blast it off with a hose.

 

[Participant]

Don’t you just get your window cleaner to do it for you?

Quoted £200 on top of cleaning cost.

 

[ThriceNightly]

I did my soffits recently using a ladder and at the same time checked and cleaned gutters & down pipes

Also a good opportunity to remove cobwebs etc

Mine are painted and I got great results with Turtlewax Wash and Wax

 

[Participant]

I'm a bit scared of using a ladder that goes that high. Heard of so many people breaking backs etc. I think I might be too puss for that.

 

[ants83]

Sugar soap.

 

[IvanDobskey]

I'm a bit scared of using a ladder that goes that high. Heard of so many people breaking backs etc. I think I might be too puss for that.

This

 

[tom_nieto]

Quoted £200 on top of cleaning cost.

?! You must have an awful lot of soffits!

 

[Hyburnate]

Yeah wtf, we get our window cleaner to do it every once in a blue moon and it's about £4 extra from what I recall.

 

[Mark A]

I'd just use a soft sweeping brush and keep dipping it in a bucket of water and PVC cream cleaner. Should be able to reach it from half way up the ladder. Then blast it off with a hose and job done.

 

[Bluecube]

I have one of these which I bought for the last house - I wouldn't say it was easy but it saves climbing ladders etc.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-2-Mete...045481?hash=item1eff3a8a69:g:A3wAAOSw-FJdQvUa

As a professional exterior cleaner, I’d recommend the above if you plan on doing soffit cleaning yourself. Going up ladders isn’t fun especially if you don’t do it day in, day out.

 

[Deleted member 66701]

People clean their soffits?