Pressure Washing

One of the first things we wanted to do to the house was to pressure wash the exterior. We were hoping that pressure washing the house would make it look new and shiny so that we can avoid painting the exterior.

We borrowed my father’s pressure washer to do the job. If we weren’t able to borrow my dad’s we were going to rent on from big box store #1, but luckily he was still up north on vacation and didn’t need the pressure washer any time soon [win!].



I started in the back of the house, which didn’t really need it, but I wanted to start somewhere that 1. nobody would see if I made a mistake and 2. Nobody would see me flying around from the force of the water [hey, I didn’t know how strong it was going to be!]. It turned out it was not that hard to control the water. I had to be about 6-12 inches out from the wall in order to get a result or I would have to go over the same spot several times.



The results on the side of the house were amazing!

We still need to get right above the front porch where the water has splashed and left a stain similar to the ones in the picture above. We can already tell that we will need to paint the pillars, but we’re still hoping we can avoid painting the entire house. But the house is already looking much better.