Serving Clients Since 1977
Power Washing in Wallingford, CT
Gagnon Painting & Decorating has completed thousands of jobs safely since 1977, using state-of-the-art equipment to blast away grit, grime and contaminants.
Wallingford is a suburban town — 61.3% of its housing is single-family detached and 72.8% owner-occupied — so alongside house washing we spend a good deal of time here on decks, fences and the outbuildings that come with a detached lot. We do not strip paint with pressure washing.
Why is a deck the easiest thing to ruin with a pressure washer?
Because decking is softwood, laid flat, and takes the full force of anything aimed at it. Pressure that a masonry wall shrugs off will tear the soft early wood out from between the harder grain lines on a pressure-treated or cedar board, leaving a surface that feels furry underfoot and never takes stain evenly again.
The damage is also close to invisible while it is happening. A deck being over-washed looks clean and wet; the raised grain only announces itself once it dries, by which point the board has lost material permanently.
So we wash decks at the pressure the board can take, and we treat washing as the step before refinishing rather than as the refinishing itself. Deck refinishing is separate work with its own preparation, and a deck washed correctly is far easier to refinish well.
The same logic applies to fences, to shingle siding, and to any painted wood that has been out in Connecticut weather for a few decades. Washing is a cleaning step ahead of a coating step, not a paint-removal method.
Wallingford power washing questions
Can you wash and then refinish my deck?
Yes — deck refinishing is one of our services and washing is the first stage of it. Doing both together is usually the better route, because the deck can be washed at the right pressure for what comes next and refinished once it has properly dried rather than being rushed.
Will washing get rid of the green on my fence?
Usually, yes. Surface mildew and algae on fencing and shaded siding clean off readily. What washing cannot do is change why it grew there — a fence line in permanent shade under trees will go green again — so if it is a recurring problem the more useful conversation is about the coating on that fence rather than a more frequent wash.
Do you handle mold?
No. We do not perform mold or fungi testing, abatement, remediation or air sampling. Washing surface mildew off exterior siding, decking or fencing is ordinary cleaning work. A genuine mold issue within a building is a specialist trade and we will tell you so rather than take the job.
Deck, fence or siding needing a wash?
Call for a free estimate and a written summary quote on your first visit.