Concrete Cleaning in Plaza Midwood, NC

Plaza Midwood concrete cleaning navigates a real mix of housing stock — original 1920s-1940s bungalows, mid-century ranches, and a wave of modern infill. That means we see everything from original soft concrete walkway connectors and garden walls to brand-new poured retaining walls and outdoor living pads on the same block. The neighborhood's mature sweetgum and pecan canopy adds a specific challenge: tannin staining from sap and seed pods that ordinary pressure washing won't remove.

We lead with chemistry on tannin — an oxalic acid-based brightener after the biological softwash pass lifts the brown-orange tannin shadow that sweetgums and pecans deposit. Horizontal concrete gets surface-cleaned with hot water; vertical surfaces like garden walls, retaining walls, and foundation walls get softwashed and then efflorescence-treated where needed. On the older bungalow blocks where painted trim predates 1978, we apply lead-safe rinse practices — controlled overspray, no aggressive pressure near painted surfaces, and containment in tight side yards. Plaza Midwood's eclectic landscape design means we're often working around prized plantings, so pre-soak and post-rinse coverage is standard.