Soft Washing & Pressure Washing in Tallahassee, FL
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Deck & Fence Cleaning in Tallahassee, FL
Florida Weather Is Rough on Wood and Vinyl
Stand in a Tallahassee backyard in July and you can practically watch it happen: humidity, shade from the oak canopy, and daily summer rain turn decks gray and fences green in a single season. The green film on fence boards is algae; the black patches are mildew; both thrive in the damp shade that most yards here get. Wood decks suffer twice — algae makes the surface dangerously slippery, and constant moisture works into the grain, speeding up rot and graying. Vinyl fences don't rot, but they streak and stain green just as fast, and the buildup gets harder to remove the longer it sits.
Why Wood Needs a Gentle Approach
The most common way deck and fence cleaning goes wrong is too much pressure. A pressure washer held too close raises the grain, splinters and furs the wood, carves visible wand marks into boards, and can gouge vinyl — damage that no amount of stain hides afterward. Capital City Softwash cleans wood and vinyl the gentle way: cleaning solutions applied at low pressure to kill algae and mildew at the root, then a careful rinse. The surface comes clean without being chewed up, and because the growth is killed rather than scattered, it stays clean longer. It's the same soft wash approach we use on houses, tuned for outdoor wood and fencing.
Decks, Fences & Outdoor Surfaces We Clean
We clean wood and composite decks, wood privacy fences, vinyl fences, gates, pergolas, pool surrounds, and outdoor living areas. If it lives in your Tallahassee backyard and it's turning green, ask us about it when you call — deck and fence cleaning pairs naturally with a house wash or screen enclosure cleaning in a single visit.
Clean Before You Stain or Seal
Planning to stain, seal, or paint your deck or fence? Cleaning comes first — stain applied over algae, mildew, or gray weathered wood won't bond properly and will peel early. A soft wash cleaning gives you a clean, sound surface ready for whatever finish you're applying, and it reveals any boards that need repair before you spend money coating them.
A note on fences specifically: in Tallahassee's humidity, a wood privacy fence can go visibly green within a year or two of installation, and the side facing a neighbor's sprinklers or shaded by trees usually goes first. Cleaning evens the whole run of fencing back out — boards that looked weathered and mismatched come back to a consistent color, which makes a bigger difference to how the yard reads from the street than most people expect.
Ready to take your backyard back? Call Capital City Softwash at (850) 556-4021 for a free deck and fence cleaning quote in Tallahassee.
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Ready to see your home look like new again? Call (850) 556-4021 or send us a quote request and we'll get back to you promptly.