House Washing Tampa FL — Tannin-Stain & Vintage Siding Specialists

Tampa exteriors fail in two distinct ways, and which one you have depends almost entirely on what is growing above your house. Under the live oaks of Hyde Park, Palma Ceia, and the Bayshore corridor, the problem is tannin and shade mildew. Out in Westchase, Carrollwood, and New Tampa, it is sun-baked stucco with a green stripe on whichever wall never sees direct light.

Tannin staining is the one most Tampa homeowners misread. Those brown streaks appearing under branch lines after a wet stretch are not dirt — they are a natural dye leached out of oak leaves and bark by rain. Pressure will not remove it. Pressure drives it deeper into porous stucco and sets it. It has to be lifted chemically, then rinsed at low pressure, and even then decades-old staining on a porous wall may leave a faint shadow. We will tell you which yours is before we start rather than after.

The green film on shaded walls is a different organism entirely — mildew and algae, alive, and the reason a wall you cleaned last year looks the same again. Blasting it off removes what you can see and leaves the roots. Our biocide solution kills it, which is why a soft-washed wall in a shaded South Tampa lot stays clean substantially longer than a pressure-blasted one.

Then there is the housing stock. Hyde Park and Davis Islands hold some of the oldest homes in Hillsborough County — original wood siding, vintage stucco, and painted trim that has lasted a century precisely because nobody put 3,000 PSI against it. One pass with a high-pressure wand can splinter old lap siding or open a crack network across aged stucco that costs thousands to repair. Everything we put on a Tampa wall stays under 500 PSI — roughly a firm garden hose — and on fragile vintage surfaces we cut the solution strength further and rinse in sections so nothing dwells long enough to raise the grain.

Newer construction gets the standard treatment: soft wash for stucco and Hardie board, moderate rinse for general grime, and the full envelope — soffit, fascia, window frames, and downspouts, not just the flat walls people notice. Two-story homes wash at the same rate as single-story. Most Tampa houses land in the $400–$900 range.

What we soft wash on Tampa homes:

• Stucco — modern and vintage, including tannin-stained walls
• Vinyl and Hardie board siding
• Brick and painted wood, including historic South Tampa siding
• Soffit, fascia, window frames, and downspouts
• Shaded north-facing walls where mildew always returns first