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Real pressure, on the things built to take it.
Concrete, brick, pavers and wood around Conway and Greers Ferry Lake. Flatwork runs 3,000 to 4,000 PSI on a surface cleaner. Wood comes down to 500–1,200. The setting changes with the surface, and that is most of the skill in it.
Anything that would be harmed by force — siding, roofs, gutters — is soft washed instead.
The tool matters as much as the number
A surface cleaner, not a wand.
Most of the bad concrete jobs in this part of Arkansas were done with a wand. A wand puts all the force into one narrow jet, so it cleans a stripe at a time. Every pass leaves an edge, every overlap leaves a line, and the whole slab dries into a zebra pattern that no amount of rinsing fixes.
A surface cleaner puts two jets on a spinning bar under a shroud. The force is the same but it lands evenly across the full width, so there are no edges to overlap and nothing to stripe. It also keeps the spray under the housing instead of across the neighbour’s car.
The wand still comes out — for edges, steps, corners and the strip against the garage door where a round cleaner cannot reach. It is a finishing tool, not the main one.
Settings by surface
What each surface actually gets.
| Surface | Working pressure |
|---|---|
| Concrete drives, walks and patios | 3,000–4,000 PSI |
| Brick, stone and pavers | 500–1,500 PSI |
| Wood decking and fence | 500–1,200 PSI |
| Gutter faces | up to 300 PSI |
| Siding | about 100 PSI, soft wash |
| Asphalt shingle roof | under 100 PSI, soft wash only |
Brick and pavers get low pressure plus dwell time, which is the part people skip. Rush a paver patio at driveway pressure and the joint sand ends up in the flowerbed.
Straight answers
Questions about pressure.
Is pressure washing safe for my driveway?
Yes — concrete is the one surface built for it. Flatwork runs at 3,000 to 4,000 PSI on a surface cleaner, which spreads the force across a spinning bar instead of concentrating it in one jet.
Why does some concrete come out striped?
Because it was cleaned with a wand instead of a surface cleaner. A wand cleans in a narrow line, so every pass leaves an edge, and the overlaps read as zebra striping once it dries. A surface cleaner has no edges to overlap.
Can you pressure wash brick?
Yes, but at 500 to 1,500 PSI, not driveway pressure. Brick, stone and pavers get low pressure plus dwell time, so the joint sand and the mortar stay where they are.
What about my siding?
Siding is not pressure washed at all. It gets soft washed at about 100 PSI. Pressure on siding drives water behind the laps.
The jobs this covers
Where real pressure gets used.
Concrete Cleaning
Patios, walkways, pool decks and garage floors, on a surface cleaner so nothing stripes.
Concrete Cleaning →Driveway Cleaning
The single most visible slab on the property. Typically $100 to $800.
Driveway Cleaning →Deck & Fence Cleaning
Wood, at 500 to 1,200 PSI — low enough that the grain does not lift.
Deck & Fence Cleaning →Where we wash
Towns this runs in.
Concrete, brick and wood work runs the full service area — Faulkner, Van Buren and Cleburne counties, worked out of the Conway shop and the Fairfield Bay base.
The technical side
How the equipment actually gets used.
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Or look through the photographs of finished jobs first.