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The path to the door is the one people walk on.
Front walks, side paths, steps and the run down to a dock. Poured concrete takes full pressure. Brick and paver walks come down to 500–1,500 PSI with dwell time, because the sand in those joints is what holds the whole thing together.
Usually quoted with the drive, since the two meet and cleaning only one shows at the join.
Why this one is not cosmetic
Slick is a different problem from ugly.
A walkway holds moisture longer than a drive does. It is narrower, usually closer to planting, and shaded on at least one side for most of the day. What grows there is the same organism as on the patio, but the consequence is different, because a path is the surface people put their feet on.
Wet algae on smooth concrete has almost no grip. On a slope running down to a dock or a lake house, that matters a good deal more than how it looks.
It is also the strip that runs from where a visitor parks to where they knock, which makes it the piece of concrete most likely to be looked at closely.
Brick and pavers
The joint sand is the whole structure.
A paver path has no slab beneath it. Each unit is held by sand packed into the joints around it, so the cleaning has to be gentle enough to leave that sand where it is.
| Surface | Working pressure |
|---|---|
| Poured concrete walk | 3,000–4,000 PSI |
| Brick, stone and paver walk | 500–1,500 PSI plus dwell |
| Steps and risers | worked by hand with the wand |
The dwell time is the part people in a hurry skip. Low pressure without it does not clean. Low pressure with it does.
Straight answers
Questions about walks and paths.
Is a green walkway actually dangerous?
Once it is wet, yes. The film has almost no grip, and a path is where somebody is walking with their arms full, or barefoot on the way back from a pool.
Can you clean a brick or paver path?
Yes, at 500 to 1,500 PSI with dwell time. Not at driveway pressure. Pavers rely on sand packed into the joints, and full flatwork pressure blows that sand out and leaves the units loose.
What about the steps?
Steps are done by hand with the wand. A round surface cleaner cannot follow a riser, so treads and risers get worked one at a time.
How often?
Every one to two years, same as the rest of the concrete. A shaded path under trees wants it sooner than one in the open.
Usually the same visit
What it gets booked with.
Where we wash
Towns this runs in.
Walks and paths get done across Faulkner, Van Buren and Cleburne counties, out of Conway, Fairfield Bay and Heber Springs.
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Send a photo of the path.
One shot along its length is enough. You get a number before anything is booked.
Or look through the photographs of finished jobs first.