Founding Streets open in Dover Heights 2030
Sandstone cleaning for Dover Heights, up on the clifftop where the Tasman does its worst. Heritage block soft washed so the growth lifts and the stone stays whole.
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Sandstone cleaning in Dover Heights is a fight with salt more than anything else. This is the heaviest salt load in the east, straight off the Tasman, and it feeds lichen into the pores of old block faster than anywhere inland. Postwar brick homes and the rebuilt clifftop moderns both keep sandstone somewhere: a front pier, a garden wall, steps down toward the view. Up here it hazes, blackens and greens while everything else corrodes around it.
We soft wash the stone, never a hire-shop pressure gun on hundred-year-old block. Blasting opens the face and the salt just gets in deeper next season. Instead the lichen and salt bloom are drawn out at low pressure, the growth lifts, and the stone comes back its own honey colour without a scar or a hollowed joint. Every finished face is photographed against the checklist.
Put your address into the instant quote. A firm, bookable price comes back in about 60 seconds, and it holds unless your place is materially different to what you told us.
Every block gets read before it gets touched. Here is the finish it is done to, surface by surface.
Soft washed at low pressure. Black lichen and salt lifted, the natural honey colour back, no blast scarring.
Treated at the root and drawn out over days, not scrubbed off the top. It does not grow straight back.
The white efflorescence eased off the face and the stone left open to breathe, never sealed shut over damp.
Worked gently around, old lime pointing left intact. Loose or failing joints flagged in the condition report, not force washed.
Trafficked sandstone cleaned back to grip and colour, edges and nosings done by hand where the machine cannot reach.
Copings, balusters and any carved faces cleaned by hand at close range so the crisp lines stay crisp.
A breathable seal only, applied once the stone is fully dry. It sheds salt and water and still lets the block breathe.
Job-close photos against the checklist. Anything past maintenance is named, marked, and referred to a specialist partner.
Meet Jake. He runs Schmick jobs in Dover Heights, and the same person comes back each visit — no rotating crew, no call-centre between you and the work.
Booking a one-off? A couple of cleans a year adds up. The Schmick Plan folds the whole exterior into one monthly price and keeps it handled, so you never think about it again.
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“Couldn’t fault them”
Had the windows and the driveway done. Turned up right on 8, finished before lunch, and the driveway honestly looks brand new. Same guy came back for the gutters last month and remembered our dog’s name. Couldn’t fault them.
“Should’ve done it years ago”
They sent me photos of what came out of our gutters. Revolting. Glad it’s gone. Lovely guys too.
“Came out after the storm”
We’re on their monthly plan. After that big blow in June they were out two days later and sorted everything without us having to chase. Worth it for that alone.
“Honest, which is rare”
Our sandstone wall had gone black and I’d assumed it was ruined. It’s come up beautifully. There was one damp patch he said needed a stone specialist rather than pretending he could fix it, which I appreciated. On time, tidy, very fair on price.
“Neighbours all asked who did it”
Windows are unreal. Two of the neighbours came over to ask who did them before the van had even left the street. Booking was easy and they text you when they’re on the way.
“10/10”
Got the whole outside done before we hosted Christmas. Mum asked if we’d had the place repainted. Showed up when they said, price was exactly what they quoted.
Yes. We work the clifftop streets regularly, Portland St and Blake St included. Salt-fed lichen on heritage block is precisely the job this service exists for.
Put your address into the instant online quote and a firm, bookable price comes back in about 60 seconds. It holds unless your place turns out to be materially different. Nobody comes out to look first.
The salt. This clifftop carries the heaviest load in the east, and salt feeds the lichen and haze that settle into the stone's pores. A soft wash every year or two stays ahead of it without ever touching the face with high pressure.
One crew, one visit. Book a single job or hand us the whole exterior.
Inside and out, tracks and screens. The squeegee line you can see from the street.
Render, brick and weatherboard brought back without blasting a thing. Ten years of grey, gone by lunch.
Cleared, flushed and photographed. The before you never wanted to see, and the after you will.
Pressure cleaned back to the day they were poured. Sealing available.
A film of grime is a tax on every panel. We take it off, quarterly, and your yield thanks you.
Moss, lichen and mould lifted off tiles and Colorbond. Soft washed, never blasted.
Timber, Colorbond and rendered fences washed back. The street side done first.
Tell us the address and what the street sees. The same person who would do the job gets back to you, not a call-centre.