Founding Streets open in Edgecliff 2027
Sandstone cleaning in Edgecliff, done the slow way. The soft wash lifts lichen and salt while the hundred-year-old block stays exactly as the mason left it.
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Sandstone cleaning in Edgecliff means working above Double Bay, where apartment blocks and tucked-away homes sit on the ridge and catch two kinds of dirt. Traffic film drifts up off New South Head Rd. Salt drifts up off the harbour. Both settle into the stone and feed the lichen.
Heritage block does not forgive a hire-shop pressure gun. Blast it and you open the face, and once it is scarred it stays scarred. We soft wash instead. Low pressure, the right solution, and time to let it work. The lichen and salt lift, the stone keeps its skin.
Every job is photographed against the checklist, and the same operator comes back each visit. Put your address into the instant quote and you will have a firm price in about 60 seconds.
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 Edgecliff, 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 right across Edgecliff, on the ridge above Double Bay and the streets running off New McLean St. Steps, retaining walls, paths and facades, exterior only.
The instant online quote handles it. Put in your address and you get a firm, bookable price in about 60 seconds, and it holds unless the site turns out materially different.
On the ridge the killer is salt off the harbour combined with traffic film from New South Head Rd, which feeds lichen deep in the stone. We soft wash it out rather than blast it, so most Edgecliff sandstone wants a clean every couple of years.
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.