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Sandstone cleaning for Hunters Hill's heritage walls and frontages. Lichen and salt lifted with a soft wash, so hundred-year-old block comes up clean and stays intact.
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Sandstone cleaning in Hunters Hill is heritage work, and it should be treated that way. Australia's oldest garden suburb built its Victorians and its boundary walls out of local block, and a hundred years on, the lichen and moss have made themselves at home in the stone. Salt rises through the courses near the water. None of it belongs to a hire-shop pressure gun.
We soft wash, never blast. The lichen and the black crust lift at a pressure the stone can take, so the face comes back without the pitting and haloing that a hard nozzle leaves on old block. Original walls, the low frontages along the older streets, garden steps and paving all get the same restraint, and every finished section is photographed against the checklist so you can see the stone, not a promise.
If your place sits among the heritage sandstone off Alexandra St or Woolwich Rd, put the address into the instant quote. A firm, bookable price comes back in about 60 seconds, and it holds unless the stonework 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 Hunters Hill, 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. Hunters Hill is regular ground for us, walls and frontages among the heritage sandstone off Alexandra St and Woolwich Rd included. Old block is exactly what this soft-wash 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 the stonework turns out to be materially different. No one comes out to look first.
Old, porous block near the water holds damp, and lichen and moss thrive on it, with salt working up through the lower courses. We soft wash it off at a pressure the stone can take, and most owners book a return every couple of years before it re-establishes.
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.