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Neutral Bay sandstone cleaning that lifts lichen and salt off hundred-year-old block without a hire-shop gun ever touching the face.
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Sandstone cleaning in Neutral Bay means reading the stone before you touch it. The Victorian terraces and Federation semis stacked down the hill hold their original sandstone at the base and boundary, and a century of Sydney weather has worked into it. We soft wash it. The lichen and salt lift, the grain stays.
Down the hill from Military Rd the problems layer up. Traffic film greys the front walls, salt drifts in off the water and settles on the porous face, and the south side grows mould where the sun never reaches. A pressure gun would scar all three off in one pass and take the top of the stone with it. Low pressure and the right treatment pull the grime and leave the block intact.
Every visit is photographed against the checklist, and it's the same operator each time, so the terrace on Ben Boyd Rd and the semi on Kurraba Rd get the same read. Put your address into the instant quote for a firm price in about a minute.
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 Neutral Bay, 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 terraces, semis and deco flats down the hill from Military Rd, including the sandstone bases and boundary walls along Ben Boyd Rd and Kurraba Rd.
Put your address into the instant online quote and you get a firm, bookable price in about 60 seconds. It holds unless the stone turns out to be materially different to what we quoted.
Salt off the water sits in the porous face and mould builds on the shaded south walls, and both come off with low pressure and treatment. A hire-shop gun would strip the surface of the block and leave it scarred for good.
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.