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Sandstone cleaning in Watsons Bay means soft washing hundred-year-old block until the salt and lichen lift, with the stone left exactly as it was.
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Watsons Bay sits right at the tip of the peninsula, so the stone here takes the harbour mouth full in the face. Between the weatherboard cottages and the waterfront homes, the sandstone doing the real work is the steps, the garden walls and the old retaining block. Sandstone cleaning here starts with the salt: sea spray drifts up off Camp Cove, settles into the grain, and feeds the lichen that greys a wall out over a couple of winters.
So we soft wash it. No hire-shop pressure gun goes near stone that has been in the ground a century, because that gun etches the face and the mark never comes back out. The wash draws the black and the salt off and leaves the grain sitting where it always was.
Send the address through the instant quote and a firm, bookable price comes back 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 Watsons 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 soft wash sandstone across Watsons Bay, from the homes up near Camp Cove to the streets around Pacific St and Cliff St. Exterior stone only: steps, walls, paths and retaining block.
Put your address into the instant quote and a firm price comes back in about 60 seconds. It holds unless the stone turns out materially different from what you described, so there is no inspection visit to book first.
Salt is the local problem. The harbour mouth keeps the spray coming, so lichen returns faster here than it does a few streets back. Most sandstone out this way looks right for a couple of years after a soft wash.
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.