Façade Cleaning by Rope Access London

Surfaces we clean

Metal and composite cladding panels
Render and painted surfaces
Brick, natural stone and heritage façades
Curtain walling and spandrel panels
Signage, canopies and soffits
Paving, entrances and drainage channels (pressure washing)
Flat roofs, roof outlets, parapets and copings

Our method

We choose the cleaning method for the surface: low-pressure soft washing, hand cleaning, or a suitable cleaning solution where it is safe to use. We test a small area first when the surface is sensitive.

Combine it with your window clean

If we are already on the ropes for the windows, washing the façade in the same visit avoids a second setup and a second round of notices to residents.

Brick and slate washing

Algae and dirt build up on brick, slate mansards and parapets. We wash them from the ropes with controlled pressure, working top down.

Rope access technician jet washing a brick wall high on a building against a blue sky — Washing brick from the ropes

Rope access technician washing a slate mansard roof, clean strip visible through the dirt — Slate mansard: the clean strip shows the difference

Roofs and parapets

Flat roofs collect dirt, moss and standing water that blocks outlets and shortens the life of the membrane. We clean the roof, clear the outlets and wash parapets and copings from the ropes.

Flat roof membrane under standing water, covered in dirt and moss before cleaning — Before: standing water and moss

The same flat roof membrane clean and dry after cleaning — After: same roof, cleaned

Rope access technician pressure washing a parapet at the top of a brick building — Washing the parapet from the ropes

Rope access technician at the top of a brick and stone residential block — Parapet wash on a residential block

Heritage stone buildings

Older stone and faience façades need care. We clean cornices, columns and tiled bands at low pressure, working down from the parapet so loose dirt is never driven into cleaned stone.

Rope access technician washing the stone cornice of a period building — Washing a stone cornice

Close-up of black pollution staining on a carved stone column — Pollution staining on stone, before

See the difference

Pollution and rainwater leave dark streaks on cladding over time. This column is half cleaned: the top panel is done, the bottom still shows the staining.

Cladding column half cleaned, clean panel above and streaked panel below — Top cleaned, bottom not yet

Streaked staining on a white soffit band above louvres before cleaning — Typical streaking on a soffit band

Ground level too

We also pressure wash paving, entrances and drainage channels at the foot of the building, so the whole site looks finished.

Pressure washing granite paving and a drainage channel beside steel railings — Pressure washing paving and drainage

Sandstone paving part-cleaned, with clean and dirty areas side by side — Sandstone paving mid-clean

Long sandstone walkway beside a glazed building after pressure washing — Sandstone walkway, washed

Water-fed pole cleaning glazing next to a stained cladding column — Glazing and cladding on the same visit

Before and during

A roof terrace and its glass balustrade, washed by our rope team in one visit.

Weathered grey timber roof terrace before washing — Before: grey, weathered decking

Rope access technician washing a roof terrace, cleaned timber showing its original colour — During: cleaned timber back to its colour