JetReady Exterior Cleaning

20/04/2026

This week, Paul tackles a series of exterior cleaning jobs across West Yorkshire, starting with a York stone and Indian sandstone clean near Ilkley. The paving is heavily soiled, slippery underfoot, and includes a type of sandstone that rarely comes fully clean, even with chemical treatment.

The job involves pressure washing, surface cleaning, and biocide treatment to remove algae, blackspot (lichen), and deep grime. Care is needed throughout, especially on porous stone and weak pointing.

Later, Paul carries out a night shift at Station Plaza, cleaning stonework around flower beds maintained by a local volunteer group.

The final job is a patio clean in Ilkley, where the paving is contaminated with algae and deep bird droppings stains. The mess is baked into the surface, requiring stronger treatment and multiple passes, with no guarantee of a full recovery.

Paul Driver runs JetReady Exterior Cleaning, providing driveway cleaning, patio cleaning, stone restoration, render cleaning, and soft washing across Ilkley, Otley, Harrogate, and surrounding areas.

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02/04/2026

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10/03/2026

Early spring, and Paul heads out to the North Yorkshire Moors for a driveway and patio clean. The driveway is filthy and carpeted with moss. The patio has seen better days too.

A blocked gully is making drainage a problem, and a soakaway nearby seems to have given up entirely.

Later in the week, a render clean starts badly when Paul's softwashing trolley decides it's had enough. Field repairs are now the order of the day.

And when Paul returns to finish the block paving, the weather has the final say. Overnight snow makes the sanding job a little bit tricky.

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06/03/2026

It's springtime, and Paul is booked in for the first decking job of the season. Built from expensive hardwood, it's grimy and riddled with deep-seated mould and algae, so chemical treatment is needed before anything else can happen.

While the decking dries out, Paul takes on a huge job in North Leeds: two driveways, two patios, and a massive composite deck.

Everything's going smoothly until a high-pressure blowout threatens to derail the schedule.

With the weather holding just long enough, Paul gets the hardwood deck sanded and oiled. In the end, it comes up fantastic.

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01/03/2026

It's early spring and Paul is booking up fast.

A big job in Ilkley means cracking through three dirty patios in a single day. One has damaged pointing, with loads of moss squatting in the joints, so he has to be careful not to make it worse.

Next up is a huge block-paved driveway in Harrogate. It's dirty to start with, and it gets worse before it gets better. Back on site to finish the sanding, Paul realises ten bags won't be enough. With daylight fading, he works out another way to get the job finished.

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01/03/2026

Paul kicks off the pressure washing season on a large block-paved driveway, but nasty surprises are hidden out of sight.

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01/03/2026

Pressure Washing Van Setup. What worked and what didn't? Long term review.

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21/04/2025

We've been giving Ilkley Tesco a spring clean in readiness for it's upcoming refit.

22/02/2025

These Indian sandstone patio areas were incredibly stained and dangerously slippery. One of the levels also needed repointing. JetReady to the rescue.

09/10/2024

Yorkshire stone. This driveway and patio was looking a bit worse for wear and the pointing was very fragile and broken up. We fired up the boiler and dialed down the pressure. High temperature jetting gives us more cleaning power with much less pressure.

15/07/2024

I'm very pleased with how this turned out. The process began with a light pressure wash of the Balau hardwood deck to remove dirt and algae. Next, the decking boards were deep cleaned using DeckClean Pro from Pureseal. Once the deck was thoroughly dried, the entire structure was sanded with our Powerbrush decking sander, revealing the stunning natural beauty of the hardwood. Finally, a top-quality finish was applied using Expert Stain & Seal from Woodcareuk

28/06/2024

With help from Steve Shires and Woodcareuk I'm testing a new stripper for removing old finishes. In this case, grey decking stain. Spray on, rinse off. .