Exterior Cleaning in Canaryville, Chicago

Exterior Cleaning in Canaryville

Canaryville is five minutes from our shop. It's a tight neighborhood of frame and brick workers' cottages with small yards and front stoops. The housing stock is older, the lots are narrow, and the gutters fill fast from the mature trees on every block.

The frame cottages here need exterior house painting more often than the brick ones. The wood siding takes weather from all sides. We prep, prime, and paint the frame cottages with a quality exterior latex that lasts 5 to 7 years. We also pressure wash the siding first to remove the chalky oxidation and mildew before we paint.

The brick cottages need gutter cleaning twice a year. The trees on the blocks are mature, and they drop leaves, seeds, and twigs into the gutters all season. If you don't clean them, the water backs up and overflows behind the fascia. That's how you get wood rot on the eaves and water in the basement.

The front stoops on the cottages are concrete or wood. The concrete stoops get stained from salt and leaf tannins. We pressure wash them with a rotary surface cleaner and a degreaser if needed. The wood stoops need deck staining every couple of years. We strip, wash, and stain them with a solid-color stain that protects the wood and hides the wear.

We also do window washing on the cottages. The double-hungs get dusty from the street and spotted from the trees. We clean the glass, the sills, and the screens. We also do lawn care for the small front yards and snow removal in winter.

The small yards in Canaryville mean we can get a lot done in one visit. We bundle pressure washing, gutter cleaning, and window washing into a single trip. That saves you money and gets everything done at once. Call (217) 722-5379 for a free estimate.

What I See Working in Canaryville

The gutters on Canaryville cottages fill faster than almost any neighborhood we work in. The mature trees on every block drop leaves, seeds, and twigs into the gutters all season. We clean them twice a year, once in spring after the seeds drop and once in fall after the leaves fall. If you skip a cleaning, the water backs up and overflows behind the fascia. That causes wood rot on the eaves and water in the basement.

The frame cottages need painting more often than the brick ones. The wood siding takes sun, rain, and wind from all sides. The south and west walls fade first. We prep by pressure washing the siding to remove the chalky oxidation, then scrape and prime the bare spots, then apply two coats of exterior latex. A good paint job lasts 5 to 7 years on frame cottages here.

The front stoops are concrete or wood. The concrete stoops get stained from salt and leaf tannins. We pressure wash them with a rotary surface cleaner. The wood stoops need staining every couple of years. We strip the old finish, wash, dry, and apply a solid-color stain.

Services Available in Canaryville

Full exterior maintenance. One crew, twelve services. Click any service for process details and pricing.

• Pressure Washing
• Window Washing
• Deck Staining
• Holiday Lighting
• Lawn Care
• Snow Removal
• Roof Washing
• Gutter Cleaning
• Driveway Sealing
• Polymeric Sanding
• Exterior House Painting
• Real Estate Sign Hanging

Neighborhoods in Canaryville

Canaryville is a small neighborhood bordered by the railroad tracks to the west, 49th Street to the south, and Halsted to the east. The residential blocks run along Union, Lowe, and Halsted. The housing is mostly frame and brick workers' cottages on narrow lots. The area near 45th and Halsted has some newer construction mixed in.

Canaryville Service Area Map

Nearby Service Areas

We also serve these nearby neighborhoods and suburbs:

• Bridgeport
• Armour Square
• McKinley Park