Exterior cleaning in Blackburn

Exterior cleaning in Blackburn

Blackburn is south-east of Prince George along Highway 16, and it is genuinely rural rather than suburban — acreages, large lots and a lot of standing timber.

The rural setting changes almost every practical aspect of the work. Properties are further apart and further from the road, driveways are long and often unpaved, and access is something to establish before turning up rather than after.

Tree cover is heavy and close, which puts the heaviest debris load of anywhere around the city into gutters and roof valleys. On an acreage backed by standing timber, a gutter can pack full in a single autumn.

Long driveways are the other defining feature. A rural driveway is several times the area of a suburban one, and it collects a full winter of grit and gravel that has to come off in the spring. It is also considerably more snow to clear through the winter.

Housing runs from older rural homes and farm properties through to newer builds on acreage, so roof surfaces vary more than in the city — asphalt shingle predominantly, but metal roofs turn up regularly out here.

Housing here

Rural acreages and farm properties with heavy standing timber. Older rural homes through newer acreage builds, asphalt shingle with a fair proportion of metal. Long, often unpaved driveways.

Where in Blackburn

We work right across Blackburn — Highway 16 East, Blackburn Road, Giscome Road, Tabor Lake, Willow River and everywhere between. Same crews and the same number as the rest of Prince George: 250-561-6312.