Exterior cleaning in Sidney

Exterior cleaning in Sidney

Sidney sits at the north end of the Saanich Peninsula, on the water, and it is noticeably more open than the municipalities closer to Victoria. Less tree cover means more sun on roofs, and roofs that dry out are roofs with less moss.

What Sidney gets instead is exposure. It is on the Salish Sea with little shelter, so salt haze reaches most of the town and the wind carries debris a long way. Siding and glass dull faster here than the tree cover would suggest, and that catches people out — a clear roof and a dirty house is a normal Sidney combination.

The housing is a mix of older single-storey and bungalow stock, a good deal of it built for and occupied by retirees, alongside newer townhouse and condominium development closer to the town centre and the waterfront.

Single-storey housing changes the practicalities: more of the work is reachable, gutters are lower, and window cleaning is more straightforward than on the three-storey housing further south.

Because moss pressure is lower here than in Saanich, a roof in Sidney can often go considerably longer between cleans. That is worth saying plainly — if a roof does not need doing yet, the useful answer is to say so rather than to book it.

Housing here

Older single-storey and bungalow housing alongside newer townhouses and condominiums. More open, less tree cover, heavy coastal exposure. Predominantly asphalt shingle.

Where in Sidney

We work right across Sidney — Sidney-by-the-Sea waterfront, Beacon Avenue, Victoria International Airport, BC Ferries Swartz Bay terminal, Roberts Bay, Tulista Park and everywhere between. Same crews and the same number as the rest of Greater Victoria: 778-561-0713.