Patio cleaning in Columbia that treats your back slab like the living space it is. Gentle on stamped, colored, and sealed finishes, and honest about what won't lift.
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Not the way we do it. A decorative or sealed slab gets a low-pressure soft wash, so the chemistry lifts the algae and the stamp lines and tint stay exactly how they were poured. We never run a hot surface cleaner over a finish.
It's algae, fed by the shade off your trees and the humidity that hangs in the river valley. The film is the growth itself, which is what makes it slippery. We kill it in the pores so it comes back slower, not just rinse the top.
Only so far, and we'll be straight about it. Grease is petroleum, a separate degreasing job, not the algae wash, and a set-in ring by the grill may only lighten. We won't promise a deep stain gone.
Yes. We soft-wash the pavers clean, but the sand washed out of the joints is its own thing. Re-sanding is a separate add-on. We'll tell you if yours needs it instead of leaving the joints bare.
Yes, with our usual care. We pre-wet and rinse the beds and planters along the slab, and the solution breaks down to mostly salt and water once it's diluted. Keep pets inside during the wash and an hour or two after so they're not on a wet slab.
Those are iron stains, inorganic, so they take a separate rust treatment. We can lighten them where they're treatable, but a deep ring may only fade a little. We'll show you what'll move before we charge you for it.
The crew that covers Columbia
Veteran-owned and local. The same people who answer the phone are the ones who show up at your Columbia home.
Founder · Veteran
Veteran, business owner, and the one behind every job. Conner built Bub's on the idea that South Carolina homeowners deserve better.
Certified Technician
Trained and certified through our in-house program, Riley brings precision to every job. When Riley’s on-site, your property is in good hands.
Head of Marketing
The creative force behind the brand. Jayden drives the strategy that keeps Bub's growing and in front of the right customers.
Getting a patio quote
Getting a patio quote is quick, and the price comes off a real read of your slab and its finish. You reach out, our booking team gets you on the schedule, a tech walks it in person, and you get a straight number on the spot.
Send the quick form or give us a call. A couple details, poured or pavers, stamped or plain, what you're seeing, gets us pointed the right way before we ever roll up.
Our booking department reaches back fast, often the same day, and finds a window that works for you. A real person, not a maze of menus.
We check whether it's stamped, colored, or sealed so we pick soft wash over a surface pass, look at the algae and shade, and flag any grease rings, rust stains, or paver joints that need re-sanding as their own line.
You get a real number on the spot: what the clean covers, what's a separate treatment, and what we'd leave alone. No upsell games, no surprises after we've started.
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Yes, and that's exactly why we look at the surface before we touch it. A stamped, colored, or sealed patio gets a low-pressure soft wash where the cleaning solution does the work. No hot surface cleaner, no wand on the color. The algae lifts and the finish stays put.
That's algae, and a shaded slab off an older Forest Acres or Olympia home greens up fast in our river-valley humidity. The slime is the growth itself, which is why it's slippery. We pre-treat to kill it and clean it off so you get the grip back, not just the look.
Grease is petroleum, not something living, so the solution that handles the algae won't touch it. It's a separate degreasing job. A degreaser can lighten a surface ring, but it's soaked into the concrete and a set-in spot may barely move. We'll tell you straight before we start, no promises it's gone.
Those are iron stains, which is inorganic, so it takes a separate rust treatment, not the regular wash. We can lighten rust rings where they're treatable, but deep ones may only fade a little, and we'll be honest about which is which instead of overselling it.
A shaded, lived-on patio films back over faster than a sunny driveway does. Most folks here stay happy on about a about every year-and-a-half to two years rhythm, sooner if your slab sits under steady tree shade or low where the air stays damp.
Yes. We're a mobile crew and we come to you, from Satchel Ford Terrace and Chartwell to Sandwood, Riverview Terrace, and out toward Forest Acres. No trip fee inside our area; if you're right on the edge, just ask and we'll let you know.
Real reviews from around Columbia
Conner and his team did a fantastic job cleaning of house trim, sidewalks and driveway. The pricing was fair and I decided to have them clean my 30' Catalina sailboat which they did a great job on as well. Highly recommend!
Paul Tomlinson
Google · a month ago
I saw Jaden and his crew at a neighbors house. Unsolicited the neighbor told me what a great job they did. They washed our entire house and walkways/ driveway and did a great job. A young group of veterans! Outstanding young men and outstanding job!!!
Jim Lloyd
Google · a month ago
Conner and his team did a great job! From the initial communication with them to finishing the job, these guys were responsive, on time, and efficient. They did a wonderful job cleaning the exterior of my home and surrounding carport/concrete. Highly recommend and will definitely use them again!
Holly O’Mara
Google · a month ago
Very detailed job. The staff is very friendly. Veteran owned and operated. Great job.
Rex Eargle
Google · 4 days ago
Professional crew and great work. Listened to concerns on care related to custom brick finishes and delivered a great clean. Will be using them again.
Edmund Booth
Google · a week ago
Bub’s do what I requested them to do plus some extra cleaning that was not required. House and deck look great!!!
Nathan Wilson
Google · a month ago
Conner and his team did a fantastic job cleaning of house trim, sidewalks and driveway. The pricing was fair and I decided to have them clean my 30' Catalina sailboat which they did a great job on as well. Highly recommend!
Paul Tomlinson
Google · a month ago
I saw Jaden and his crew at a neighbors house. Unsolicited the neighbor told me what a great job they did. They washed our entire house and walkways/ driveway and did a great job. A young group of veterans! Outstanding young men and outstanding job!!!
Jim Lloyd
Google · a month ago
Conner and his team did a great job! From the initial communication with them to finishing the job, these guys were responsive, on time, and efficient. They did a wonderful job cleaning the exterior of my home and surrounding carport/concrete. Highly recommend and will definitely use them again!
Holly O’Mara
Google · a month ago
Very detailed job. The staff is very friendly. Veteran owned and operated. Great job.
Rex Eargle
Google · 4 days ago
Professional crew and great work. Listened to concerns on care related to custom brick finishes and delivered a great clean. Will be using them again.
Edmund Booth
Google · a week ago
Bub’s do what I requested them to do plus some extra cleaning that was not required. House and deck look great!!!
Nathan Wilson
Google · a month ago
Patio Cleaning in Columbia, Soda City
Your patio isn't a driveway. It's where you grill, where the kids run barefoot, where the furniture and the planters live all season, so we clean it like that, not like a parking pad. The catch in the Midlands is that a lot of these older homes around Satchel Ford Terrace, Chartwell, and Sandwood have stamped, colored, or sealed patios, and a tree-shaded back slab in our river-valley humidity greens up with algae fast. Blast a decorative finish with a wand or a hot surface cleaner and you'll strip the color or leave clean stripes in the dirty haze. We read the surface first: a plain poured slab gets the proper two-step, but anything stamped, tinted, or sealed gets a gentle soft wash so the chemistry does the work and the finish stays put. And if you've got pavers, re-sanding the joints is its own add-on. We'll walk that with you, not surprise you with it.
Columbia sits where the Saluda and Broad rivers meet to form the Congaree, and that river-valley humidity, paired with some of the hottest summers in South Carolina, is exactly why exteriors here grow algae so fast. From the older brick around Shandon and Five Points to the homes in Forest Acres and out toward Lake Murray, the Midlands' iron-rich red clay leaves a rusty tint on top of the green, and a garden hose won't touch either one.
We bring our patio cleaning to Burnside East, Olympia, and Satchel Ford Terrace and the rest of Columbia, with the same crew and the same care.
While we're at your Columbia place, we can knock out your driveway cleaning, concrete cleaning, and pool deck cleaning too, all on the same trip with no second trip fee.
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Our process, step by step
A patio is a finished, lived-on space. Half the job is knowing where NOT to use pressure. Here's how a clean goes from the walk to the last rinse.
Stamped, colored, or sealed patios can't take the same pass a bare driveway can. High pressure peels the finish and strips the tint. We check what you've got first, then pick gentle soft wash or a surface-clean pass to match it.
We lay down a cleaning solution and let it dwell. That dwell is what kills the algae and mildew down in the concrete instead of just rinsing the green off the top, so it grows back slower, not the next humid week.
A plain poured slab gets a surface cleaner for a flat, even pass with no wand stripes. If that poured slab is on the newer side, hard already but not aged in yet, we open the surface cleaner up to a softer, wider-spray tip and let a longer pre-treat soak do the heavy lifting, so the green comes off without leaning on pressure a young slab shouldn't take. A decorative or sealed patio gets low pressure and lets the chemistry carry the load, so the stamp lines and color stay exactly how they were poured.
We post-treat to dry one consistent color edge to edge, then rinse the slab and soak your beds and planters along it. If your pavers need joints re-sanded or you've got a grease ring by the grill, we flag it as its own job. No surprises.
