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.
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Edmund Booth
Google · a week ago
Brick Cleaning in
Irmo, SC
Brick cleaning in Irmo for the brick homes and walls all over the Dutch Fork. A mortar-safe soft wash that clears the green and the black off the brick without carving up the mortar a pressure washer would.
Free & in person · No obligation · We come to you, no trip fee
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Veteran
Owned & Operated
Licensed
& Fully Insured
What you get with Bub's
- The green and black lift off the brick while the older mortar stays solid in every joint, nothing carved or pitted
- The algae and mildew die down in the pores of the clay instead of getting blasted off the face, so they regrow slower
- Low pressure all the way, so no water is forced into the mortar or behind the wall, which matters most on an established home
- An honest read on the white efflorescence bloom and any rust, both minerals and not growth, each handled on its own
Our Work
Real Results, Real Homes
The right way to clean brick
A pressure washer vs.
a mortar-safe soft wash
High Pressure
What it does to a brick wall
- Cuts the older, softer mortar straight out from between the brick
- Forces water in behind the wall where it sits and makes trouble
- Strips the green off the face while the growth lives on down in the clay
- Pounds the masonry and still leaves the white bloom and the rust behind
Bub's method
Soft Wash
How we do it
- Low pressure leaves every joint of mortar solid, nothing carved or pitted
- The solution kills the algae and mildew deep in the pores of the clay
- A soft, even rinse brings the whole face to one color, no streaks
- A straight read on the efflorescence and rust, faded or flagged, never over-sold
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The questions Irmo homeowners
actually ask
No. Blotches come from uneven pressure and spot-scrubbing, and we do neither. The solution lays on even, does the cleaning, and a soft rinse settles the whole face to one tone. The brick finishes uniform, not clean in patches.
Not the way we work. High pressure is what blows older mortar out of the joints, so we use low pressure and let the solution carry it. On an established Irmo home that mortar is the very thing we are guarding, so nothing gets cut out or loosened.
Builders know it as efflorescence. Water tracking through the wall carries mineral salt to the surface, where it dries to a chalky white film. It is not a growth, so the wash that kills the green does nothing to it. We can dry-brush it back, but as long as moisture keeps moving through, it works its way out again, and we are upfront about that.
Yes. Whatever grows against the wall gets a soak before we start and a rinse after. The mix only harms plants if it dries on the leaves, so we keep them wet through the job.
Once it is rinsed and dry, yes. We flush the wall and the ground until nothing sits on top, then it just needs to dry like it would after a rain before the family is back out.
Yes, both. Veteran-owned and fully insured, which matters on older brick, where you want someone covered if a mortar joint is already failing. The crew is the owner and his own people.
The crew that covers Irmo
Meet
Bub's team
Veteran-owned and local. The same people who answer the phone are the ones who show up at your Irmo home.
Conner Laugh
Founder · Veteran
Veteran, business owner, and the one behind every job. Conner built Bub's on the idea that South Carolina homeowners deserve better.
Riley Funk
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.
Jayden Clark
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 your quote, step by step
How getting your free quote works
Four steps from your first message to a real brick-cleaning price, and we read the brick and the mortar in person so we know how light a hand it takes.
1
Call or send the form and tell us about the brick. The age of the home, where the green and black sit, and whether any white chalky bloom shows. That gets it going.
2
You hear back fast, often the same day, and we set a window that suits your week. A real person carries it the whole way.
3
Before any water runs, a tech looks the wall over with you, the age and state of the mortar, where the algae is worst, and which marks are growth versus efflorescence or rust. That sets how light the pass has to be.
4
No charge to come look, no trip fee, and no obligation. Say the word and we get on the calendar.
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Around Irmo
Where we work around Irmo
FriarsgateSeven OaksBallentine EstatesChestnut Hill PlantationCaedmons CreekBelfairBellemontForest RidgeColony RidgeKingston ForestHeatherstoneMagnolia Point
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Questions, answered
Common Irmo brick cleaning questions
Brick itself shrugs off some force, but on an established Irmo home the mortar packed between it will not, and a hard tip scoops it straight out of the joints. That is why we leave the wand in the truck and soft wash, letting a low-pressure solution lift the green while the joints stay whole.
Builders call it efflorescence. It is salt riding out of the masonry on water that moves through the wall, and it leaves a powdery white film on the face. Since it is mineral and not a growth, the soft wash that strips the green walks right past it. A dry brush knocks it back, but it creeps out again wherever water keeps passing through, and we say so before we start.
The green and black is organic, algae and mildew, and yes, the soft wash clears it and brings the brick back to one color. The only holdouts are the inorganic marks, efflorescence and deep rust, and we flag those up front so nothing surprises you.
Yes, because we kill the algae down in the pores instead of rinsing the surface. The pace comes down to shade and humidity, and on a wall under the Dutch Fork canopy that is real, so a shaded north wall greens up before a sunny one.
A about every year-and-a-half to two years rhythm suits most brick here. A wall that stays shaded and damp under the trees films up quicker than one in the open, so keep an eye on the side that gets the least sun.
We do, all over Irmo, from the brick homes around Friarsgate and Seven Oaks to Ballentine and the rest of the Dutch Fork. No trip fee to come to you. On the edge of the area, reach out and ask.
Irmo-area customers
5 from 24+ Google reviews
Bub’s Pressure Washing/ Soft Washing of our subdivision brick walls was amazing! They are owned and operated by Veterans who are continuing to serve us by providing excellent and professional work for a reasonable price. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!
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Linda Byars
Google · 2 weeks ago
Very nice young men with a great work ethic! They were organized and efficient. They did a great job at a great price. My house is so happy to be clean! Gutters I thought we would need to replace look new again! We have a happy clean home! You should have one too! Get a quote. You won’t regret it.
wendy kidd
Google · a week ago
They did a great job! Very nice young men and very polite. Reasonably priced as well. Highly recommend!
A C
Google · 2 weeks ago
Reported 30 minutes earlier than scheduled time. Politely and willingly to move all plants away from the porch before washing. Good job!
lin ko
Google · 4 weeks ago
Very great work, night and day difference! Very reasonably priced and they accomplished the work quickly! Very happy with the results. Will definitely use again. Thank you team!
Robert Leavitt
Google · 4 weeks 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.
E
Edmund Booth
Google · a week ago
Bub’s Pressure Washing/ Soft Washing of our subdivision brick walls was amazing! They are owned and operated by Veterans who are continuing to serve us by providing excellent and professional work for a reasonable price. HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!
L
Linda Byars
Google · 2 weeks ago
Very nice young men with a great work ethic! They were organized and efficient. They did a great job at a great price. My house is so happy to be clean! Gutters I thought we would need to replace look new again! We have a happy clean home! You should have one too! Get a quote. You won’t regret it.
wendy kidd
Google · a week ago
They did a great job! Very nice young men and very polite. Reasonably priced as well. Highly recommend!
A C
Google · 2 weeks ago
Reported 30 minutes earlier than scheduled time. Politely and willingly to move all plants away from the porch before washing. Good job!
lin ko
Google · 4 weeks ago
Very great work, night and day difference! Very reasonably priced and they accomplished the work quickly! Very happy with the results. Will definitely use again. Thank you team!
Robert Leavitt
Google · 4 weeks ago
Brick Cleaning in Irmo, the Dutch Fork
Your local Irmo brick cleaning crew
Here is the mistake that turns a cleaning into a repair: somebody points a pressure washer at an old brick wall. Brick can take some pressure, but the mortar between it cannot, and a hard tip cuts it right out of the joints. A lot of Irmo is brick, the established homes around Friarsgate and Seven Oaks and the Dutch Fork in general, and that older mortar is softer than people think. The green and black on the brick is algae and mildew, fed by the shade and humidity. It sits down in the pores of the clay where blasting never reaches. So we soft wash brick instead. A cleaning solution breaks the growth down at the root, a gentle rinse carries it off, and the brick comes back to an even color with every mortar joint left solid.
Irmo sits northwest of Columbia in the Dutch Fork, the old German-settled stretch of country between the Broad and Saluda rivers. The town took its name from two railroad men, Iredell and Moseley, and grew up around the Harbison corridor and Saint Andrews Road into a settled suburban place. The bones of it are the established 1970s and 1980s subdivisions, Friarsgate and Seven Oaks among them, sitting under a thick canopy of pine and hardwood, with newer growth still going up around the edges. The Okra Strut festival fills Irmo Community Park every fall, Harbison State Forest runs eighteen miles of trail down toward the Broad River, and out on the Ballentine side the town runs right up to Lake Murray. Dutch Fork schools anchor the place. Most of the homes are vinyl and brick on mature, tree-shaded lots, so the north-facing walls, the roofs tucked under the canopy, and the older concrete out front all green up fast in the Midlands humidity. The town straddles two counties, Lexington and Richland.
In Kingston Forest, Bellemont, and Chestnut Hill Plantation, or anywhere else around Irmo, we come to you for brick cleaning, no trip fee.
While we're at your Irmo place, we can knock out your house washing, roof cleaning, and window cleaning too, all on the same trip with no second trip fee.
Veteran-owned, and we treat your home like it's ours.
Free, in-person estimate · we come to you, no trip fee
Our process, step by step
How we clean Irmo brick, start to finish
Here is the full job on a brick home out in the Dutch Fork. The aim is plain: the green and black gone, the mortar left whole, and the entire wall back to one even color.
We open by soaking the beds and shrubs along the wall and keeping them damp. Then we read the brick, the age and softness of the mortar, where the algae packs in, and whether any bloom or rust is in the mix. Older mortar takes the lightest hand we carry.
The solution lays on the brick at low pressure with real time to settle into the pores and kill the algae and mildew at the root. The pores are where the growth lives and where pressure never reaches, so the soak is what truly clears it and slows the return.
A soft rinse carries the dead growth off and brings the whole face to one tone, no stripe and no blotch. Low pressure the entire way means nothing drives into the joints or behind the wall, the trouble older brick gets from a wand.
We look over the mortar joints, the weep holes, and the trim. Whatever is not growth, a chalky efflorescence bloom or a rust stain, we point out and explain, fade what we can, and never pretend it is gone.
