Two nice young workers arrived 30 minutes in advance. They were very polite and helpful in removing all plants from front porch before pressure washing. The house and driveway are so clean now. Great job!
Lin Ko
Google · 4 weeks ago
Deck Washing in
Irmo, SC
Deck washing in Irmo that brings a gray, weathered deck back to warm wood. We lift the mildew and the gray with an oxygen cleaner, then a brightener reopens the grain and the color, all at low pressure so the wood is never furred up.
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Owned & Operated
Licensed
& Fully Insured
What you get with Bub's
- Low pressure and an oxygen cleaner, so the wood is never furred up, gouged, or left splintery
- The gray and mildew lift out of the grain, and a brightener pulls the warm color back
- Safe on the softwood decks all over Irmo, and on the railings, steps, and lattice too
- Left clean, balanced, and dry, so it is ready to seal or stain when you are
Our Work
Real Results, Real Homes
The right way to wash a deck
A pressure washer vs.
an oxygen clean and brighten
High Pressure
What a pressure washer does to wood
- Tears the soft surface fiber and raises a fuzz of splinters
- Carves lines and gouges across the boards that do not sand out easily
- Drives water deep into the grain where it lingers and feeds rot
- Strips the gray off the top without restoring any of the color
Bub's method
Oxygen Clean & Brighten
How we do it
- An oxygen cleaner lifts the gray and mildew out of the grain at low pressure
- A brightener reopens the grain and pulls the warm color back
- Wood-safe chemistry, never the chlorine wash we use on siding and roofs
- Left balanced and dry, ready to seal or stain
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The questions Irmo homeowners
actually ask
You can put a pressure washer on wood, but you should not. High pressure tears the soft surface fiber, raises a fuzz of splinters, and leaves lines carved across the boards. Wood is not concrete. We clean it with an oxygen cleaner at low pressure instead, which lifts the gray and mildew without chewing up the wood.
Usually not. That gray is weathered surface fiber and mildew, and the real color is still down in the grain. The oxygen cleaner lifts the gray off and the brightener pulls the warm tone back up. Most decks that look done come back looking like wood again.
No. A house and roof get a chlorine-based soft wash, but wood gets an oxygen cleaner and a brightener instead, which are made for wood and easier on it. Using the right chemistry on the wood is the whole point, so we never put the harsh stuff on your deck.
Yes. We soak the beds and shrubs first, rinse them after, and the oxygen cleaner breaks down once it is diluted and rinsed. Keeping everything wet while we work is how the landscaping comes through fine.
Once it is rinsed and dry, yes. We rinse the boards until nothing is left sitting on top, then the deck just needs to dry before anyone is back out on it barefoot.
Yes, both, veteran-owned and fully insured, which counts when we are working over a structure your family stands on. The crew is the owner and his own guys.
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 deck price, and we read the actual wood in person, the gray, the mildew, the soft spots, so the number fits the deck you have.
1
Call or send the form and tell us about the deck. The size, how gray and rough it has gone, the wood if you know it, and whether you plan to seal or stain after. That gets it started.
2
We get back to you fast, usually that day, and set a window with dry weather in mind, since the wood needs to dry out after we wash it.
3
Before any water runs, a tech walks the deck, the gray, the mildew, the railings and steps, and any popped nails or soft boards, so we know how to clean it and what to expect.
4
The visit is free, no trip charge, and no obligation. Give the go-ahead and we pick a dry day to start.
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Around Irmo
Where we work around Irmo
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Questions, answered
Common Irmo deck washing questions
No, not with high pressure. Wood is soft, and a pressure washer tears the surface fiber, raises splinters, and gouges lines across the boards. We clean wood with an oxygen cleaner at low pressure, then a brightener, so the gray and mildew lift out and the wood is left smooth, not furred up.
Usually, yes. The gray is weathered surface fiber and mildew, and the warm color is still in the grain underneath. The oxygen cleaner lifts the gray and the brightener pulls the tone back up. A deck that looks past saving often comes back looking like real wood again.
No, the chemistry is different. A house and roof get a chlorine-based soft wash, but wood gets an oxygen cleaner and a brightener made for it. Putting the harsh house mix on a deck is a mistake, so we use the wood-safe products on the wood.
Yes, and washing first is the right order. The clean strips the gray and mildew and the brightener opens the grain, so a stain or sealer soaks in even instead of sitting on a dirty surface. We leave the wood ready once it has dried out.
A about every year-and-a-half to two years rhythm keeps most decks here from going gray and rough. One shaded under the canopy holds damp and pine sap longer and weathers faster, so the shaded boards are usually the first to tell you it is time.
We do, all over Irmo, from the decks 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
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
The crew did a great job cleaning my pool deck and driveway. Arrived on schedule.
Grady Hansen
Google · a month ago
Bub’s do what I requested them to do plus some extra cleaning that was not required. House and deck look great!!!
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Nathan Wilson
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!!!
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Jim Lloyd
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
Two nice young workers arrived 30 minutes in advance. They were very polite and helpful in removing all plants from front porch before pressure washing. The house and driveway are so clean now. Great job!
Lin Ko
Google · 4 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
The crew did a great job cleaning my pool deck and driveway. Arrived on schedule.
Grady Hansen
Google · a month ago
Bub’s do what I requested them to do plus some extra cleaning that was not required. House and deck look great!!!
N
Nathan Wilson
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!!!
J
Jim Lloyd
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
Deck Washing in Irmo, the Dutch Fork
Deck Washing done right in Irmo
Most people look at a gray deck and figure the wood is shot. It usually is not. That flat gray is weathered surface fiber and mildew sitting on top, and the warm color is still down in the grain. The mistake is reaching for a pressure washer to fix it, because high pressure on softwood tears the surface, raises splinters, and carves lines into the boards. We use an oxygen cleaner instead, the wood-safe kind, to lift the gray and the mildew out of the fibers at low pressure. Then a wood brightener neutralizes it and reopens the grain so the warm tone comes back. Out here the canopy drops pine sap and pollen on shaded boards. That two-step takes a deck from gray and rough back to wood you would walk barefoot on, and leaves it ready to seal.
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.
We bring our deck washing to Belfair, Chestnut Hill Plantation, and Seven Oaks and the rest of Irmo, with the same crew and the same care.
While we're at your Irmo 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.
Veteran-owned, and we treat your home like it's ours.
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Our process, step by step
How we wash an Irmo deck, start to finish
Here is the full job on a gray, weathered deck under the Dutch Fork canopy. The aim is plain: the gray and mildew gone, the warm wood color back, and not a board furred up by high pressure.
We soak the plantings around the deck and keep them damp, then walk the boards, the railings, the steps, and the lattice, looking for popped nails, soft spots, and how far the gray has set in. Wood gets the lightest hand we have.
We work an oxygen cleaner into the wood at low pressure to break the gray, the mildew, and the trapped pine sap loose from the grain. It is the wood-safe way, no chlorine sitting in the fibers and no high pressure tearing the surface.
Then a wood brightener neutralizes the cleaner, balances the pH, and reopens the grain so the warm tone comes back to the surface. This is the step that takes a deck from clean-but-gray to looking like wood again.
We rinse the whole deck to one even tone, give the beds a last rinse, and leave the wood clean, balanced, and drying. Once it dries out, it is ready for you to seal or stain.
