Concrete, sidewalk and plaza cleaning for an even, bright finish.

Concrete, sidewalk and plaza cleaning from Raincrest.

Concrete is porous. Every spilled coffee, dropped fry, leaking car and muddy shoe leaves a little behind, and over time a light walkway turns blotchy and dark. Sweeping moves the loose debris. It doesn’t touch what has soaked into the surface.

Raincrest washes sidewalks, walkways, plazas, courtyards, steps and patios in overlapping passes so the finish comes out even instead of striped. Stains around benches, planters and trash cans get extra attention, and edges along curbs and building lines are cleaned as carefully as the open slab.

For busy properties, a recurring schedule keeps the concrete from ever getting back to the dark, patchy stage. Retail walkways and office plazas look their best on a monthly or quarterly visit.

Why concrete turns dark and patchy.

Light concrete shows everything. Drink spills and food dry into dark spots, rust from planters and furniture leaves orange rings, tree sap and leaves stain the slab in the fall, and a gray film builds up wherever people walk most. Around trash cans and benches the stains overlap, and the surface starts to look blotchy even right after it’s swept.

Regular washing lifts that film and most of the spot staining, so the walkway returns to one even tone. Heavier stains get extra passes, and the edges along curbs, building lines and planter walls are finished so there is no dirty border around a clean center.

Sidewalks along your frontage.

Customers walk the public sidewalk before they ever reach your door, so it is part of how they see the business. We wash the sidewalk from the building line to the curb, around tree wells, meters and bike racks, early in the morning before foot traffic picks up. It’s a simple way to make a block of shops or a whole shopping center look cared for.