Patio paver cleaning in Lincoln
We ask what it's made of first
Cable Pressure Washing charges about $0.40 per square foot for patio and paver cleaning in Lincoln, CA, with a $150 minimum. Before any of that, though, we always ask what your patio is made of, then adjust the PSI, nozzle tips, and detergents to the material. That's how softer surfaces stay safe. We handle it all with pressure washing, gentle soft washing, or flat surface washing matched to what's under our feet:
- Concrete cleaning, stamped concrete, and exposed aggregate
- Paver cleaning: concrete pavers, brick pavers, and porcelain pavers
- Stone cleaning: travertine, flagstone, slate, and other stone pavers
- Tile patio cleaning, pool decks, and walkway and courtyard flatwork
Delicate stone gets surface-safe cleaning at lower pressure, and we finish with edge detailing so the whole patio is even. A clean pool deck also cuts the slip hazard along the shaded edges, and the whole job is one of the fastest curb appeal wins on the property. We run a cold-water rig, since hot water pressure washing is mostly a commercial thing.
Local knowledge
Sun City patios, Twelve Bridges pavers
Lincoln patios split into two camps, and we cover both from our base in Rocklin. Sun City Lincoln Hills is a 55-plus community of mostly single-story homes with compact covered patios, and homeowners there tend to want a crew that just handles it: no renting a pressure washer, no wrestling hoses, no ladders, and you can watch the whole thing from a lawn chair. Twelve Bridges is the opposite: newer builds where the backyard is the showpiece, with paver patios, an outdoor kitchen or built-in barbecue island, and more square footage of hardscape than lawn.
Both camps share the same enemies. Irrigation overspray plus shade keeps a strip of every patio damp through the dry season, and that damp strip is exactly where algae and mildew take hold, which is why the slick green band always runs along the north wall or under the patio cover. Sprinkler overspray also leaves irrigation deposits behind: the crusty white mineral staining that builds up wherever hard water hits the surface and dries, day after day. And after our wet winters, pavers push up efflorescence, the white haze that wicks out of the paver itself. The older streets around Downtown Lincoln add leaf tannins from mature trees to the mix. The same pattern runs from Sun City Lincoln Hills to Twelve Bridges to Downtown Lincoln, and we plan the clean around it.
The stains
The marks Lincoln patios collect
We read the surface first, then build the stain treatment around what's actually there: a targeted pre-treatment, the right dwell time, the wash, then a post-treatment and a clean rinse-down. What we treat:
- Rust stains from patio furniture, plant stands, and fire pits
- Barbecue grease and oil drips around the grill and outdoor kitchen
- Algae, mildew, moss, and other organic growth in the shaded, damp strips
- Leaf tannins, the brown shadows leaves leave behind when they sit through the rain
- Efflorescence, the white haze on pavers after wet winters
We're upfront about limits. Deep rust and old barbecue grease may not come 100 percent clean, and irrigation deposits that have etched into the surface over years of overspray may lighten rather than vanish; mineral staining like that is baked in deeper than a wash reaches. We do our best and tell you what to expect before we start, not after.
Pavers, sand & sealing
Straight talk on pavers
We clean without blowing out the joint sand, but a straight note so there are no surprises: we don't offer polymeric sand, paver re-sanding, paver sealing, or concrete sealing right now. Cable Pressure Washing cleans the patio and leaves the surface ready to seal, so if you want a paver sealer applied afterward or the edge restraints along the border reset, that's a job for a hardscape contractor, and a freshly cleaned surface is exactly the prep they want to start from.
The process
How a patio cleaning actually goes
Every patio gets the same five steps, and the order is the point: chemistry first, pressure last, so the surface never takes more force than it needs.
- Material check. Concrete, pavers, travertine, flagstone, slate, or porcelain: the material sets the PSI, the nozzle, and the detergent before anything gets wet.
- Pre-treatment. Stains and organic growth get a targeted pre-treatment with the right dwell time, which is what actually breaks them down.
- The wash. Broad areas get even surface washing at consistent passes; delicate stone stays at lower, surface-safe pressure.
- Edge detailing. Edges, corners, and the shaded strips along walls get finished by hand-guided passes so the patio reads even, not striped.
- Post-treatment and rinse-down. A post-treatment slows regrowth, then everything rinses clean, including the mess we made getting there.
Property protection runs through the whole job: your plants and grass get rinsed before and after, and the joint sand stays put. If you plan to seal the surface afterward, it is left ready for that.
What it costs
Patio cleaning prices in Lincoln
Patio and paver cleaning in Lincoln runs about $0.40 per square foot with a $150 minimum, so most patios land between $150 and $500. We use upfront pricing from a free estimate, every inquiry gets a reply the same day, and most jobs are scheduled within 3 days. The first 15 round-trip miles are included, and additional round-trip miles are billed at $0.70 per mile.
| Surface | How it's priced | Typical range |
|---|---|---|
| Patio / paver | per sq ft | ~$0.40/sq ft ($150–$500) |
| Pool deck | per sq ft | $150 min |
| Driveway cleaning | per sq ft | ~$0.25/sq ft |
| Sidewalk / walkway | add-on | +$60–$100 |
A compact Sun City patio often sits right at the minimum; a Twelve Bridges paver spread with a lot of hardscape climbs on square footage alone, same rate either way. Want a ballpark? Run it through our pressure washing cost calculator, then we confirm on-site.
One crew, whole exterior
The rest of your Lincoln home
Since we're already set up in your backyard, it's easy to add the front of the property in the same visit. The most common pairing is driveway cleaning in Lincoln, since the driveway shares the patio's dust and the bundle discount covers both. A house wash in Lincoln is the other natural add-on, especially in Sun City where the whole point is one crew handling the exterior top to bottom, and we can fold in gutter cleaning or solar panel cleaning while we're there. One visit, one invoice, no ladders for you.
Why us
Local, honest, insured
Cable Pressure Washing and Solar Panel Cleaning is Wesley and Harrison, a father-and-son team based in Rocklin serving Lincoln, California, from Sun City Lincoln Hills to Twelve Bridges and the older streets around Downtown Lincoln. If your community has a guard gate or a gate code, give us the details when you book and we plan for it.
We're insured, with liability coverage. On licensing: California doesn't issue a license for pressure washing, so nobody in this trade is licensed for it, but we carry insurance regardless. Every job comes with a satisfaction guarantee, and if you're not happy with an area, we make it right. Ask for before-and-after photos from our gallery when you reach out, or send the quote request form and we'll reply the same day. See our full driveway, patio, and sidewalk cleaning page, or the same patio service next door in Rocklin and Roseville.
Common questions