With temperatures of 33°C, it’s time to consider surface cleaning! Brush off your favourite recliners, scout out the sunniest spot in the garden, and set up the table on the patio for lunching al fresco. We’ve got to make the most of the good weather.
Hosting barbeques and outside lunches can be a stressful business, and that’s before you begin considering cleaning your outside areas. Ensuring the grass looks gorgeously green, and making sure your patios, paths, and paving are free of grime, moss and weeds – the pressure’s enough to put anyone off their burger.
You’ll be happy to know that we now offer Joe’s surface treatments. Meaning you can happily tuck into your burger, stress-free, knowing that the great outdoor ambience has been taken care of.
We’re pleased as punch to let you know that our freshly polished Surface Programmes are now live – including our snazzy Brush Cleaning service, which is great for all hard surfaces, including sports courts (think hard tennis courts), patios, paths, and driveways.
Before we get into our new Surface Programmes, let’s recap what Surface Treatments we can help with.
Surface Treatments
For those already on a lawn care or surface programme with us, we can offer one-off, ad-hoc surface treatments for the following…
WEED CONTROL
Over-the-counter weed killers, and hand-pulling weeds yourself can cause annoyance due to short-lasting results. Understanding how weeds work is crucial, if you’re keen on DIY-ing it, but we have an alternative. Save yourself the frustration – we’re rather good at controlling weeds! At Joe’s, we’re experts in providing safe and affordable Weed Controls. All of our technicians fully trained and certified with PA1 and PA6 spraying qualifications.
Domestic, diluted weed killers usually only target the weeds above ground, leaving the roots to grow back at any opportune time. We use professional-grade herbicides. These go deeper, penetrating the stem and killing the weed from the root up – which means longer-lasting results. Our Weed Control is great for paths, patios, and paving – and don’t forget, we also offer this for lawns!
MOSS CONTROL
Similar to our Weed Control, our Moss Control does what it says on the tin. Moss LOVES to sneak into your patio and driveway, damaging and cracking bricks and tarmac. Algae is also problematic, being a slip hazard and an eyesore.
Our Moss Control tackles moss and grimy algae, giving your brickwork, tiles, decking, driveways, and paths a sparkling clean look. Our NPTC-qualified technicians can apply moss control throughout the year. This treatment takes 2-3 weeks to effectively kill off the moss. After 3 weeks, you can brush the blackened debris away to effectively remove it. For algae, the results are instant.
SURFACE CLEAN
It’s all-too common to find growths such as algae, lichens, and moss on hard surfaces. Grotty build ups can strike at your tiles or block-paving during particularly wet periods or in shady, humid areas of the garden. This can turn your lovely garden into an obstacle course, leading to slippery paths, hazardous steps, and mottled-green wooden furnishings. Scrubbing or pressure washing deals with a bit of the problem, but this can leave marks and damage the joints and grout between patio slabs which exposes the perfect area for weeds to form.
We spray treat the surface, leaving the product to work its magic. We use a natural, professionally accredited biocide that gently works overtime to get your surfaces looking fresh again.
The Surface Clean treatment kills, removes, and prevents green mould and algae. Whilst the treatment gets to work within 2-4 days, results are visible within 2-3 weeks. The treatment continually cleans the treated surfaces in the following weeks and months after application.
Our Surface Clean works fantastically with patios, paths, driveways, block-paving, decking, fences and furniture. It provides long-lasting results, minimal damage to patio slabs and grouting, removes moss, algae, and lichens, and prevents regrowth.
BRUSH CLEAN
A recently polished service, Brush Cleaning is ideal for tennis-courts, patios, and driveways. Our advanced Brush Clean removes debris and grime, ensuring a fresher looking surface. It helps paths, patios, tennis courts, and other hard surfaces look their best again. It wipes them free of mucky debris and other dead, organic undesirables.
Our Brush Cleaning works in great tandem with our other surface treatments. It’s particularly recommended to have one after a Moss or Weed Control if you don’t fancy cleaning up the dead debris yourself, as they can take a couple of weeks to effectively target all moss and weeds.
This can be done throughout the year, but it’s great to book one for Summer whilst it’s dry weather. If the surface has been brushed before, or the debris is light, Autumn and Winter are good times for this, too.
Regular Brush Cleaning is extremely beneficial to hard-surface tennis courts. This keeps the playing surface well-maintained throughout the year and devoid of any tripping hazards.
The benefits of a Brush Clean on courts, in addition to standard surfaces like block-paving, patios and driveways, are multiple. Brush Cleaning removes dead moss, algae, lichens and weeds, offering long-lasting, powerful results when paired with regular maintenance and other surface treatments. Sweeping away dead weeds and stubborn debris, it also won’t damage your surfaces. We target tricky, smaller areas with a hand brush to ensure the area is fully cleaned.
If your surface area exceeds 200m, it may fall under a “Heavy” Brush Clean. If your hard surface is carpeted with organic debris like mushy old leaves, dead moss, burnt weeds, and general grubbiness, this would also fall under a “Heavy” Brush Clean.
Surface Programmes
Our Surface Programmes combine our most popular Surface Treatments together to offer a comprehensive method of tackling specific surface problems.
Our Basic Surface Programme was designed to eliminate weeds from paths, patios, block-paving, tennis-courts, driveways and other surfaces. It provides regular maintenance to combat tough weeds, aiming to stop them popping back up, and to keep your hard surfaces tidy and weed-free. It includes 3 Seasonal Weed Control Treatments in the Spring, Summer, and Autumn.
Our most popular, the Enhanced Surface Programme, tackles both moss and weed alike throughout the seasons, keeping your surfaces free of fuzz. With 5 Seasonal Treatments, it covers a Weed Control in Spring, Summer and Autumn, with a Moss Control applied in Spring and Winter.
For a sparkling finish, our Premium Surface Programme delivers bespoke cleaning, applying our specialist Surface Clean that works with natural elements to gradually clean and restore your surfaces. With 7 Seasonal Treatments altogether, this includes 3 Weed Controls in Spring, Summer Autumn, 2 Moss Controls in Spring and Winter, and 2 Surface Cleans in Spring and Autumn.
For all programmes, we offer a variety of different payment methods. You can select Pay As You Go, Upfront*, or Pay Monthly, and spread out your treatment costs over 12 months (minimum).
For Upfront, you can snag a discount on your programme, as of 2025, but please check with us at the time of confirmation.
Whether it’s weeds creeping through the patio or moss making the driveway slippery, we’re here to help get everything neat and tidy again. With our easy treatments and fuss-free programmes, you can leave the hard work to us and just enjoy your garden. Pop the kettle on and let us take care of it – book your surface treatment today and we’ll do the rest.
