Commercial cleaning in Caernarfon

Caernarfon is really two towns to clean. Inside the walls the buildings are old, listed or in a conservation area, and the streets are narrow enough that access is the first thing we work out. Down at Doc Fictoria and along the waterfront the stock is much newer — apartments, offices and marine units — and there the problem is exposure.

The old town is where the care is needed. Lime render, painted stone and slate do not take a pressure lance. We soft wash instead, which is slower and costs a little more, but it does not leave you repainting an elevation. Loading and parking need sorting before the first visit, because a lot of these streets will not take a van sitting in them.

The waterfront is the opposite problem. Newer buildings, easier access, but they sit right on the Strait. Salt haze dulls the glass within a couple of weeks in an onshore wind. It hazes evenly, so it is easy to miss until it looks bad.

The castle and the harbour bring a long tourist season, which fills the town with holiday lets, cafés and small hotels. That is changeover cleaning through the summer and deep cleans in the quiet months. There is construction work too — Cyngor Gwynedd's housing programme and the developments around the edges of the town — and those end in a builders clean against a date somebody has already committed to.

Cyngor Gwynedd is the council. Welsh is the working language for most people here, and our crews are Welsh speakers, which makes site conversations easier for everyone.