What Changes the Price of Deck and Fence Cleaning in Brunswick, GA

Four things drive the number: the deck's square footage and whether it's one level or two with stairs and rails, the material it's built from, how heavy the gray or green growth has gotten, and how easily the crew can reach it with water and a hose. None of that shows up on a price list — Atlantic Coastal Cleaning doesn't keep one for deck and fence work, because those four factors move too much between one Brunswick backyard and the next to make a flat number honest.

Start with size — it's the part most people can measure themselves. A ground-level deck off the back door is a different job from a two-level deck with a run of stairs down to the yard. Stairs, rails, lattice skirting, the underside where the mildew hides: all of that takes hand work that an open field of boards doesn't need. Double the square footage and you don't automatically double the work. Double the railing, and you usually do.

Fences run on length and height instead of area. A four-foot picket along the front of a lot and a six-foot privacy fence around the back yard cover different amounts of surface even at the same footage — and so does one side versus both. A fence between two properties often only needs the owner's side done. That's a smaller job than a run cleaned front and back.

Material sets the method, and the method sets the time.

Most decks in Glynn County are pressure treated pine. The nicer ones are cedar or ipe, and all three are softer than they look once they're wet. Composite decking is out there too. Fences split between picket and privacy in painted wood or vinyl — both soft washed — and chain link, which just gets rinsed rather than cleaned. Docks get cleaned the same way as a wood deck.

That mix is why a fence quote and a deck quote aren't interchangeable, and why neither reads like a driveway quote. Concrete and pavers take real pressure and a rotary surface cleaner, so what moves a pressure washing quote is a different set of cost factors than wood or vinyl.

A pressure wand held close to a deck board clears the growth off fast. It also fuzzes the wood, gouges the soft grain between the growth rings, and leaves stripes that show for years, every time the deck dries. Pressure treated pine, cedar and ipe are all soft enough when wet for that damage to happen in a single pass.

The method that avoids all that takes longer. Wood decks get a wood cleaner applied at low pressure, then dwell time while the solution does the work, then a wide-fan rinse from a distance. Grayed wood gets a brightener after the clean. None of it is fast, and that's by design — dwell time is what does the work.

Composite decking gets the same low-pressure treatment. Mold grows down in the embossed grain, and high pressure scars that grain — manufacturers warn against it, and it can void the warranty.

Docks get the same wood cleaner, low pressure and dwell time as a deck.

Fences follow the material. Picket and privacy fences in painted wood or vinyl get soft washed with low pressure and a cleaning solution. A vinyl fence comes back white with solution and a rinse. A wand leaves etch marks in the plastic that don't come out. Chain link just gets rinsed.

We don't put high pressure on painted wood — not on a low setting, and not just on the bad spots.

On a deck, the job covers the boards, the rails, the steps and stairs, the lattice skirting, and the underside where the mildew hides. On a fence, it's the full run — including the shaded section that greened up first.

Staining and sealing aren't part of this service; we don't offer them. If you plan to stain, the wood needs two or three dry days after cleaning before anything goes on it — stain doesn't hold on damp wood. That step is yours to arrange elsewhere.

If it's only the fence you want done, a fence-only cleaning is quoted on its own as a separate job.

The other exterior work is separate too, each with its own page and its own quote: roof cleaning, house washing, gutter cleaning, window cleaning, driveway and concrete cleaning, and patio, pool deck and lanai cleaning. They can be scheduled into the same visit — bundling costs less than separate trips — but none of them get folded into a deck or fence job by default.