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Who maintains these dumb things now you've got two buildings to pressure wash and they're in such close proximity that it's going to be difficult
by lumberingjack 7y ago
Who maintains these dumb things now you've got two buildings to pressure wash and they're in such close proximity that it's going to be difficult
- gdfasfklshg4 7y agoI'm not sure that brick buildings in London get pressure washed very often - if ever.
- Ntrails 7y agoI would like to put $73 on "never" please
- kaybe 7y agoThis article from last years agrees that the frequency of cleaning UK city buildings is quite low. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17883481 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17883481 https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/incoming/gallery/blackened-buildings-manchester-before-clean-8727918 https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/incoming/gallery/bla... I also stumbled upon this discussion on cleaning London buildings in a Lords sitting in 1964 which was quite fun to read. https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1964/nov/12/cleaning-of-londons-public-buildings https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1964/nov/12...
- Cthulhu_ 7y agoI saw that gallery of Manchester the other day, that's pretty amazing. But yeah, brick / stone walls shouldn't be pressure washed too often; if they're historical, they should be restored and / or carefully cleaned instead.
- Amygaz 7y agoPressure washing a house is very American, and any building inspector, residential or commercial, will suggest that it is something that shouldn’t be done.
- pjc50 7y agoLondon buildings are washed about once a century when the grime gets unbearable. Otherwise we rely on it raining often enough.
- johnny_reilly 7y agoWorth noting that we took 60 years after the great smogs of the 1950s before cleaning St Paul's Cathedral
- Reason077 7y agoThere's plenty of facades on busy roads that could use a deep clean in a few decades when all the diesel soot is finally gone from the air.