On a Lake Minnetonka property, the hardest surfaces to clean are the ones closest to the water: stone steps, terraces and retaining walls that stay damp most of the year.
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Homes on Wayzata Bay tend to have more stone than most: terraces, steps down the hill, retaining walls and paths to the dock.
Being this close to the water keeps all of it damp. Stone that stays wet grows algae and moss faster, and it gets slippery.
We don’t use high pressure on it. Stone is porous, and high pressure pits the surface for good. We soft wash it with a sodium hypochlorite solution that kills the growth.
Steps to the dock come first. They’re usually the greenest surface on the property, and they’re the one people walk on. Getting the growth off makes them less slick, though wet stone by a lake is never fully non-slip.
Lakeside stone needs cleaning more often. It greens up faster than stone farther from the water. Most lakefront homes do well with a yearly wash.
Lakefront homes in Wayzata have two fronts, and they don’t get dirty the same way.
| Comparing | Lake side | Street side |
|---|---|---|
| Main surfaces | Stone terraces, steps and retaining walls | Driveway, front walk and garage apron |
| What builds up | Algae and moss from damp air | Road salt, oil and dirt |
| How we clean it | Soft wash, low pressure | Surface cleaner, full pressure on concrete |
| Where the rinse water goes | Downhill toward the lake | Toward the street |
| How often | Usually every year | Every year or two |
We don’t publish prices. A lakefront job is usually a mix of stone that needs careful low-pressure work and concrete that can take a surface cleaner, and the stone takes longer.
We walk both sides of the property with you, then give you a free quote with a firm price before we start.
A Wayzata lake property puts stone steps, terraces and shoreline siding next to a long driveway. We match the product to each surface and each stain before the first rinse.
Tell us about anything near the shoreline you are worried about. We plan around it before any water goes down.
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Solution first near the water.
Algae and moss on stone steps and terraces get a sodium hypochlorite solution. The green film on siding facing the lake gets a soft wash solution, both at low pressure.
The full treatment for the drive.
We pre-treat the salt and grime on your driveway, clean it with a flat surface cleaner and post-treat it. Where the cars park, oil is degreased first, and paint spills get targeted pressure.
On a lot that slopes down to Lake Minnetonka, rinse water doesn’t head for a storm drain. It runs downhill toward the shore.
So we plan where the water will go before we start. We clean the upper surfaces first, keep the pressure low near the water, and rinse thoroughly so no cleaning solution is left sitting on the stone.
We soak shoreline plantings before and after, the same way we protect the garden beds up by the house.
If there’s a spot near the water you’d like us to stay clear of, show us when we walk the property.
Drag the slider on any project to reveal the before and after.
A gray, dirty flagstone patio washed until the color in the stone came through again.
A gray, weathered deck washed back to the warm color of the wood.
We washed the grime off a blacktop pad and the paver border that runs along the retaining wall.
72 hours. No hassle. No charge.
Walk down to the water and back up to the driveway once we’re finished. If we missed anything, call us and we’ll come back.
Wally's Home Services covers Wayzata and the surrounding Hennepin County area. We are one local company, not a franchise or a dealer network, so the people who quote your job are the people who do it and the people you call afterward.
Just outside Wayzata? We also cover Minnetonka, Medina, Chanhassen.
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A lakefront job mixes stone that needs slow, low-pressure work with concrete that takes a surface cleaner. The stone takes longer. We walk both the lake side and the street side with you. Then we give you a firm price before we start, and the quote is free.
Not with high pressure. Stone is porous, and a hard spray pits it for good. We soft wash the steps with a sodium hypochlorite solution that kills the algae and moss. Your dock steps usually come first, since they are the greenest and the most walked on.
Most lakefront homes do well with a yearly wash on the lake side. Damp air off the water greens up stone faster than stone farther away. Your driveway on the street side can often go a year or two.
Yes, it helps. The algae and moss are what make wet stone slick, and we kill them. Stone by a lake is never fully non-slip, though. We tell you that honestly before we start.
Not the way we work. We soak your shoreline plantings with water before we begin, just like the beds up by the house. Then we soak them again at the end. If there is a spot by the water you want us to avoid, show us on the walkthrough.
Not with a surface cleaner. The street side of a Wayzata home collects road salt, oil and dirt. We pre-treat the drive, run a flat surface cleaner for an even finish and post-treat it. Oil in the parking spots gets a degreaser first, and paint spills get targeted pressure.
Yes. The lake-facing walls grow a green film from the damp air. We soft wash them at low pressure with a solution that kills the growth. That keeps those walls clean longer than a plain rinse would.
Then we make it right, free of charge. Walk the property after we are done, and if anything falls short, call us at (612) 216-7894 within 72 hours. We come back and fix it at no cost to you. No invoice, no argument, no fine print. That is the Wally's Worry-Free Guarantee.
We’ll walk the lake side and the street side with you and give you a firm price before we start.
