About Pasadena
Pasadena sits at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains, about ten miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles. It's a city of Craftsman bungalows, wide tree-lined streets and some of the oldest residential housing stock in the county, with neighbourhoods like Bungalow Heaven and San Rafael carrying homes built well before 1940.
Pasadena weather and what it does to your property
Pasadena runs hotter than the coast and colder at night, with summer highs regularly in the mid-90s and winter nights that can dip near freezing. Annual rainfall is around 20 inches, almost all of it between December and March. Santa Ana winds funnel down out of the canyons in autumn, carrying dust and, in fire years, ash.
Older concrete, deeper staining
Much of Pasadena's housing stock predates 1940, and so does a lot of its concrete. Older pours are more porous than modern ones, so decades of oil and organic matter sit further down in the surface. It cleans up well, but it needs proper dwell time rather than a fast pass with a wand.
Tree canopy is the local problem
The mature oaks and sycamores that make these streets worth living on also drop tannins, sap and constant organic litter. Tannin bleeds a red-brown stain into concrete that gets mistaken for rust and treated with the wrong product.
Brick, clay tile and historic finishes
Craftsman-era brick and original clay tile do not tolerate pressure. Mortar joints in century-old brickwork are soft, and blasting them out is expensive to repair. These surfaces get low pressure and chemistry, always.
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Pasadena questions
Do you service all of Pasadena?
Yes. We cover Pasadena and the surrounding San Gabriel Valley communities.
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