Ruby Creek is the 45-lot Riverwood Homes phase completing Crimson Point, off Shayla Avenue. Every house here is new, and new siding needs a first wash for reasons that have nothing to do with dirt.
A brand-new Riverwood wall typically carries stucco and mortar splatter, dried texture overspray, sealant smears and a fine cement haze, all of it bonded while the house was being finished. That is not weathering and it does not come off with a hose. Cement residue in particular is alkaline and keys into the surface rather than sitting on it, and left through a summer it can permanently mark both siding and the glass beside it. The first wash on a Ruby Creek house is genuinely time-sensitive in a way that later washes are not.
On a house this new, high pressure on the siding is a particularly poor idea. Caulk and sealant may not be fully cured, fasteners have not been through a full thermal cycle, and the wall assembly is still settling, so water driven behind the laps has nowhere to go and no history of drying. It can also strip the sheen off new vinyl into a dull patch that stays visible forever. House washing here is a soft wash at $0.18 per square foot, which cleans the wall without introducing a moisture problem into a warranty-period building.
Being the third and final phase of a 45-lot development is a good position. The continuous cement dust, open graded ground and tracked soil that affect homes in the early phases of a 450-lot subdivision are largely finished here, so what you wash off now is less likely to be replaced within a month. That makes this a sensible moment to get the walls to a clean baseline and then move to an ordinary maintenance rhythm.
Ruby Creek has access to a community pool and open spaces on an HOA of about $375 a year, irrigated with untreated Boise-Kuna canal water. Homes facing those amenities take association sprinkler spray on the facing walls in addition to their own irrigation, so the mineral band there is often heavier and higher than elsewhere on the house. You cannot adjust the association's heads, so that wall wants washing on a rhythm rather than a one-off.
House washing is $0.18 per square foot of actual wall area, measured on site. Lots here run 0.15 to 0.262 acres, so wall area varies with the plan. Pressure washing at $0.20 per square foot covers the driveway and patio, and on a new build the concrete usually carries its own construction residue worth doing at the same visit, since access is already set up. We quote the two as separate lines so you can see which is which.
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Because of the build rather than the weather. New Riverwood walls typically carry stucco and mortar splatter, texture overspray, sealant smears and a fine cement haze bonded during construction. Cement residue is alkaline, keys into the surface, and left through a summer can mark permanently.
It should not be. Caulk and sealant may not be fully cured, fasteners have not been through a full thermal cycle, and the wall assembly is still settling, so water driven behind the laps has nowhere to go. High pressure can also strip the sheen off new vinyl permanently.
Somewhat, yes. Construction residue, particularly alkaline cement haze, causes more harm the longer it sits, and a summer of heat is what turns a removable film into a permanent mark on both siding and adjacent glass. Later maintenance washes are not time-sensitive in the same way.
For this, yes. As the third and final phase of a 45-lot development, the continuous cement dust and open ground that affect early phases of a 450-lot subdivision are largely finished here, so what you wash off now is less likely to be replaced within a month.
Association irrigation. The community pool and open spaces are watered with untreated canal water, so facing walls take that spray plus your own, and the mineral band there is often heavier and higher. You cannot adjust the association's heads, so that wall wants a rhythm.
Usually worth it on a new build, because the concrete carries its own construction residue and access is already set up. That is pressure washing at $0.20 per square foot, which is correct for flatwork, quoted separately from the $0.18 soft wash on the walls.
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