House Washing, Deck Staining, Deck Repair & Fence Staining in Farragut, TN

A town of thirty-something houses

Farragut's housing stock has hit a very specific stage of life. The average home in Farragut was built in 1991 according to BestNeighborhood's housing data, which puts the typical house somewhere around thirty-five years old. That is not old. But it is well past the point where anything original on the outside is still doing its job.

Thirty-five years of Tennessee summers means a lot of algae and mildew buildup on siding that never gets direct sun, and a deck that has seen more seasons than most decks are built for. It is past the service life of the original deck finish, well past the original garage door and shutters, and right at the age where wood trim, fascia and soffit start to tell you whether previous owners kept up with caulk and cleaning or let water find its way in. Most of what we do in Farragut is dealing with the consequences of that.

House washing, and the siding problem nobody mentions

Plenty of Farragut homes have vinyl siding, hardboard, or a mix of both, and each holds algae and mildew differently. Vinyl sheds most soft-wash treatments cleanly with low pressure and the right cleaning solution, while hardboard needs a gentler touch since high pressure can force water behind seams and swell the panels. If a contractor shows up with nothing but a pressure washer and no plan for which surface gets which treatment, that is a reason to keep shopping.

HOA covenants and keeping your existing color

A good number of Farragut subdivisions run homeowners associations with their own architectural covenants, and several require approval before an exterior color change. A soft wash does not change your color — it restores what is already there — so it typically will not trigger that review the way a repaint would. Unlike Tellico Village, there is no single town-wide committee — it varies neighborhood by neighborhood, so it is still worth checking your covenants before any project that would change your home's appearance.

Decks, fences and Fort Loudoun Lake

A deck built with the house in the early nineties is at or beyond the end of its life, and the part that fails is rarely the part you can see. Boards go first because they are exposed, but the joists, ledger and post connections underneath are what decide whether the structure is repairable or needs replacing. We look underneath before we quote, because quoting a board swap on a deck with a rotten ledger helps nobody. Once the structure checks out, staining the deck with a UV- and moisture-resistant finish is what actually protects it from the next thirty-five years of sun and rain — and the same goes for wood fences, which gray and split fast without a fresh coat of stain to shed water.

Farragut also runs down to Fort Loudoun Lake, and waterfront properties get the same treatment as our Tellico Village work — dock walkways, railings and framing that live in sun and humidity year round.

Call (865) 291-7089 and we will come out, get on a ladder, and tell you what actually needs doing this year and what can wait.