How Much Does Pressure Washing Cost in Atlanta? (2026 Price List)
Pressure washing in metro Atlanta usually costs $250 to $500 for a single visit. House washing is priced by square footage, driveways by size, and add-ons like a deck or gutter whitening stack onto the same trip. Here is the full 2026 price list we quote from for Cumming, Forsyth County, and north Atlanta homes.
The 2026 pressure washing price list
Short answer: house washing across metro Atlanta runs $249 to $599 by square footage, driveways run $99 to $249 by size, and most single visits land between $250 and $500.
We are a Cumming based crew, and those numbers hold across Forsyth County and the north Atlanta suburbs we clean most weeks. Two things decide where you fall in that range: how much surface you have, and how bad the staining is. Below is the exact price list we quote from, so you can size up your own home before you ever pick up the phone. Prices are for residential work; commercial lots and anything that needs a lift get quoted on site.
House washing by square footage
House washing is a soft wash, which means low pressure and a cleaning solution rather than a blast of water. We price it by the footprint of the home.
| Home size (square feet) | Soft wash price |
|---|---|
| Up to 1,500 | $249 |
| 1,500 to 2,500 | $349 |
| 2,500 to 3,500 | $449 |
| 3,500 to 5,000 | $599 |
Homes taller than two stories need more reach and more time up high, so a three story home adds $150 to the prices above. A 2,600 square foot two story runs $449; the same footage over three stories runs $599. Not sure of your square footage? Use the number on your county tax record or an old listing. Close is fine for a ballpark, and we confirm it when we walk the property.
Driveway and concrete by size
Driveways are a true pressure wash, run through a flat surface cleaner so you get an even finish instead of wand stripes. We price them by how many cars the driveway holds.
| Driveway size | Price |
|---|---|
| 1-car | $99 |
| 2-car | $149 |
| 3-car | $199 |
| 4+ car | $249 |
A standard two car driveway at $149 is the most common concrete job we do. Heavy oil drips or ground in red clay add a treatment step on top of the base clean, which we cover further down.
Patios, decks, fences, and add-ons
The rest of the yard is priced per surface, and plenty of these get bundled with a house wash on the same visit.
| Surface or service | Price |
|---|---|
| Patio or walkway | $149 |
| Retaining wall | $199 |
| Deck | $249 |
| Fence | $249 |
| Gutter whitening (added to a house wash) | $149 |
| Gutter whitening (booked on its own) | $199 |
| Soft wash roof cleaning | $449 |
| Rust and red clay stain removal | from $129 |
Gutter whitening costs less as an add-on because the gear is already set up and the water is running. Booked alone it carries its own trip, so it runs a little more. Want a firm figure instead of a range? Our free estimate walks your property and returns a fixed quote, and the full price page lists every surface in one place.
What actually changes your price
Five things move a quote. Once you know them, the price list above stops looking like a mystery.
Square footage. More house means more wall, more solution, and more time. This is the single biggest lever on a house wash, which is why we price it in tiers rather than one flat rate.
Height. One and two story homes are routine for us. A third story means reaching higher safely, which is slower and needs different equipment, so it carries the $150 add. A tall foyer wall or a walkout basement elevation can nudge a two story job upward too, though usually not by much.
Surface type. Siding gets a gentle soft wash. Concrete gets real pressure through a surface cleaner. Wood and composite decks sit in between and need their own touch. Each surface has a method behind it, and that is already built into the per surface pricing instead of tacked on as an extra.
Staining severity. A house wearing a light film of pollen cleans up fast. A north facing wall carpeted in green algae, or a driveway with years of red clay worked into it, needs a pre treatment and a second pass. That is where the rust and clay removal line starting at $129 comes in.
Access. A fenced back yard with a locked gate, shrubs crowded against the siding, cars that cannot move off the drive, or a spigot on the far corner of the lot all add time. None of these are dealbreakers. We fold them into the number when we see them in person.
Soft wash or high pressure: which your home needs
This is the question that trips up most homeowners, and getting it wrong is how siding ends up gouged and shingles end up stripped of their grit.
Soft wash uses low pressure, close to what a garden hose puts out, paired with a cleaning solution that kills algae and mildew at the root. It is the right method for house siding, brick, stucco, hardiplank, painted wood, fences, and roofs. Vinyl siding especially will crack, or let water sneak in behind it, if you hit it with high pressure, so we keep the wand off it entirely.
High pressure, run through a surface cleaner, is for flat concrete and masonry: driveways, walkways, patios, and pool decks. Those surfaces can take the force, and they need it to lift ground in grime evenly across the slab.
The reason this split matters so much in Georgia is our humidity. Damp, shaded walls grow algae and mildew quickly, and the only way to truly remove that growth is to kill it with the right solution. Blasting it with pressure just knocks off the top layer and pushes water into the wall, and the green is back within weeks. A soft wash clears it and keeps it gone far longer. If you want the longer version, the house washing service page walks through the method step by step.
DIY versus hiring a pro: the real math
You can rent a pressure washer for roughly $50 to $100 a day, or buy a consumer unit for $150 to $400. On paper that undercuts a $249 house wash. In practice the gap is a lot smaller than it looks.
A rental gets you the machine and nothing else. House washing also needs a soft wash setup and the correct cleaning solution, or you risk chewing up your own siding. A driveway needs a surface cleaner attachment to dodge wand stripes, which is another rental line or another purchase. Add a full weekend day, ladder time, and the trial and error of your first go, and the savings thin out fast.
Where DIY genuinely wins is small, flat, ground level work: a short front walkway, a compact patio, a run of fence. If you already own a decent washer and the surface is concrete, have at it. Where it stops making sense is anything up high, anything on vinyl or stained siding, and anything on a roof. Those carry real risk to you and to the house, and one fall or one cracked panel wipes out every dollar you saved. Our honest read: rent for the small concrete stuff if you enjoy the work, and hand off the house, the second story, and the roof.
What you get at these prices
The numbers on this page are not stripped down teaser rates. A standard visit includes:
- a walk of the property before we start
- moving or covering anything that needs protecting
- the actual clean, with the right method for each surface
- a final rinse of the work area and your plants
We pull water from your outdoor spigot, and there is no separate trip fee folded into the quote. What sits outside the base price is the heavy stuff already flagged: rust and clay treatments, oil pretreatment on a badly stained drive, and the three story add. We call those out before we start, never after, so the figure you approve is the figure you pay.
Ways to keep the bill down
A few habits save real money over the life of a home. The biggest is bundling. Because a good chunk of any visit is setup and teardown, adding the driveway to a house wash, or the fence to a deck, costs far less than booking each as its own trip. If the whole exterior is due, get it done in one appointment.
Timing helps too. Washing after the spring pollen settles, rather than in the thick of it, means one pass instead of two. A north facing wall left green for three years takes more solution and more labor than one cleaned on a yearly rhythm, so a regular cadence keeps each visit at the base rate instead of the treatment rate.
The last one is easy to overlook: keep water moving over the surfaces that stain. A driveway that gets hosed off now and then holds far less oil and clay than one left to bake all summer, and lighter staining is what lets you skip the from $129 treatment line altogether.
Cumming and north Atlanta price factors
A handful of things about our corner of Georgia show up on nearly every quote. They are the reason a national price calculator will miss your real number.
Red clay staining. Forsyth County sits on iron rich red clay, and it stains concrete a stubborn orange that ordinary pressure will not touch. It needs a specific rust treatment, which is the from $129 line on the list. If your driveway or walkway has that orange cast near the edges or wherever runoff collects, plan on the treatment on top of the base clean.
Spring pollen film. From late February into March, oak and pine pollen coats everything in a yellow green haze that bonds to siding and packs into gutters. Homes we wash after the pollen drops clean up beautifully. Homes that skip a year build a film that takes an extra pass. Booking your wash for after the pollen settles gets you the best result at the base price.
Humidity and north facing walls. The shaded, north facing side of a house sees the least sun and holds the most moisture, so it grows algae and mildew first. That side almost always needs the most attention, and it is the clearest case for soft washing over pressure. The Cumming service area page covers more of the local specifics.
Lake Lanier lakefront. Homes near the water carry an extra load of algae and organic growth from the humidity rolling off the lake. Docks, lakeside decks, and the shaded rears of lakefront homes green up quickly. They clean up well, they just tend to sit at the busier end of the job and sometimes call for a stronger solution.
None of these rewrite the price list. They mostly decide whether your job sits at the clean base rate or picks up a treatment step. When we quote in Atlanta and the suburbs around it, this is the local read baked into the number.
How to get your exact price
The tables above will land you within a stone's throw of your real cost. For a firm figure, the quickest path is a free estimate: we look at your square footage, your surfaces, and your staining, then hand you a fixed quote with no pressure to book. If concrete is your main worry, the driveway cleaning guide goes deeper, and the full price list lays out every surface in one place.
We are Alexus Pressure Washing, family owned in Cumming since 2014 and part of the AlexUS Service family. Whatever your home needs, you will know the number before we ever start.
Pressure washing cost questions from Atlanta homeowners
What a wash really costs across Cumming, Forsyth County, and the north metro, answered straight.
How much does pressure washing cost in Atlanta?
Most single visits land between $250 and $500. House washing runs $249 to $599 based on square footage, driveways run $99 to $249 by size, and add-ons like a deck or gutter whitening stack onto the same trip. Where you land depends on how much surface you have and how heavy the staining is.
How much does it cost to pressure wash a house?
House washing is a soft wash priced by square footage: $249 up to 1,500 square feet, $349 for 1,500 to 2,500, $449 for 2,500 to 3,500, and $599 for 3,500 to 5,000. A three story home adds $150 for the extra reach and time on the wall.
How much does driveway cleaning cost?
Driveways are priced by how many cars they hold: $99 for a 1-car, $149 for a 2-car, $199 for a 3-car, and $249 for four or more. Heavy oil or red clay staining adds a treatment step that starts at $129 on top of the base clean.
Soft wash or pressure washing, which do I need?
Siding, brick, stucco, painted wood, fences, and roofs get a soft wash: low pressure plus a cleaning solution that kills algae and mildew. Concrete driveways, walkways, and patios get true high pressure through a surface cleaner. High pressure on siding can crack it and drive water behind it, so we never point it there.
How do you remove red clay stains from concrete?
Red clay leaves an iron based orange stain that plain pressure will not lift. It takes a rust specific treatment brushed onto the concrete and then rinsed, which starts at $129 on top of the base driveway clean. It shows up most on Forsyth County drives where runoff pools near the edges.
How much does pressure washing cost in Cumming, GA?
Cumming prices match our metro Atlanta list: house washing from $249, driveways from $99, decks and fences at $249. Local factors like red clay staining and Lake Lanier algae can add a treatment step, so a quick estimate is the surest way to a firm number.
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