How Much time it will take to pressure wash a house?

Elena Jones
by Elena Jones
  13 answers
  • Redcatcec Redcatcec on Sep 09, 2020

    Pressure washing is usually timed by the hour, so if you have a 4,000 sq ft ' house, it will take about 4 hours. It also depends on the shape of your house, ranch vs stories. Remember to protect your plants.

  • It depends on the size and design of your house. The average is 1-2 hours.

  • Kathy Gunter Law Kathy Gunter Law on Sep 09, 2020

    It depends on the size and how much prep work is needed. My house is 75 x 35, 3 stories, so I hired it done because my pressure washer isn't strong enough to get up to the top of on the ends. Including covering plants and moving furniture, then uncovering, it took less than 4 hours.

  • Vimarhonor Vimarhonor on Sep 09, 2020

    Hello. It depends on the size in square footage of your house.


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    The wet and forget works from a hose spray application it was able to reach our high peaks and all signs of dirt and mildew were erased from our siding in a matter of time.


    We purchased the hose end formulation to spray our two story home without a ladder and it covers 2000sf for about $37.00.


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    Heres product info to get you started.



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  • K. Rupp K. Rupp on Sep 09, 2020

    We rent a very strong pressure washer from ABC rental. We are able to complete all the pressure washing in a day. The house is around 3000 sq ft. But that also includes a concrete patio and a front porch decking. You can see my post for before and afters:


    https://karupp-did.net/power-washer/

  • Deb K Deb K on Sep 09, 2020

    Hi Elena, it really depends on the size of the house and how fast you work, hope this helps

    The amount of time it takes to pressure wash a typical house ranges from about 30 minutes to 2 hours. An additional 15 to 30 minutes of setup and pack up time is also needed. Pressure washing has two parts – applying the cleaning liquids and then rinsing (pressure washing) the exterior.

  • Chloe Crabtree Chloe Crabtree on Sep 09, 2020

    about 30 minutes to 2 hours

    The amount of time it takes to pressure wash a typical house ranges from about 30 minutes to 2 hours. An additional 15 to 30 minutes of setup and pack up time is also needed. Pressure washing has two parts – applying the cleaning liquids and then rinsing (pressure washing) the exterior.

  • Cheryl A Cheryl A on Sep 09, 2020

    It can take anywhere from an hour to several hours depending on how dirty the house is, if there is mold and mildew etc.

  • Mogie Mogie on Sep 09, 2020

    The size of a house is the main factor that would determine the time required to complete the job. Small houses of around 1200 to 1500 square feet can take approximately 30 minutes of pressure washing, if you are somewhat experienced. Larger homes can sometimes take from 2 to 3 hours of washing. For example, a 1200 to 2000 square foot house may take between 30 to 45 minutes, 2000 to 2500 one story house may take between 45 to 60 minutes and a larger house of 3500 to 5000 square feet two-story building can take around 1 hr 15 min to 2 hours of washing.

    The number of workers washing your house also determines how fast the cleaning process will take. Many workers would mean sharing of duties. This simplifies the whole process, making it fast and efficient.


  • Em Em on Sep 09, 2020

    Size and the amount of dirt and algae are the factors. I don't believe anyone can do it in 30 minutes and get and whole house clean. One side yes. Whole house no. I would venture closer to 2 hours.

  • Depends on big the house is and how fast you work.

  • Shawresse Shawresse on Jun 14, 2022

    It depends on how big your house is. But even with the smallest house, it starts from 4 hours to clean a house. For example, I don't live in a big house, so when I used the services of https://sparklewash.com/ to pressure wash my house, it took almost eight hours. It is a hard and long job, so it takes a lot of time to be done. But this isn't quite a big problem because I wasn't the person that was cleaning the house. By the way, I am very pleased with the results, and now the exterior of my house looks new.