Pressure Washing.

Today has been grey with a fair amount of rain.

In the morning it looked as if the day was going to stay dry so I decided to get the pressure washer out as I had noticed a green tinge to the terrace paving. Not surprising considering how much rain we've had this year ie just about every day.

I got myself organised and was able to clean up half-way down the path by the house before I had to admit that I needed to stop due to the quite heavy rain that was falling. I was fine with waterproofs trousers and jacket but I don't think I should be using electrical stuff in the rain. (I had put a plastic sack over the pressure washer when the rain wasn't too bad.) Since then the pressure washer has developed an intermittent stutter when I stop using the washer hose, possibly some water has got into the works?

Looking at the forecast I could see that we were due a dry spell at the end of the afternoon. Sure enough the rain eased off and another two hours work saw the rest of the path, the terrace, the steps and the new paving in the front garden all cleaned of that green layer. It wasn't that noticeable before but once you start cleaning there's a real contrast as the water jet moves across the paving. I'm glad that another job is done. It's one of those maintenance jobs that needs doing to prevent slippery paving. And it looks so much better.