Tile & Grout Pressure Cleaning — Were Street, Brighton

Grout and tile are two different materials in the same surface, and they do not clean the same way. Grout is softer, far more porous, and sits slightly lower, so everything washed off the tile ends up in the joints. Clean only the tile and the grid stays dark, so the area looks barely touched.

Pressure had to be managed at the joints rather than at the tile. Grout blows out under a close, square hit, and the repair costs more than the clean did. Passes were worked across the joints instead of running along them, which spreads the force rather than driving it into one line. The area was checked for sealer first: stripping a failing sealer unevenly leaves a blotchy finish worse than the dirt.

• Surface checked for existing sealer before starting
• Grout lines cleaned as a separate pass from the tile
• Passes worked across the joints, not along them
• Pressure managed to protect the grout
• Run-off directed away from garden beds
• Before and after photographs supplied

• Grout lines back to an even tone across the area
• No blown or washed-out joints
• Tile finish untouched, no etching or dulling
• Whole surface reads clean, not just the tile faces