House washing in Lincoln
Single-story stucco, two-story siding, one soft wash
A house wash in Lincoln runs $300 to $1,000, depending on home size. Under 1,500 square feet lands between $300 and $450. Homes between 1,500 and 2,500 square feet fall in the $450 to $700 range, and large or two-story homes up to 3,500 square feet run $650 to $1,000. Lincoln is really two housing markets: Sun City Lincoln Hills, mostly single-story stucco that tends toward the smaller brackets, and Twelve Bridges, newer two-story builds with more wall that push toward the top. Bigger than 3,500 square feet, we walk the property and give you a real number.
Most homeowners have never bought a house wash before. That is normal. Cable Pressure Washing and Solar Panel Cleaning is a locally owned & operated father-son crew based in Rocklin, and this page covers what house washing includes, what it costs in Lincoln, and exactly how we do it.
What's included
Every wall, one visit
A house wash is full exterior cleaning of every side of your home, from under the gutters to the foundation line. One visit, every wall. What comes off:
- Dirt, dust film, and seasonal pollen buildup
- Mildew removal, algae removal, and mold removal on siding (surface growth only, never remediation)
- Cobweb removal and spider web removal, including nests under the eaves
- Biological staining and other organic growth on shaded, north-facing walls
- Grime on the trim, soffits, and fascia
Siding cleaning, stucco cleaning, trim cleaning, soffit cleaning, and fascia cleaning all happen in the same pass. Stain removal on concrete is its own treatment, quoted separately.
Two clarifications before you book. Gutter exteriors get washed, but the dark stripes baked into gutter faces are a chemical stain that washing will not lift; that is gutter brightening, one of our separate gutter services, and the walkthrough will tell you if yours need it. If the gutters themselves are packed with debris, our gutter cleaning in Lincoln clears and flushes them in the same visit. Windows get rinsed with the wash; spot-free exterior window cleaning with a water-fed pole is a paid add-on.
The process
Our soft wash, start to finish
- The walkthrough. If you are home, we walk every side of the house with you first, pointing out areas that need extra work, existing damage, and any paint oxidation, so you 100% understand what you are going to get.
- Setup. You give the go-ahead; we stage our equipment and put on our PPE.
- Landscaping protection. Before any detergent touches the house, we pre-rinse your bushes, greenery, and grass. Plant rinsing happens before and after, on every job.
- Application. Detergent goes on through a downstream injector, top down, one side at a time. Our soft wash system is genuine low-pressure washing: the chemistry does the work, not force.
- Dwell. Chemical dwell time is where the cleaning happens. While one side dwells, we treat the next. On hot afternoons we work smaller sections so the mix never dries on the wall.
- Rinse down. Each side gets a thorough, streak-free rinse.
- Second protection pass. The landscaping gets rinsed again so nothing lingers on your plants.
- Final walkthrough. You point out anything you want touched up, and we make it right before we leave.
Plan on 2 to 3 hours on site, setup included.
What it costs
House wash pricing in Lincoln
Upfront pricing, set by home size. These are our published brackets:
| Home size | Price range |
|---|---|
| Small (under 1,500 sq ft) | $300–$450 |
| Mid-size (1,500–2,500 sq ft) | $450–$700 |
| Large / two-story (2,500–3,500 sq ft) | $650–$1,000 |
Pricing current as of August 2026. This is an estimate range. Your final price is confirmed with a free on-site estimate.
What pushes a quote toward the high end? Size and condition. A single-story Sun City home with a straightforward footprint usually lands in the small to mid bracket, while a two-story Twelve Bridges home with more wall and higher siding needs more labor, which is where the higher numbers come from. The written estimate settles it before we start.
Add driveway cleaning, sidewalk cleaning, patio and paver cleaning, or other hardscape cleaning and save roughly 10% versus booking separately. For a cost guide covering everything from deck cleaning to fence cleaning, our pressure washing services cost calculator gives an instant range with no email required. Prefer a person? Send the quote request form for a call back, or phone us for a free estimate.
The chemicals
Explained honestly
We use sodium hypochlorite because it works. Wesley says it to every client the same way: "In order for this to be done right and to look really good, we are going to need to use sodium hypochlorite." We run a 1.5 to 2% solution mixed with a surfactant soap, which helps the detergent cling to the wall and work instead of running straight down. Some of our detergents are biodegradable. Rather skip chemicals? We will wash with water only and be upfront that the results will not match.
Pets? At 1.5 to 2% the solution is heavily diluted, a long way from straight bleach, and very little ends up anywhere a pet can reach.
Paint? The mix will not harm healthy paint. Paint already oxidizing is different: washing can reveal oxidation that was already there, which is exactly why the walkthrough comes first. Paint-safe washing starts with knowing the paint's condition before any detergent goes on.
Local knowledge
Sun City stucco, Twelve Bridges siding
Lincoln is really two towns wearing one name when it comes to exterior cleaning. Sun City Lincoln Hills is a 55-plus community, largely single-story stucco with straightforward rooflines, and homeowners there should never be on a ladder for their own house. Roof, gutter, and exterior access is standard work for our insured crew, and you can watch the whole job from your patio. Twelve Bridges is newer, larger, and mostly two-story, with more siding surface and higher walls that call for proper ladder safety and more time on site.
Stucco is where the pressure washing horror stories come from. We have seen what a pressure washer wand does to stucco up close, including putting a hole in it. High pressure on a house wall is when damage happens, so we keep pressure low and let the cleaning solution work. Vinyl siding, fiber cement siding, brick and stone accents, painted surfaces, and two-story homes are all no problem.
None of it needs force; it needs the right chemistry and dwell time. Every couple of years keeps most homes sharp, and seasonal cleaning before a party, pre-listing cleaning before the market, or staying ahead of HOA requirements are why people call sooner.
Why us
Insured, honest, and local
California does not require a contractor's license for this work, so when a company advertises as licensed and insured, ask which license they mean. Our answer: residential pressure washing requires no license, and we carry liability insurance on every job. We are equally honest about scope: our cold-water rig handles roughly 90% of residential work beautifully. Commercial flatwork like sidewalks and HOA concrete? That, the rig and a good degreaser handle just fine, and commercial work is quoted job by job.
Booking runs about three days out, every inquiry gets a reply the same day, and gate codes or guard-gate requirements in either community are routine for us; give us the details when you book and we plan for it. Your emailed estimate doubles as a written scope of work, on paper before we start.
Everything else we do in Lincoln, from roof to gutters to solar, is on our roof cleaning, gutter cleaning, and solar panel cleaning pages for Lincoln, and neighbors can find the same house wash at house washing in Rocklin and house washing in Roseville. See the full rundown of driveway, patio, roof, and solar pricing on our pressure washing in Lincoln page.
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