What we clean
Blastaway Pressure Washing Services cleans tarmac and asphalt across Prescot, Whiston, Huyton, St Helens and the surrounding towns. Driveways, garden paths, front paths on older terraced streets, shared drives and communal parking areas. Plenty of the interwar semis around Knowsley still have their original tarmac drive out front, and most have never had a proper clean.
How we clean tarmac
Tarmac needs more care than people expect. It is stone chippings held together with bitumen, which makes it softer than concrete or block paving, and a powerful jet held in one spot will pick the chippings straight out of it. So the pressure comes down, the nozzle opens out to a wide fan and the lance keeps moving the whole time.
Before any washing, moss and weeds get cleared by hand and lance, including growth rooted into cracks and along the edges where the drive meets the wall. Then the whole surface is washed in even passes so the finish comes up uniform rather than striped, and any oil marks get a targeted degreaser. Everything is rinsed off and the drive left tidy.
Why it matters
A mossy tarmac drive is a slip risk, especially the shaded strip near the house that never dries out through a Merseyside winter. Moss and weeds also do slow damage: roots work into the surface, cracks widen, and water gets in and freezes. Cleaning breaks that cycle and takes the drive from patchy grey and green back to an even, dark surface.
The other reason is simple economics. Relaying tarmac is a big spend, and in most cases a tired drive in Prescot, Huyton or St Helens is a candidate for power washing long before it is a candidate for replacement. A controlled clean shows you what you are actually working with underneath the moss.
Get a free quote
Get in touch through the contact form or on WhatsApp. We will send a free quote and agree a fixed price before any work starts. We cover Prescot, Knowsley, St Helens, east and south Liverpool, Widnes and everywhere within roughly 15 miles.
