Hard Surface Services in Ferntree Gully

Hard Surface Services in Ferntree Gully: Local Conditions and What That Means for Your Property

Driveways and paths under eucalyptus or wattle canopy accumulate a year-round layer of bark strips, twig fall and leaf debris that combines with the damp foothill climate to produce black algae and lichen growth faster than in drier suburbs. The elevated rainfall also keeps moss alive well into summer on south-facing paving. Pressure washing on Ferntree Gully properties generally needs a moss and lichen pre-treatment for results to last through winter. Plain high-pressure work without it tends to resurface within two or three months in heavy-canopy situations. Quarry Reserve Road and the streets that run east off Mountain Highway are the streets where we see the most sustained build-up on exposed aggregate and exposed concrete driveways. Retaining wall faces, timber sleeper or concrete block, also collect significant moss and algae where they sit in the shade of the block above.