[villagetinker]

Originally Posted by Michael 61

I had my driveway and inside of my birdcage stained when I bought my new home last year. The stain still looks great. I received a call from the contractor (actually someone who the contractor “subs” out to), saying it’s time for my yearly power-wash and “sealing” of my driveway and birdcage. Was quoted a price of $250 for this work. Questions: 1) Is this a type of maintenance that I should be conducting yearly? (Or is this something that I could do less frequently)? 2) If I go forward with this work, does the price sound reasonable? (I’m in a patio villa with a very short driveway, and a long, narrow, enclosed birdcage on the side of my home).

Thanks for your replies, always helpful.

Our driveway, lanai and birdcage were are stained, and the original installer stated they would be back in 6 or 7 years to clean and seal, after 8 years I called and asked why they were not back and was told, they are no longer sealing as it was not necessary. We are going on 10 years for the driveway and it still looks very good, I do need to power was it. The lanai was enclosed and new flooring installed, and the birdcage is over 7 years old and still in great condition.
So, IMHO yearly seems a bit much unless the original installer used cheap materials in the first place.