Power Washing in Kimball Township, Michigan

Creek Bottoms, Woodlots and Two Interstates

Kimball Township has about 107 homes per square mile, so most houses stand alone on frontage along section-line roads such as Wadhams Rd, Griswold Rd, Smiths Creek Rd, Allen Rd and Dove Rd. A house with open field on every side dries fast after rain and dew, and its walls stay clean longer. A house set back against a tree line or a creek bottom gets the opposite: the wall facing the trees sees little morning sun and holds dew well past noon, and a green algae film forms on that wall while the field-facing walls of the same house dry by midmorning.

The damp follows the water. The Pine River crosses the western and central township, the Black River cuts across the northeast corner near Wadhams, and Smiths Creek and Big Creek run through as well, along with county drains such as the Slaght, Scheffler and Hickory drains. The Port Huron State Game Area takes in 393 acres of the township between Griswold Rd and Lapeer Rd, and Jasper Woods holds stands of hemlock, an evergreen that keeps its shade through winter. On a lot that backs onto one of these, the rear wall and the roof slope facing the trees are the last surfaces to dry after rain, and they carry the green film and black roof streaks.

The interstates bring the second problem. I-⁠69 has exits at Taylor Rd and Wadhams Rd, and I-⁠94 has exit 266 at Gratiot Rd and exit 269 at Range Rd on the Port Huron Township line. Both interstates are salted after snowfalls, and traffic throws the brine up as a mist that settles on siding, cars and drives near the road. Mixed with exhaust soot and tire dust, it dries as a gray, oily film that plain water smears. A degreasing detergent loosens it and a low rinse carries it off.

We work out of 21366 Hall Rd in Clinton Township, about 45 minutes away by M-⁠59 and I-⁠94, and St. Clair County became new territory for us in October 2026. Kimball pays Macomb County prices with no travel fee, and the written, line-item quote prices a creek-side wall and a road-facing wall on their own lines within 24 hours. MPWS carries $2M general liability plus workers' compensation and is rated 4.9 stars across 177 Google reviews. Each starting price is listed on our pricing page.

Three Building Eras Along the Same Roads

Most of Kimball's houses fall into three building eras, and roughly 300 more have gone up since 2010. The largest era, 37 percent or 1,416 homes, runs from 1990 to 2009, so those houses are now seventeen to thirty-six years old, and their first roofs are at the age when black algae streaks spread on shaded slopes. Another 28 percent date from 1960 to 1989. Some of the 750 houses from the 1960s and 1970s may carry aluminum siding, which chalks as its factory paint wears and leaves white powder on the hand.

The oldest era, another 28 percent or 1,069 homes, predates 1960, and 276 were built before 1940. Paint put on before 1978 may contain lead. A low-pressure wash leaves paint that is still bonded in place, and any that is peeling should be shown to you, not stripped. Under EPA's Renovation, Repair and Painting rule, paid work disturbing over 20 square feet of outside paint on a house built before 1978 must follow lead-safe practices, and our guide to washing a house built before 1930 covers the wet, gentle approach.

About one home in seven, 548 units in the Census count, is a mobile home, including those at The Lakes Estates, a manufactured housing community at 5901 Lapeer Rd. Skirting on these homes hides a crawlspace with vents and seams, and a pressure stream aimed low can push water through them and leave it standing under the floor. Expect a soft wash here, with the rinse kept near garden-hose strength and directed away from the skirting vents.