Power Washing in Port Huron Township, Michigan

Wet Soils, Two Interstates and the Black River

Port Huron Township is a charter township of 10,792 people at the 2020 census, and in 1827 it became the first township formed in St. Clair County. Township homes carry Port Huron mailing addresses in ZIP 48060, and 24th St marks part of the line with the City of Port Huron. The Black River separates it from Fort Gratiot Township, Range Rd from Kimball Township, and Marysville also touches its border. Single-family neighborhoods fill most of the north half, between the Black River and West Water St and along Beach Rd and Michigan Rd, many of them on curving platted streets.

The condition that shapes cleaning here is water that drains slowly. The county soil survey maps Allendale-Hoytville soils across most of the center and Wainola-Deford fine sands toward the edges, and it rates both as somewhat poorly to very poorly drained. About 4,347 acres of wetland lie inside the township, most of it south of I-⁠69, and about 1,818 acres of woodland sit in small pockets across the center and north. Wet ground keeps the air beside a wall humid after dew and rain, and the trees shade north walls through the morning. Algae and mildew need a wet surface to grow, so north walls, shaded roof slopes and driveway edges here turn green sooner than they do on dry, open lots.

The second condition is traffic. I-⁠94 and I-⁠69 merge at a large interchange in the middle of the township, and the I-⁠69 Business Loop begins there. Lapeer Rd runs as a commercial strip from 24th St west to Range Rd, and 32nd St carries big-box retail north to the Lapeer Connector. Houses close to those roads pick up an oily gray coating of soot and tire particles on the wall that faces traffic, and winter plowing throws salt spray over it.

MPWS works from 21366 Hall Rd in Clinton Township, a drive of about 45 minutes up I-⁠94. St. Clair County joined our service area in October 2026 at Macomb County prices, and the drive adds no travel fee. Every quote is written and itemized and reaches you within 24 hours. MPWS carries $2M in general liability plus workers' compensation and is rated 4.9 stars on 177 Google reviews. The pricing page lists where each service starts.

Four Building Waves and What Each Needs

The township built in waves. One home in five, 925 of 4,406, went up between 2000 and 2009, nearly double the county's share for that decade. Those houses are now seventeen to twenty-six years old, the age when original roofs start to streak, gutter hangers loosen and first decks gray and split. Their siding has had two decades of growth on the shaded side, and their driveways have taken between seventeen and twenty-six salt seasons.

The 1970s brought the township's first big building surge, 776 homes, and the 1990s added about as many again. The median home dates to 1981. Driveways on the 1970s lots are about fifty years old, and the master plan notes large native trees in the residential areas. Nearly a quarter of the stock predates 1960, including 416 homes built in 1939 or earlier. Count the 1960s and 1970s too and about half the township's houses are older than 1980, many with layers of paint that call for a gentler rinse than vinyl.

Who decides on the work varies too. In 2020, 39.1 percent of occupied homes were rented, up from 31.1 percent in 2010, and manufactured home parks line Lapeer, Griswold and Dove Rds. Many exteriors here are the call of a landlord or a park or complex manager rather than the person living there. A written quote that prices each surface on its own line lets an owner approve the siding now and the driveway later without a site visit.