Specialty Repairs
South Florida's specialty list.
Screen repair, pressure cleaning, vinyl install, tile install, soft wash, punch-list cleanup. The repairs that come up on every Florida home — done by the same crew, on the same schedule as your paint job.
The repairs that every Florida home needs.
South Florida is its own kind of brutal on a house. Salt air corrodes screen frames. UV chalks paint. Hurricanes shred lanai mesh. Algae colonizes any flat exterior surface that holds moisture. Pool deck pavers shift. Stucco hairlines. The list of repairs you need on a 15-year-old PBC home that you wouldn't need anywhere else is long.
Specialty repairs is our catch-all for the work that doesn't fit cleanly under "painting" or "drywall" but always comes up on the walk-through anyway. Screen repair leads the list — every lanai, every pool cage, every back porch in PBC has screens, and they tear, sag, and corrode on a predictable schedule.
Pressure cleaning is second — and we mean cleaning, not blasting. Modern soft-wash technique uses low pressure with the right cleaning solution and gets driveways, walkways, screen enclosures, and roofs visibly cleaner than a high-pressure wand without etching the surface. Vinyl, tile, soft caulk, minor stucco repair, punch-list touch-up — all of it falls into this bucket. We do it because we're already there for the paint.
The full job.
The South Florida repair list, end to end.
Screen repair & replacement
Pool cage screens, lanai panels, porch screens, screen doors. Spline replacement, frame repair, full panel rescreen. We stock standard 18×14 fiberglass and 20×20 BetterVue (no-see-um) mesh, and can order pet-resistant or solar-screen mesh on request.
Pressure cleaning
Driveways, walkways, pool decks, sidewalks, screen enclosures, fences, exterior block walls. We adjust pressure to the surface — high for concrete, low for paver joints, surface cleaner for large flat areas to avoid striping.
Soft wash & algae treatment
For roof shingles, painted siding, stucco, soffit, and screen frames. Low pressure with a sodium hypochlorite solution that kills algae, mildew, and salt deposits without etching paint or eroding mortar joints. The right tool for delicate exterior surfaces.
Vinyl plank install
LVP and SPC flooring. Subfloor prep, leveling, transitions, baseboard reinstall. We don't pretend to be flooring specialists for whole-house installs, but for replacement runs in laundry rooms, hallways, and bathrooms during a renovation, we handle it.
Tile install & repair
Bathroom backsplashes, kitchen backsplashes, mudroom floor, shower walls. Replacement of broken or stained tile with stock matched. Grout removal and re-grout. We're not building a custom shower from scratch, but we handle most repair and small-area install work.
Caulk & seal (exterior)
Exterior windows, doors, expansion joints, where stucco meets dissimilar materials. Failed caulk lets water in — which then becomes drywall damage, mold, or paint failure. Re-caulking exterior joints is the cheapest hurricane-prep work you can do.
Minor stucco repair
Hairline crack repair, small patches, cosmetic damage. We're not replacing a whole wall of stucco, but we handle the small stuff that comes up on most repaint walk-throughs — and we can match Mizner-style and standard PBC stucco textures.
Punch-list cleanup
The final-day list. Touch-up paint, finishing caulk, replacing a piece of trim that got dinged, fixing the doorbell that hasn't worked in two years. The little stuff that nobody else wants to do but every job needs.
Walk it, fix it, clean it.
Walk-through
We walk the property with you and list what needs attention. Screen panels with rips. Driveway with algae streaks. Pool deck pavers that have shifted. Bathroom tile that's cracked behind the toilet. We write it all down.
Method confirmation
Different surfaces need different methods. Pool cage screens get spline-replaced; corroded frames get rebuilt. Driveway gets high-pressure cleaning; painted siding gets soft-washed. Stucco hairlines get filled; structural cracks get a different recommendation. We confirm before starting.
Setup & containment
Pressure cleaning solution doesn't belong on plants — we wet-down vegetation first, rinse after. Tile work means floor protection. Screen repair means clearing the lanai. Setup is small but matters.
Repair work
The work itself. Screen panels rescreened, driveway cleaned, vinyl planks installed, tile cut and set. We work systematically — one surface, one method, completed before moving to the next.
Cleanup
Pressure-wash runoff swept off paver joints (it leaves a film). Tile dust mopped. Screen scraps bagged. Tools off-site. The work area looks better than when we started, not just "done."
Walk-through with you
Final pass with you, on the same list we made on day one. Anything you want addressed, we address before we leave. Nothing rolls over to a callback unless it's something we genuinely couldn't anticipate.
Why people call us for these.
Already on-site for the paint.
Most of these repairs come up during a paint walk-through. Adding screen repair, pressure cleaning, or stucco patching to a paint job means one trip, one estimate, one bill — not three different specialists across three different days.
Screen knowledge matters here.
Every PBC home has screens, and the differences matter: 18×14 standard vs. 20×20 no-see-um mesh, fiberglass vs. aluminum vs. petscreen, regular spline vs. heavy-duty. We know which to use for which lanai, which pool cage, which budget.
Soft wash discipline.
There's a real difference between blasting a surface clean and cleaning it correctly. We soft-wash anything painted, stuccoed, or shingled — high pressure ruins those surfaces and shortens their life. We use the wand only where it belongs.
Florida-specific products.
We carry algaecide for outdoor surfaces, anti-microbial paint for high-humidity spots, hurricane-rated screen mesh, marine-grade caulk for coastal homes. Florida problems need Florida solutions, not whatever's on the home-center shelf.
How specialty work goes across PBC.
Coastal homes — Jupiter, Lantana, Boca east of A1A, Delray Beach — carry the worst salt-air load. Screen frames pit and corrode within five to seven years. Painted exteriors need annual soft-wash to prevent salt-deposit etching. Caulk fails faster. We schedule a lot of coastal maintenance work in January through March, before the salt season really hits.
Equestrian and gated estates in Wellington and Palm Beach Gardens often have 30-foot-tall pool cages that require ladder or scaffold work for any screen repair. We're equipped for that — most local handymen aren't, which is why these jobs end up sitting for years until a paint contractor shows up.
Hurricane season (June through November) brings a wave of screen damage every year. We get called within 48 hours of a storm event. Most repairs are spline replacement and frame straightening; the bigger jobs are full enclosure rescreens. If the cage frame itself is bent or corroded, we'll tell you to call a screen-enclosure specialist instead — that's structural work, not finish work, and it's not what we do.
Common questions.
Do you do full screen enclosure replacement, or just patches?
We do spline replacement, screen panel rescreens, and minor frame repair. We don't do full enclosure rebuilds — that's structural aluminum work that requires permits and a different specialty. If you need the whole cage replaced, we'll tell you and we can refer you to a local screen-enclosure contractor. If individual panels are torn or sagging, that's our work and we can usually do a whole pool cage in a day or two.
What's the difference between high-pressure cleaning and soft washing?
High pressure uses 3,000+ PSI and a wand — right for concrete driveways, paver patios, sidewalks. Soft wash uses 100–500 PSI plus a cleaning solution (typically diluted sodium hypochlorite plus surfactant) that kills algae and mildew — right for painted siding, stucco, soffit, roof shingles, and screen frames. Using high pressure on the wrong surface etches paint, drives water into stucco, and strips shingle granules. We soft-wash anything painted or shingled, period.
Can pressure cleaning damage my pool cage screens?
Yes — if done wrong. We use a soft-wash chemical clean for screen enclosures, not a pressure wand. The cleaning solution kills the algae and mildew that builds up on the mesh and frame; a low-pressure rinse removes it. Pool cage screens last 10–15 years if maintained this way; a single high-pressure cleaning can rip them and force a full rescreen the same year.
Do you do screen door installation?
Yes. Replacement screen doors (the ones that go in front of an entry or patio door) are common — the original ones in older PBC homes are usually rusted out. We install standard hinged screen doors, sliding screen doors, and retractable screen doors. We can also rescreen the panel of an existing door if the frame is still good.
How often should I pressure-clean my driveway in Florida?
Every 2–3 years for visible improvement. Florida humidity grows algae in the surface pores of concrete pavers and stamped concrete; that's the dark streaks you see by year two. Soft-washing with an algaecide-based solution is more effective and longer-lasting than just blasting with water. After a soft-wash, applying a paver sealer extends the clean look to 4–5 years.
Do you do tile install in wet areas (showers, pool decks)?
We do tile repair and replacement in showers (replacing broken tiles, regrouting), and backsplash install in kitchens. We don't build a shower from scratch — that requires waterproofing and pan-set work that's a different trade. For pool deck tile, we handle replacement of damaged tiles. New pool deck tile install on a large scale is also a different specialty.
Can you handle hurricane-related screen damage?
Yes, and we get a lot of these calls every year. If the screen mesh itself is torn but the frame is intact, we can rescreen quickly — usually within a week of the storm depending on volume. If the aluminum frame is bent, twisted, or pulled away from the structure, that's structural damage and we'll refer you to a screen-enclosure contractor who handles aluminum repair and permits. We work alongside them when the rescreen happens after the structural repair.
We do more than this.
Got a list of South Florida fixes?
Same crew. Same standards. Your repair list next.
Free walk-through. No deposit. No pressure. Bring us your list and we'll tell you what we can do, what we can't, and what we'd recommend.