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VASTEXBrick Cleaning & Pressure Washing

01 — Melbourne, VIC · Trading since 2024

Brick cleaningfor Melbourne’sbuilding industry.

New builds, major renovations and multi-storey facades. We take mortar haze, efflorescence and construction grime off face brick without burning the joints — staged around your program, not ours.

A Melbourne brick elevation cleaned by Vastex, filmed on site. The cleaned and uncleaned sections of the same wall are in frame together. No audio track.

Site footage — Melbourne VIC

Quote turnaround
Within 24 hours of site visit
Coverage
Greater Melbourne, regional VIC

EPA-compliant

Bunding, capture and offsite disposal of wash water

Works to program

Early starts, weekend shifts, staged handovers

Rectification included

Defects fixed before we demobilise, in writing

Where we work
  • Melbourne CBD
  • Carlton
  • Fitzroy
  • Collingwood
  • Richmond
  • South Yarra
  • Prahran
  • Docklands
  • Port Melbourne
  • South Melbourne
  • Box Hill
  • Doncaster
  • Balwyn
  • Camberwell
  • Hawthorn
  • Kew
  • Glen Waverley
  • Ringwood
  • Blackburn
  • Nunawading
  • Croydon
  • Lilydale
  • Preston
  • Coburg
  • Brunswick
  • Reservoir
  • Epping
  • Craigieburn
  • Bundoora
  • Thomastown
  • Greensborough
  • Eltham
  • Footscray
  • Sunshine
  • Werribee
  • Point Cook
  • Altona
  • Williamstown
  • Caroline Springs
  • Melton
  • Tarneit
  • Yarraville
  • Dandenong
  • Berwick
  • Narre Warren
  • Pakenham
  • Clayton
  • Springvale
  • Rowville
  • Oakleigh
  • Brighton
  • Sandringham
  • Mentone
  • Frankston
  • Mornington
  • Cheltenham
  • Bentleigh
  • Carrum Downs

03 — Recent job record

The top 5jobs off the board.

Substrate, area and method for each. Client names withheld unless we have written permission.

VX-2508-31

On site now

Townhouse development, 42 dwellings

Brunswick East

Substrate
New face brick
Area
3,180 m²

VX-2506-12

Completed Jun

Commercial facade, 11 storeys

Docklands

Substrate
Glazed brick, precast
Area
1,640 m²

VX-2505-04

Completed May

Heritage terrace, overpaint removal

Fitzroy North

Substrate
Solid brick, lime mortar
Area
210 m²

VX-2504-27

Completed Apr

Distribution centre hardstand

Truganina

Substrate
Concrete slab
Area
5,400 m²

VX-2503-19

Completed Mar

Two dwellings, efflorescence

Camberwell

Substrate
Recycled brick
Area
380 m²

Illustrative records pending confirmation of real project data.

04 — The wash, demonstrated

Take the washacross the wall.

Drag the handle. One Melbourne elevation in the two states that matter — as we found it, and as it was handed over. Nothing between the two frames but the work.

  1. 01

    Mortar haze

    Grey film lifted off the face, joints left proud

  2. 02

    Efflorescence

    Salt bloom drawn out of the brick, not sealed under it

  3. 03

    Site grime

    Traffic film, render splash and algae growth

The same red brick house wall after cleaning, with bright red brick and the algae growth removed
Red brick house wall before cleaning, dulled by algae growth with paint and render splash on the brickwork

Two photographs of one Vastex wall, same camera position. We work top down, always: rinse water crossing finished brick re-stains it, so released work stays above the line and never under it.

05 — How a site clean runs

Four stages.No surprises on the invoice.

Every job runs this order, from a 200 m² terrace to an eleven-storey facade. The only thing that changes is how long each stage takes.

  1. 01

    Site visit & test patch

    We identify the brick, the joint and the staining, then run a test patch somewhere inconspicuous. You sign off on the finish before we quote it.

  2. 02

    Paperwork in first

    SWMS, insurance certificates, SDS for every product and a water management plan land with your site manager before we mobilise.

  3. 03

    The clean, staged

    Glazing, frames and finished works masked and sheeted. Wash water bunded and captured. Elevations released back to you as they finish, not all at the end.

  4. 04

    Walked and signed off

    Inspected with your site manager, photographed elevation by elevation, reported. Anything flagged is rectified before the truck leaves.

06 — Substrate reference

Pressure is matched to the wall.

SubstrateMethodWorking pressure
New face brickPre-soak, buffered acid wash, neutralising rinse1,200 – 1,800 psi
Recycled & reclaimed brickAcid-free chemical, extended dwell, low pressure500 – 900 psi
Heritage brick, lime mortarPoultice and hand rinse. No acid, no abrasivesunder 400 psi
Render & bagged finishesSoft wash, dilute hypochlorite, gravity rinseunder 300 psi
Sandstone & bluestoneNebulised water, chemical spot treatment onlyunder 500 psi
Pavers, concrete, hardstandEnclosed rotary surface cleaner, water recovery2,500 – 3,500 psi

07 — What builders ask

The 6questionswe get.

If yours isn’t here, call the office. Someone who has been on a site answers the phone.

(03) 8750 3010

Do you work with builders and construction companies?

It is the majority of what we do. We are inducted, insured, carry SWMS, and schedule around your program rather than expecting the site to work around us. Most of our work is new-build brick cleaning ahead of handover, plus facade and site cleans during construction.

How fast can I get a quote?

Same day in most cases, and within 24 hours as a rule. Send photos and rough dimensions and we can often quote without attending. For larger construction jobs we prefer to walk the site — it is faster than three rounds of emails about access.

Are you insured?

Yes — full public liability cover, with a certificate of currency supplied on request or up front for commercial and construction sites. We can also provide SWMS and JSA documentation before attending.

Which parts of Melbourne do you cover?

Melbourne metro and surrounding suburbs — inner city, eastern, northern, western, south-eastern, bayside and the Mornington Peninsula. If your site is outside that, ask anyway; larger commercial jobs are worth travelling for.

Are your products safe around landscaping and drains?

We use biodegradable products wherever the job allows, protect landscaping and adjacent trades before starting, and set up wash-water containment where the site or council requires it. If your project has an environmental management plan, send it with the enquiry and we will work to it.

Do you offer a free test patch?

Yes, on any full-facade or full-house clean. You see the finish on your actual brick before committing, and we confirm the method before scaling it across hundreds of square metres. It removes the risk for both of us.

Send us the elevations.

Drawings, a schedule, or a photo from your phone — enough to price it. Quote back within 24 hours of the site visit.

Request a site quote

Or call (03) 8750 3010 · Monday – Friday, 7:00am – 5:00pm
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