Weed spraying · Patios & paths · Leicester
Patio and path weed spraying in Leicester, from £15
Moss greening up the patio and weeds running down every path and joint? I’m The Weed Guy. I spray patios, paths and the alley down the side of the house across Leicester, and kill the moss and weeds down to the root so the paving clears and stays clear. Send a photo and your postcode and I’ll text you a fixed price within 24 hours.
Why your patio and paths keep going green
A patio is a grid of joints, and every one is a gap for seed to land in. Once the pointing or jointing sand starts to break down, moss and weeds get a foothold between the slabs, and a shaded, damp path will fur over with moss faster still. The strip down the side of the house and the alley out the back are usually the worst of the lot: less sun, less traffic, more damp.
Scrubbing or jet-washing lifts the green off the top and looks tidy for a fortnight, then it’s back, because the roots are still down in the joints. I spray the whole surface, joints and edges included, so it dies off properly instead of greening straight back over.
- Paving slabs and flagstones, in the pointing and joints.
- Paths, alleys and the side return of the house.
- Block-paved and gravel paths where weeds spread.
- Steps, edges and the strip along the wall.
What I find on Leicester patios and paths
On most jobs it’s moss doing the damage as much as weeds. It carpets shaded slabs and makes a path genuinely slippy by autumn. The back yards and shared entries behind the Victorian terraces around Highfields, Clarendon Park and the West End are classic for it: tight, shaded and damp. Out on the newer estates at Hamilton and Glen Parva it’s more the big flagged patios and block-paved paths seeding up along the joints.
Older paths often have the pointing worn right out, so the weeds are rooted deep between the flags rather than just sitting on top. Whichever it is, I treat the moss and the weeds together in one go, so you’re not left with a green film once the weeds have gone. Same job on a bigger scale? Here’s my driveway weed spraying.
Why scrubbing and jet-washing don’t hold
A stiff brush and patio cleaner shift the surface moss, but they leave the roots in the joints and the moss spores in the pointing, so the green creeps back within weeks. Jet-washing is harder on a patio than a drive: turn the pressure up and you blast the pointing and jointing sand clean out, which widens the gaps and gives the next lot of weeds an easier home.
Shop moss and patio treatments mostly bleach the top so it looks gone for a while. Salt and vinegar scorch the leaf and can mark the slabs. Spraying reaches the root and the moss base, which is the bit that regrows, and this is why root-kill lasts when the quick fixes don’t.
How you get a price for your patio
No measuring visit and no waiting in. A photo of the patio or path is all I need to price it.
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Photo of the patio
Get the whole patio or path in the shot and send it over with your postcode.
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Fixed price by text
I weigh up the size and how green it has gone, then text one fixed price within 24 hours.
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I book you in
Give me the nod and I slot you in, usually inside the week.
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Sprayed and clearing
I treat the slabs, joints and moss in one visit, down to the root.
Why it doesn’t just grow back
The spray I use is professional-grade and I’m qualified to use it. It travels through the moss and weeds into the root and base sitting in your joints, which is the part that regrows if you only clear the top. Give it the full four weeks to work through, and it won’t linger in the ground once it’s done. If rain is due soon after I’d spray, I move you to a dry slot rather than let it wash off. There’s a fuller rundown on what actually kills weeds for good.
Patio and path weed spraying, common questions
No. It works on the moss and weeds, not the paving, so it won’t harm the pointing, the jointing sand or the slabs themselves, whether that’s natural stone, concrete or porcelain.
Yes. The same treatment takes off the moss carpeting shaded slabs and paths along with the weeds rooted in the joints, so you’re not left with a slippery green film once the weeds have gone.
Once it’s dried in you’re fine to sit out and use the patio and paths as normal, usually within a few hours of me finishing. I’ll let you know on the day.
No, leave it as it is. The spray needs the moss and weeds in place to work on, so a freshly scrubbed patio is actually harder to treat, not easier.
Yes, shaded damp paths are the ones I treat most. The moss browns off and brushes away once it’s dead, and spraying stops it carpeting straight back the way a quick scrub does.
See all questions, or got one that isn’t here? send it over with your photo and I’ll answer it when I text your price.
Patios and paths I cover across Leicester
I spray patios and paths across Leicester and the surrounding Leicestershire towns and villages. Send your postcode with the photo and I’ll confirm you’re in my patch when I come back with your price.
- Clarendon Park
- Knighton
- Aylestone
- Evington
- Oadby
- Wigston
- Western Park
- Braunstone
- Beaumont Leys
- Birstall
- Glenfield
- Leicester Forest East
Dead in four weeks, or I re-spray free
If the moss and weeds I’ve treated on your patio or path aren’t dead within four weeks, tell me and I’ll come back over that same area again for free. It’s a re-spray rather than a refund, and it covers the ground I actually sprayed, not fresh weeds seeding somewhere I never touched. But where I’ve treated, if it’s still alive, I sort it.