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Cheshire · Roof Cleaning & Moss Removal
Roof cleaning & moss removal
Done by hand and treated, not blasted. A pressure washer takes the moss off and the tile surface with it.
Moss is not just cosmetic. It holds water against the tile, it breaks off in clumps and blocks the gutters and downpipes, and in a hard frost the water it traps freezes and spalls the face off a concrete tile. On a north-facing pitch in Cheshire it will establish within a few years and keep coming back.
What it is usually not is a reason to replace the roof. Plenty of people are told otherwise by someone who knocked on the door. If the tiles underneath are sound, cleaning and treating is a few hundred pounds and buys you years.
Scope
How we do it
- Moss scraped off by hand, working up the pitch
- A biocide treatment applied to kill the spores so it stays off longer
- Gutters, hoppers and downpipes cleared and flush-tested
- Valleys and behind the stack cleared, where it packs in hardest
- Loose and cracked tiles spotted and reported while we are up there
- Everything swept, bagged and taken away
- No pressure washing, see below
Worth knowing
Why we will not jet-wash your roof
Pressure washing a roof is quick, it looks dramatic, and it is the single most common way a cleaning job turns into a re-roofing job. Concrete tiles have a thin coloured surface layer; a lance takes it straight off, leaving a porous grey tile that soaks up water and grows moss back faster than before. On slate it drives water up under the laps and into the loft, and it will strip the bedding out from under ridge tiles.
Scraping by hand and treating takes longer and costs a bit more. It also leaves you with the roof you started with. If someone has quoted you half our price for a jet-wash, that is the difference you are paying for.
Roof Cleaning & Moss Removal we have done
Our own jobs, photographed as we went.
More in our work.
Free quote
Book a look at the roof and gutters.
Tell us roughly how bad the moss is and when the gutters were last cleared. We will tell you honestly whether it needs doing yet.
- We come out and look properly, with photographs of what we find
- Fixed written price before anyone books anything in
- No obligation, and no one chasing you afterwards
Water coming in right now? Ring 07470 988 330 instead.
FAQs
Roof Cleaning & Moss Removal: your questions
Something not covered? Ring us. We'd rather answer it now than have you guessing.
07470 988 330How much does roof cleaning cost?
A typical semi usually falls between £350 and £700 depending on pitch, access and how established the moss is. Gutter clearing on its own is less. If the job can be reached safely from a tower rather than full scaffold it comes down considerably.
How long before the moss comes back?
Scraping alone and it will be visibly back within two or three years. With the biocide treatment you should get five or more, longer on a south-facing pitch. Nothing stops it permanently in this climate. Anyone promising that is selling something.
Does moss actually damage a roof?
Indirectly, yes. It holds moisture against the tile so frost can spall the surface, it blocks gutters and causes overflow down the wall, and the clumps wash into the downpipes. It is rarely urgent, but leaving it for a decade costs more than dealing with it.
Will you tell me if the roof needs more than a clean?
Yes, with photographs. Being up there is the best look anyone will get at your roof, so we report what we find (slipped tiles, a tired valley, perished felt at the eaves) whether or not it leads to more work. If it just needs a clean, we will say that too.
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Other things we do
New Roofs & Re-Roofing
Full strip-and-recover in slate or tile, with modern membrane, dry ridge and new leadwork.
Flat Roofing
EPDM rubber and GRP fibreglass for extensions, dormers, garages and bay windows.
Fascias, Soffits & Guttering
The roofline work we are named for: uPVC fascias, vented soffits and seamless gutter runs.
Chimney & Leadwork
Repointing, flaunching, new flashings and code-correct lead valleys, the usual source of a leak.
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on your roof.
We'll come out, get up and look properly, and send you a written price with the work spelled out. No pressure, no doorstep sales, no vanishing act.