Roof Cleaning in Crawley

Roof Cleaning for homes and businesses in Crawley

Crawley was built out as a planned town in named neighbourhoods, which means large numbers of roofs went on within a few years of each other. Practically, that means the roofs on a road tend to be the same construction, the same age and at the same stage of moss growth. If yours looks like every other roof on the street, that is why, and it also means the job is well understood before we arrive.

Extensions and garages are where the moss is worst

Where post-war housing has picked up an extension or an attached garage, and plenty around here has, that addition usually sits at a shallower pitch than the main roof. A shallow pitch drains slowly, holds water longer and grows moss far faster than the steep main roof above it.

It is also usually in shade from the main house for part of the day. So the extension roof is often thick with moss while the main roof is only lightly affected, and it is the part that most needs doing.

Where the moss goes when it comes off

On a terraced or tightly spaced estate there is not much room around a house, so everything coming off the roof lands on the drive, the path, the patio or the neighbouring boundary. Left to itself, a roof clean leaves you a garden full of dead moss and a gutter run packed solid.

Managing that as we go is a real part of the job on a tight site. So is being sensible about the neighbours, since moss and treatment spray do not respect a fence line and cars parked close by are easily caught.

How we work

1. 1
   Ground survey and access plan

   We look at the tile type, the pitch, the condition and how we are getting up there safely. Concrete interlocking, clay plain tiles, slate and older stone slabs all need a different touch, and a brittle tile is a repair bill waiting to happen.

2. 2
   Agree the method before anything gets touched

   Some roofs suit careful scraping of the dry moss, some suit a soft wash and biocide, some suit both, and a few are best left alone. We tell you which one yours is, including when the answer is that a clean is not worth doing.

3. 3
   Remove the growth and control where it falls

   Moss coming off a roof goes straight into the gutters and all over the ground below. That wants managing as the work goes on rather than leaving a garden full of it.

4. 4
   Clear the gutters and downpipes afterwards

   A roof clean that leaves the gutters packed with moss has only moved the problem. Clearing them is what finishing the job properly looks like, so it is worth confirming it is in your quote.

5. 5
   Biocide treatment and the honest timescale

   Where a treatment is used, it keeps working for weeks or months after we leave. The roof carries on lightening instead of looking finished the same afternoon, and that is worth knowing upfront.

We assess each roof first and use the safest method for the tiles and pitch.

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