Roof cleaning in Harlow

Harlow roofs we clean

1950s and 1960s New Town terraces

Harlow was designated a New Town in 1947 and built in neighbourhoods around shopping centres like The Stow. Many homes are long terraces with fairly shallow roof pitches. Lower pitches drain more slowly, so moss and algae can get a better hold.

Old Harlow

The original village at the east end of the town has older houses with clay tiles and slate, some listed. These get the gentlest approach.

Church Langley and Newhall

Built from the 1990s and 2000s, these neighbourhoods have younger roofs. Most need a treatment at most, and we’ll say so if yours needs nothing.

Why Harlow roofs grow moss

Harlow was planned with green wedges of open land and trees running between its neighbourhoods, so many houses back onto mature trees and footpaths. That makes for leafy streets, and for shaded roofs where moss comes back quickly unless a biocide is applied after the clean.

Jobs we see in Harlow

Most Harlow jobs are terraced and semi-detached homes from the New Town years with moss along the laps of low-pitched concrete roofs. Neighbours on the same terrace can book together. We also see flat-roofed garages and extensions, which we’ll look at case by case.

How we clean them

The same careful method on every roof: thick moss lifted by hand, a low-pressure soft wash, a biocide finish, and the gutters cleared of what comes off. No jet washing on tiles or slate.

Drag to compare: the kind of change a soft wash and biocide makes.

Where we work in Harlow

Old Harlow, The Stow, Church Langley, Newhall, Great Parndon, Potter Street and Harlow Common. Not on the list? We cover all of Essex, so ask.