Roof cleaning for Essex homes
A full roof clean: thick moss lifted off by hand, the whole roof soft-washed at low pressure, a biocide finish, and the debris cleared from your gutters. For concrete, clay and slate roofs. Free quote.
- Low pressure, no blasting
- Biocide treatment
- Free, no-obligation quote
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Tell us about your roof. We’ll call or text back with a price.
Everything a roof clean should be
- Hand clearing. Thick moss scraped off by hand, tile by tile, never blasted.
- Soft wash. The whole roof cleaned at low pressure with a solution that kills algae, lichen and moss roots.
- Biocide finish. Keeps working for months, so growth is slow to return.
- Gutters cleared. What comes off the roof doesn’t stay in your gutters.
- Tidy up. Paths and ground left clear.
Not every roof needs the full job. If yours only needs a treatment, we’ll say so.
Drag to compare. Clay tiles along a valley, before and after.
Every kind of Essex roof
Concrete tiles
The most common roof in Essex. Its rough surface holds moss, especially as it ages. Cleans up well with a soft wash; don’t expect a 40-year-old tile to look new, just clean.
Clay tiles
Softer than concrete and easily damaged by pressure. Plain clay tiles on older homes and 1930s houses get the gentlest treatment we have.
Slate
Hard and smooth, so it holds less moss, but algae streaks and ridge growth are common. Low pressure keeps the slates and their fixings undisturbed.
Roof cleaning: questions answered
Do I need to be at home on the day?
Not always. If we can reach the roof and there’s an outside tap, you don’t need to be in. If side gates are locked, leave them open or tell us how to get through.
We confirm the day a day or two before, based on the forecast, and move the job if heavy rain is due rather than do it badly.
How long does a roof clean last?
It depends on shade, trees, damp air and tile type, but the biocide finish keeps killing new growth for months after the clean. Open, sunny roofs stay clean much longer than shaded ones.
The cheapest way to keep a roof clean is not to let it get bad again. When the first signs of growth come back, a treatment on its own deals with it, so you rarely need another full clean.
Do you clean the whole roof or just the mossy side?
We quote for what the roof needs. Often that’s the whole roof, because algae and spores are on every slope even where you can’t see them. Sometimes only the shaded slope has real growth, and we’ll tell you.
Cleaning one slope and leaving the other can leave a roof that looks uneven, especially on slate and concrete. We’ll show you what we see and you decide.
What if you find damage on the roof?
We tell you before we go any further. Slipped or broken tiles, cracked slates, missing ridge mortar and failing flashings are jobs for a roofer, and a roof shouldn’t be cleaned over them.
Cleaning is maintenance, not a repair. Many people have repairs done first and the clean afterwards; others have us clean first so the roofer can see the tiles properly. Either way, you’ll know what we found.
Is roof cleaning messy?
Not the way we do it. Moss is lifted off by hand and collected, the soft wash runs at low pressure so nothing is sprayed across the garden, and we clear the gutters and ground before we leave.
We ask you to move cars from under the roof, bring washing in and keep pets indoors while we work. If there’s a pond, greenhouse or vegetable bed below, tell us and we’ll take extra care there.
Can you clean a bungalow or chalet roof?
Yes. Bungalows and chalet bungalows are some of the most worthwhile roofs to clean, because so much of the roof is on show from the street and garden.
They are common across Essex, from Rayleigh, Hockley and Benfleet to Canvey, Clacton and Billericay. Low roofs are usually easier to reach too.
Four steps, one visit
Free quote
Send your postcode and a photo, or call. We price the roof and tell you honestly if it doesn’t need doing yet.
Hand clear
Thick moss is lifted off by hand first, so we never need high pressure to shift it.
Soft wash
A cleaning solution at low pressure kills and lifts algae, lichen and moss roots without blasting the tile surface.
Biocide and tidy
A biocide finish keeps working for months. Debris is cleared from the gutters and the ground before we go.
Questions people ask
What does roof cleaning include?
Hand clearing of thick moss, a low-pressure soft wash of the whole roof, a biocide finish, and clearing the debris from the gutters and the ground.
Do you walk on the roof?
We avoid walking on tiles wherever we can. How we reach your roof depends on the house; we’ll explain it when we quote.
How much is roof cleaning?
We quote each roof for free. Send your postcode and a photo, or call or text 07346 818746.
Will it be completely clean on the day?
Moss and algae come off on the day. Old lichen is killed on the day but fades and washes off over the following months.
Find out what your roof needs
Send us your postcode and a photo if you have one. Free quote, honest advice, no pushy upsell.