Roof Cleaning Service and Moss Removal

Roof cleaning is fast becoming a popular service for homeowners accross the UK and can safely deliver fantastic visual results, keeping your roof moss free!

We have a network of local registered agents who work with herosoftwash equipment and are able to provide a range of services at a reasonable price.

These experienced independent agents will provide free quotes for residential or commercial pressure cleaning projects regardless of size.

Our local cleaning contractors are equipped with the very best low pressure cleaning equipment and materials to help ensure complete customer satisfaction at the completion of any project.

Here are three main reasons why you should have your roof cleaned in 2024.

1. Add Value back onto your home
2. Extend the life of your roof
3. Lower long term maintenance

Regular maintenance on a roof can help to extend the lifespan of the materials that protect your property every day.

Why does a roof get dirty?

1. Sun Light - Does your roof not receive many rays of sun? Moss loves those damp and shaded areas, so the shady sections of the roof are an ideal spot for moss to grow and populate. It finds its location between the tiles and roots in place.
2. Environment - Are there trees nearby? Overhanging trees and heavy green foliage near a roof encourages moss and algae to not only grow but to populate on nearby surfaces too. Moss loves concrete tiles. The texture of the surface provides the moss roots an ideal surface…  These roots are called "rhizoids."

Have you ever noticed the look of moss or discoloration on your roof? If so, you may have also discovered that your roofing pointing may have some green balls of moss growing into it. 

Over many years this moss roots into the components on your roof and tiles. Replacement and repairs begin to appear just a few years after you notice the early signs of moss and discoloration on your roof.

In the UK climate, roofs can attract lichens, algae, and moss. Often found in the more shady and damp areas of your home's roof. In fact, it is not just the roof that suffers this problem. It is often pathways, patios, and brick walks that attract these organisms making the area unsightly and slippery through the year.

To remove the discoloration from your roof, we need to remove the moss and algae typically at low pressure to help extend the roofing materials by slowing the degradation process and help get your roof spotlessly clean.

Its not just this initial cleaning process that gets the best results, its down to the soft wash application that happens next using the herosoftwash systems.

How can your roof be cleaned?

There are two most common methods to clean a roof tiles:

• Roof scraping
• low pressure washing

In our damp and often grey UK climate it creates the perfect conditons for the moss to grow.

To acheive the best cleaning results this organic matter needs to be removed as thoroughly as possible before any softwash treatments can be applied to the roof.

Despite the myth that pressure washing is bad a roof, its really the best way to get a structurally stable roof cleaned ahead of applying a final protective softwash treatment that sanitises the surface to get the absolute best and longest lasting results,

Softwashing is the most gentle process and uses a cleaning product that emulsifies the remaining grime on your roof after the low pressure cleaning has been completed.

You might have seen moss on your driveway and patios after it has been pecked off the roof from the birds or blown off in the wind.

Applying a specialist softwash cleaning product is like a pest control treatment for your roof. It gives you instant results and a long term clean.

Our trained equipment owners will apply a softwash solution that is tailored specifically to the level of soiling your roof requires once they have removed surface moss leaving you with a roof that looks like new!

What is softwashing and how does it work?