Roofs that don’t see as much sunlight are more prone to moss infections and if your roof is severely infected by moss this can cause serious problems. When moss is wet it is five times heavier than dry moss and as you know we receive more than our fair share of rain in the UK but when the temperatures drops in the winter the moss freezes and that can cause the brittling of your roof tiles. When the moss spreads from the roof to your guttering this affects your buildings resilience to damp, which can severely impact structural integrity.

How do we clean your roofs?
First we would remove all the moss from your roof, this would involve using specialist scrapers which are designed to specific roof tiles, and depending on how high the roof is then either the use of a roof ladder, scaffold tower or cherry picker, this enables us to work safely at height and will give us better access for all parts of the roof.

After the moss has been removed we will clean out your gutters and apply our soft wash biocide which would kill off algae, lichens and any remaining moss. This works by puncturing the cell wall of the live biofilm, killing the organism down to the roots. When the organism dies it will eventually disappear leaving the surface fully disinfected and will give longevity of the clean.