Roof moss removal in Hampshire

Moss works like a sponge. Every clump on your roof holds water against the tiles long after the rain has stopped, and that's where the trouble starts.

Over a few winters, the trapped water does real damage. And moss doesn't stay on the roof: it comes loose in wind and rain, slides down the slope and ends up in your gutters.

Before anything else, we survey the roof, so we know what the tiles are and how firmly the moss has taken hold. That decides the method.

Most of the time we lift the moss by hand, with tools shaped to fit your tiles, so we scrape the growth away and not the surface. Where steam suits the roof better, we use a low-pressure steam cleaner, which loosens moss and lichen.

Taking the moss off is only half the job. We follow it with a specialist biocide and an anti-fungal treatment that kill the spores left behind, so new growth is much slower to appear. While we're up there we clear out the gutters and downpipes, so none of the moss we've removed is left to block them.

The treatment buys you time rather than a permanent fix. How long depends on the roof: one in open ground stays clear for years, while one under trees greens over sooner.

When it starts to come back, a light top-up treatment is far quicker and cheaper than another full clean. Any moss that does return tends to end up in the gutters first, so we clear those on the same visit.

No two roofs are priced the same, because no two take the same work. Your roof cleaning cost comes down to a handful of things we check at the survey.

The first is size: a larger roof takes longer to clear and treat. The second is access, whether we can work from a scaffold tower or need a cherry picker to reach it safely.

Then there's how much growth there is. A light covering comes off far quicker than moss that has built up for years. The method matters too, hand tools or low-pressure steam, chosen to suit your tiles, as do any extras, such as replacing slipped or broken tiles.

The survey and quote are free, with no obligation.

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