Roof cleaning and moss removal in Boston

Moss holds water against the tiles, breaks off in lumps that block gutters and outlets, and in a hard frost the water it holds expands inside the tile surface. We clear moss from roofs across Boston and the fen villages, and clear the gutters at the same time, because most of it ends up in them.

Scraped by hand, not blasted

A pressure lance strips moss quickly and takes the sealed surface of the tiles with it. On a concrete tile that surface is the weatherproofing, so blasting it turns a slow problem into a fast one. We remove moss by hand with scrapers and brushes, working down the roof, and we will turn down jet-washing a roof that should not be jet-washed even when we are asked for it.

What shows up once it is off

Moss is very good at hiding cracked and slipped tiles, failed ridge pointing and lead that has lifted. Clearing it is also a survey: you get photographs of the roof as it actually is, and a plain list of anything that wants attention, with no obligation to have any of it done by us.

Damp air and shallow pitches

The fen holds damp, and damp is what moss wants. North-facing slopes, roofs shaded by trees in the older parts of town, and the shallower pitches on newer estate housing all stay wet longer. There is nothing wrong with those roofs; they simply need clearing more often than a steep sunny slope.

Booking it

Ring 01406 704369 or send the form. We clear the gutters, downpipes and outlets as part of the job and check they actually run. The work is insured, and anything we spot that needs a roofer rather than a brush you will hear about plainly, with a photograph.

Treatments, and what we will not promise

There are biocide treatments that slow regrowth and we will talk them through honestly, including the option of doing nothing at all. What we will not do is promise that any treatment keeps a shaded fen roof clear for good, because nothing does. Clearing the roof every few years is cheaper and more honest than a guarantee nobody can keep.