Roof cleaning and moss removal in Newark

Moss on a roof is not only a look. It holds water against the tiles, breaks off in lumps that block gutters and outlets, and in a hard frost the water it holds expands within the tile surface. We clear moss from roofs across Newark-on-Trent and clear the gutters at the same time.

By hand, not with a lance

A pressure washer takes moss off fast and takes the sealed surface of the tiles with it. On a concrete tile that surface is the weatherproofing, so blasting it converts a slow problem into a quick one. We remove moss by hand with scrapers and brushes, working down the roof. We will decline to jet-wash a roof that should not be jet-washed, even when we are asked to.

What appears once it is gone

Moss hides a great deal: cracked and slipped tiles, ridge pointing that has failed, lead that has lifted. Clearing it doubles as a survey. You get photographs of the roof as it really is and a plain list of anything wanting attention, with no obligation to have any of it done by us.

The river and the trees

Newark sits on the Trent, and river valleys hold damp air that lingers. Add the mature trees on the older streets shading north-facing slopes and you have ideal conditions for moss. There is nothing wrong with those roofs. They simply want clearing more often than an open, sunny, steep one does.

What the job includes

Gutters, downpipes and outlets cleared as part of the work and checked that they actually run, because there is little sense clearing a roof and leaving the moss sitting in the gutter. The work is insured, and anything we find that needs a roofer rather than a brush you will hear about plainly and see photographed.