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Thick cushions of moss and crusty lichen are a familiar sight on roofs under Woking’s pines. We lift them carefully, clean the tiles with a method suited to their age and material, then clear the gutters.
Moss on a roof looks soft and harmless, yet it behaves like a sponge. Each clump soaks up rain and keeps the tiles beneath it wet, and as it spreads into the gaps it can nudge tiles out of line. Every gust of wind then sends lumps of it tumbling into the gutters. Good roof cleaning in Woking means removing that growth in a way that leaves the tiles in better shape than before, not worse.
Our first job on any roof is hand work. We use specialist scrapers shaped to fit the tile profile, so they slide along the surface and into the laps, peeling the moss away without forcing water upwards. What remains – algae, staining and the faint green film – is then dealt with by low-pressure washing or by roof steam cleaning, depending on the material. Steam is our go-to for older, softer or more fragile tiles. Afterwards you can choose a biocide treatment, which slows the return of moss, algae and lichen. The visit always ends with the gutters and downpipes cleared, because moss removal inevitably sends a fair amount over the edge.
Woking was built on heathland, and the trees that thrive on its sandy soil are the very ones that encourage roof moss. Tall Scots pines tower over houses in Hook Heath and around the edges of Horsell Common, while oak and birch shade large gardens in Mayford and Pyrford. Needles and leaf fragments lodge between tiles, rot down into a thin layer of compost and give spores a ready-made seedbed. North-facing slopes in these areas can carry a solid green coat within a few years.
What sits on the roof varies from street to street. Victorian and Edwardian houses in Maybury, Mount Hermon and Old Woking may have handmade clay tiles or natural slate, both of which deserve a delicate approach. Goldsworth Park, St John’s and Sheerwater are dominated by concrete interlocking tiles; these are tough, but their textured surface grips moss tightly, which is why scraping matters before any washing begins.
Then there is the water. Low ground near the River Wey at Old Woking and Kingfield often holds morning mist well into the day, and houses along the Basingstoke Canal sit in similarly humid air. That lingering moisture keeps moss growing through the winter months. We carry out moss removal across both postcode districts, GU21 and GU22, from Knaphill and Horsell through to Westfield and the roads by the station.
The exact method is tailored to your tiles, but every roof clean follows this pattern.
Using your photos and a look on the day, we work out whether the roof is clay, concrete or slate, how deep the moss is and whether any tiles already look loose or cracked.
Made-to-measure scrapers glide along each course of tiles, lifting moss off the faces and out of the joints. This removes most of the growth before any water is used.
The remaining algae and grime are rinsed off with low-pressure washing, or steam where tiles are older and more fragile, giving a deep clean without harsh force on the surface.
If you have chosen it, biocide is applied to slow future growth. We then empty the gutters, clear downpipes from ground level up and sweep fallen moss from the ground.
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Roofs do not need cleaning every year, but they do tell you when moss is getting out of hand. Keep an eye out for these:
Dealing with moss while it is still mostly on the surface is kinder to the tiles than letting it root deeply, and it usually means a quicker job. If you are not sure how bad things are, a couple of photos from the garden are enough for us to tell you.
Two roofs on the same Woking street can need very different amounts of work, so every quote is individual. We consider:
Photos of each roof slope taken from the garden or street let us send a fixed price, usually on the same day.
High pressure can strip the surface from concrete tiles, crack older clay ones and drive water up beneath the laps into the roof space. Our approach of hand scraping followed by low-pressure washing or steam cleans just as thoroughly while treating the tiles with far more care.
Roofs shaded by pines and oaks will always be more prone to moss than open ones. With a full clean and the biocide treatment, many Woking homeowners find the roof stays presentable for several years. Keeping gutters empty in between stops needles feeding new growth at the eaves.
For shaded or north-facing slopes it usually is. The treatment does not make a roof immune to moss, but it slows how quickly moss, algae and lichen re-establish, so the result of the clean lasts noticeably longer than it would otherwise.
Yes. Older clay tiles are exactly where we tend to choose roof steam cleaning after scraping, because it lifts algae and staining without high pressure. We assess the condition of the tiles first and adjust the method if any look soft or worn.
Much of it ends up in the gutters, so emptying them is always part of the job. Downpipes are checked from ground level up, and we sweep moss off paths, patios, drives and borders so you are not left finding clumps around the garden.
Yes. If we notice slipped, cracked or missing tiles while working, we will point them out and send photos if you are not at home. That gives you clear information to pass on to a roofer if something needs fixing.
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