When people hear “roof cleaning”, they think it should be cheap like carpet cleaning or office/house cleaning.  

Think about it.  

Does a carpet cleaner spend hours at your house sweating his butt off and getting sunburned risking his life every time he steps onto a ladder?  No.  

Does a carpet cleaner run the possibility of paralysis or death by simply doing his job?  No.  

Does a carpet cleaner spend thousands of pounds on equipment and chemicals for every single job?  No.  

Can a carpet cleaner offer you a guarantee that the treated surface will stay clean for years to come?  No.  

There’s so much more that goes into professional roof cleaning than for any other kind of residential cleaning service that it’s really not even fair to put them into the same category. 

As a matter of fact, most roof cleaning companies come in too low with their prices when you consider all the variables involved in working at heights.  

And when you consider that it not only makes your home more beautiful but also extends the life of your expensive roof by a number of years I think that having a roof cleaned is one of the smartest and most cost-effective things that a homeowner could possibly do to protect what is very often, their biggest biggest asset.

There’s nothing easy or quick about roof cleaning.  In fact, if you approach it with a cavalier attitude you run a good chance of injuring yourself.  

If you want to have any chance of cleaning your roof safely and effectively then you need to set out a clear plan of attack, have safety procedures in place, and, above all, take your time.  Rushing through a roof cleaning only leads to trouble. 

Unless you’re one of these guys that absolutely has to do every home improvement job on his own I would highly recommend that you just find a qualified, pressure roof cleaning company in your area.  

Either you can hire somebody who has the equipment and experience to clean your roof in a few hours or you can spend an entire weekend doing it yourself and risking your life.  Your choice.

Just because you can’t see algae stains on certain parts of the roof doesn’t mean that it’s not already there and beginning to develop.  

Keep in mind that in its early stages roof algae is completely invisible to the naked eye.  It’s not until the more advanced stages that it actually turns black or yellow and becomes visible.  

So if you can see algae on even one section of your roof that means that it’s probably already taking hold on your entire roof.  

I always try to explain this to my customers but occasionally I still get people who don’t believe it and demand that I only do a spot-clean to remove visible stains. 

I reluctantly oblige their demands but am never surprised when I drive by a year later to see the untreated areas now completely covered in black and yellow algae! 

Then they usually call me back with the standard, “You were right.  Can you please come back and clean the whole roof as you originally recommended?”