Roof Cleaning that suits Bigbury

What we see on Bigbury properties

If the roof cleaning at your Bigbury property has started looking tired, you're not alone. Bungalows take the worst of it because there's nowhere for water to go but the wall itself. Bigbury sits in Devon at TQ7, close enough to ringmore that we regularly share visits.

Above Burgh Island on the exposed South Hams coast, which shapes how roof cleaning on painted render and pebbledash and concrete tile and slate actually plays out around TQ7. Working out of TQ7 we're rarely more than 14.8 miles from a Bigbury job.

If we spot something on the visit that's cheaper for you to sort a different way, we'll say so. We never sub-contract out — the crew that quotes the job is the crew that does the job. If your neighbour books at the same time we drop the callout portion — genuinely worth mentioning next door. Roof harnesses are anchored and inspected before anyone leaves the ground. Windows are usually the entry-point job for new customers, and everything else follows on from that first visit. Parking is where a lot of jobs go slow, so we ask about it up front rather than turn up and hope. Small jobs get done in the gap between larger jobs, which is why one-off cleans aren't more expensive here. We prefer to under-promise on timing and over-deliver on finish, rather than the other way round. If the weather doesn't play ball on the day, we ring you before we set off, not after. Emergency gutter clears after a storm get slotted in the same week, not the same month. Pressure washing patios always finishes with a lawn edge tidy so borders don't end up sanded. Detergent choice depends on substrate, not on habit — we don't run one product for everything. Copper sulphate never touches a roof we clean — it stains tiles and kills nothing worth killing. For historic properties we send a method statement covering exactly what will and won't be used. Rain-day contingency is baked into the price — no extra charge if we come back a second day to finish.

Materials & methods we'd use here

Most Bigbury properties we treat have painted render and pebbledash walls and a concrete tile and slate roof. That changes a few of the choices we'd make.

• Method

  Aluminium roof ladders sized for the pitch typical of concrete tile and slate - noted across concrete tile and slate - a job where getting the order right matters more than the products.

• Method

  Manual scrape and bag - moss never flushed into the gutters on your coastal village property - noted on seafront villas stock - one of the calls we get most in the wetter half of the year.

• Method

  Solar arrays worked around without disturbing fixings - common on newer Bigbury builds - noted at very exposed exposure - the reason our reviews mention 'no surprises' more than anything.

• Method

  Access planned around the pitch and ridge height before the visit on coastal village sites - noted in the South Hams District Council patch - and it's exactly the sort of job the fleet was set up for.

Where it usually starts in Bigbury

• Thick moss on the Aveton Gifford-facing slopes of concrete tile and slate - in the South Hams District Council patch - the reason we keep this round on a tight schedule.
• Lichen crusts ridge tiles on coastal village properties - slow to clear but it does go - 14.8 miles from PL3 - usually easier once the outside taps are back on in April.
• Bird-and-moss debris collecting around solar arrays on coastal village layouts - at roughly 50.286,-3.895 - the sort of thing owners notice from the road first.
• Verge tiles slipping under moss weight on seafront villas and 1930s bungalows - on painted render and pebbledash - the reason we send photos on completion rather than invoice cold.
• Roof valleys spilling water sideways during heavy rain in Bigbury - across concrete tile and slate - a job where getting the order right matters more than the products.

Nearby areas we also cover

Things Bigbury customers ask us first