Slate roof under tree cover
Heavy lichen and moss — manual scrape over two days, biocide finished it.
Duloe's roof cleaning specialists
By the time roof cleaning becomes obvious from the road in Duloe, it has usually been quietly building for two seasons. Hillside village between Liskeard and Looe with a prehistoric stone circle, which shapes how roof cleaning on granite and painted render and Cornish slate actually plays out around PL14.
What's actually different about Duloe
By the time roof cleaning becomes obvious from the road in Duloe, it has usually been quietly building for two seasons. Hillside village between Liskeard and Looe with a prehistoric stone circle, which shapes how roof cleaning on granite and painted render and Cornish slate actually plays out around PL14.
Septic-served properties make it worth thinking about runoff before any cleaning starts. We're frequently in and around PL14, so booking-day flexibility is easier than people expect. We batch Duloe bookings with looe runs along B3254.
We never sub-contract out — the crew that quotes the job is the crew that does the job. There's no minimum charge to look at a job — we'll walk around it, quote it and leave the ball with you. Reviews are on Google, Facebook and Checkatrade — a mix that makes it harder to game the numbers. Detergents are biodegradable and lawns are pre-wetted before biocide goes near anything green. If a finish is not right, tell us and we will come back and look at it rather than argue about it. The kit gets pressure-tested weekly, which is boring but it's why we haven't had a rig failure on a customer job. We keep a small stock of common ridge and hip tiles so minor replacements don't hold a job up. Runoff is diverted with drain bungs where soakaways feed straight into wildlife ponds. The van livery is deliberately low-key because half the neighbours have booked us the following month. Kiln-dried sand is bought in bulk pallets, which keeps the driveway top-up cost small at the invoice end. Small drone footage is available on request for high-level roof inspections without ladder time. Fascia paint repair we don't do, but we'll flag it and hand you a shortlist of decorators we trust. The kit list gets photographed on setup so nothing accidentally leaves site in the wrong van. We keep a spare crown for the surface cleaner in the van because the swivel wears faster than anything else. If a re-clean is needed we book it in rather than debating who was right about the surface.
Typical problems on Duloe properties
- Lichen crusts ridge tiles on rural village properties - slow to clear but it does go - at exposed exposure - the reason we keep this round on a tight schedule.
- Black algae streaks running down Cornish slate after a wet winter in Duloe - in the Cornwall Council patch - worth flagging on enquiries this side of town.
- Bird-and-moss debris collecting around solar arrays on rural village layouts - 18.2 miles from PL3 - a job that suits softwash first, pressure never.
- Hip tile mortar weathering on the south slope of Cornish slate - at roughly 50.391,-4.499 - a booking pattern we've settled into over five seasons.
- Chimney crown moss-colonised at Duloe's exposed exposure - on granite and painted render - typically half a day, sometimes a full day if access is tight.
How the job would run on your Duloe property
- 1Roof ladders adjusted for the pitch typical of Cornish slate on rural village properties (18.2 miles from PL3 - a job that suits softwash first, pressure never).
- 2Mechanical scrape before any softwash, debris bagged - never swept into rural village gutters (at roughly 50.391,-4.499 - a booking pattern we've settled into over five seasons).
- 3Hip-tile and verge tiles inspected during the scrape on Cornish slate (on granite and painted render - typically half a day, sometimes a full day if access is tight).
- 4Skylight surrounds cleared by hand on rural village properties (across Cornish slate - the reason we send photos on completion rather than invoice cold).
- 5Valley flashings checked and cleared before the main rinse on stone cottages and farmhouses (on stone cottages stock - quoted from photos in most cases, no doorstep survey).
Recent jobs near Duloe
Concrete tile detached bungalow
Algae streaks down the seaward pitch — softwashed clean, then dried evenly.
Older clay tile + Victorian valley
Valleys cleared by hand before any softwash went near them; no debris pushed into the gutter system.
FAQs we get from Duloe homeowners
Local crews, local pricing - Duloe
Working out of PL14 keeps callouts to Duloe small — and the price stays sensible because nobody's driving an hour each way. Working B3254 through Duloe (PL14), roughly 18.2 miles from our PL3 yard. Hillside village between Liskeard and Looe with a prehistoric stone circle.
The Duloe factor
Hillside village between Liskeard and Looe with a prehistoric stone circle. That single fact changes what roof cleaning should look like here. Most generic quotes miss it. In Duloe specifically: granite and painted render walls, Cornish slate roofs, stone cottages and farmhouses stock, Cornwall Council.