Slate roof under tree cover
Heavy lichen and moss — manual scrape over two days, biocide finished it.
Devon · EX20
Lydford's roof cleaning specialists
The best time to book roof cleaning in Lydford is the same week you start thinking about it. Lichen growth in particular is heavier here than almost anywhere else we cover — and it's the slowest to come back once treated.
Why we built a Lydford page for roof cleaning
The best time to book roof cleaning in Lydford is the same week you start thinking about it. Lichen growth in particular is heavier here than almost anywhere else we cover — and it's the slowest to come back once treated.
Historic Saxon burh above the Lydford Gorge, which shapes how exterior cleaning here actually plays out. We're frequently in and around EX20, so booking-day flexibility is easier than people expect.
Local context: Lydford, EX20
Historic Saxon burh above the Lydford Gorge.
- County
- Devon
- Local authority
- West Devon Borough Council
- Postcode district
- EX20
- Area type
- moorland village
- Common roofs
- natural slate
- Common walls
- Dartmoor granite and lime render
- Nearest routes
- local lanes off A386
- Distance from PL3
- 18.9 miles
How we'd approach this in Lydford
- 1Mechanical scrape before any softwash, debris bagged - never swept into moorland village gutters
- 2Biocide concentration set for natural slate rather than a one-size mix
- 3Ridge re-bedding flagged separately if natural slate mortar has failed on granite cottages and stone farmhouses
- 4Hip-tile and verge tiles inspected during the scrape on natural slate
- 5Solar arrays masked to keep softwash off the panels on newer Lydford builds
Materials & methods we'd use here
Most Lydford properties we treat have Dartmoor granite and lime render walls and a natural slate roof. That changes a few of the choices we'd make.
- Method
Manual scrape and bag - moss never flushed into the gutters on your moorland village property
- Method
Full-pitch biocide softwash via low-pressure boom across natural slate
- Method
Ridge re-bedding in NHL hydraulic lime on older granite cottages and stone farmhouses where mortar has failed
- Method
£5m public liability and working-at-height paperwork on file for every moorland village site
Work like yours, nearby
Concrete interlocking tile, 1970s semi
Heavy north-side moss scraped and bagged, full softwash; gutters cleared as part of the visit.
Older clay tile + Victorian valley
Valleys cleared by hand before any softwash went near them; no debris pushed into the gutter system.
Questions worth asking before you book
Where else in the EX20 area we book roof cleaning
Our coverage from PL3
Our 20-mile coverage from PL3 - Lydford is highlighted, with the closest neighbouring areas we cover.
The short version (Lydford)
If you've read this far you probably already know your roof cleaning in Lydford needs doing. The earliest practical step is sending us an address and a couple of photos — we'll do the rest.
Insurance, paperwork, photos, done - Lydford
£5m public liability, written quote, before-and-after photos and a VAT-free invoice for the roof cleaning at your Lydford property. Nothing chased after.