Local roof cleaning across Peter Tavy

What's actually different about Peter Tavy

By the time roof cleaning becomes obvious from the road in Peter Tavy, it has usually been quietly building for two seasons. Sister village to Mary Tavy on the western moor edge, which shapes how roof cleaning on Dartmoor granite and natural slate actually plays out around PL19.

Granite and exposed render take a hammering from horizontal Dartmoor rain six months of the year. Most weeks we're up and down the local lanes off A386 between Peter Tavy and the next booking. We batch Peter Tavy bookings with mary tavy runs along local lanes off A386.

We never sub-contract out — the crew that quotes the job is the crew that does the job. Two of us live within twenty minutes of the yard, which is why booking flexibility is easier than customers expect. Where photographs are agreed, they can document the visible condition of the surface and the completed work. 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. We'll write down exactly what's included and, more importantly, what isn't — no wiggle room on the invoice. Softwash and pressure washing are two different jobs with two different rigs — we don't try to force one to do the other. We keep a small stock of common ridge and hip tiles so minor replacements don't hold a job up. Pressure washing patios always finishes with a lawn edge tidy so borders don't end up sanded. Wall softwash finishes with a plinth rinse in every case, which is where the streaks would otherwise settle. Fresh brush heads go on the pole for every glazing job over five years old. Fascia paint repair we don't do, but we'll flag it and hand you a shortlist of decorators we trust. We keep a spare crown for the surface cleaner in the van because the swivel wears faster than anything else. Enquiry-to-quote turnaround is measured weekly and posted on the wall in the yard. The photo pack we send at completion doubles as a maintenance record for your property file.

Typical problems on Peter Tavy properties

• Thick moss on the Mary Tavy-facing slopes of natural slate - 15.5 miles from PL3 - a job we tend to batch with neighbouring runs.
• Lichen crusts ridge tiles on moorland village properties - slow to clear but it does go - at roughly 50.585,-4.115 - worth flagging on enquiries this side of town.
• Black algae streaks running down natural slate after a wet winter in Peter Tavy - on Dartmoor granite - a booking pattern we've settled into over five seasons.
• Roof valleys spilling water sideways during heavy rain in Peter Tavy - across natural slate - a maintenance item that gets cheaper the earlier you catch it.
• Hip tile mortar weathering on the south slope of natural slate - on granite cottages stock - the reason we send photos on completion rather than invoice cold.

Other Devon spots we work in regularly

FAQs we get from Peter Tavy homeowners