Slate roof under tree cover
Heavy lichen and moss — manual scrape over two days, biocide finished it.
Roof Cleaning in St Cleer
Most roof cleaning jobs we book in St Cleer come from owners who've put it off one winter too long. Old copper-mining village on the southern skirts of Bodmin Moor, which shapes how roof cleaning on granite and lime render and Cornish slate actually plays out around PL14.
Why we built a St Cleer page for roof cleaning
Most roof cleaning jobs we book in St Cleer come from owners who've put it off one winter too long. Old copper-mining village on the southern skirts of Bodmin Moor, which shapes how roof cleaning on granite and lime render and Cornish slate actually plays out around PL14.
Granite and exposed render take a hammering from horizontal Dartmoor rain six months of the year. Quotes around St Cleer usually go out the same evening. We batch St Cleer bookings with liskeard runs along local lanes off A38.
If we spot something on the visit that's cheaper for you to sort a different way, we'll say so. The single most common feedback we get is that the invoice matches the quote exactly. We work the softer end of the pressure range by default, and only step up when a surface genuinely wants it. Sealer is optional on stone, and we'll usually recommend skipping it unless the finish specifically wants it. The most common repeat booking pattern we see is roof every three years, gutters every year, walls every two. Every visit finishes with a five-minute tidy — sand brushed in, debris bagged, tap turned off. We prefer to under-promise on timing and over-deliver on finish, rather than the other way round. The kit gets pressure-tested weekly, which is boring but it's why we haven't had a rig failure on a customer job. For the odd fourth-storey house we bring a taller pole in from a neighbour's yard, still no scaffold needed. Roof re-bed work gets its own dedicated day — nobody wants a wet roof left open overnight. We keep bookings deliberately short in summer so a hot week doesn't back the diary up for a month. We photograph at three points during a wall softwash — plinth, mid-elevation and eaves — for the record. Fascia paint repair we don't do, but we'll flag it and hand you a shortlist of decorators we trust. The wall pump gets calibrated at the top of each visit, not once per job — it drifts otherwise. If a job goes wrong we say so on the invoice and we credit it — nothing gets buried.
What usually triggers the call in St Cleer
- Tile valleys jammed with moss spilling into gutters - common on moorland village stock at this exposure - on granite and lime render - worth flagging on enquiries this side of town.
- Black algae streaks running down Cornish slate after a wet winter in St Cleer - across Cornish slate - usually easier once the outside taps are back on in April.
- Bird-and-moss debris collecting around solar arrays on moorland village layouts - on granite cottages stock - handled from a pole not a ladder wherever we can.
- Chimney crown moss-colonised at St Cleer's very-exposed exposure - at very exposed exposure - quoted from photos in most cases, no doorstep survey.
- Roof-vent grilles blocked with bird-and-moss material on granite cottages and Victorian miners' housing - in the Cornwall Council patch - a job where getting the order right matters more than the products.
How the job would run on your St Cleer property
- 1Roof ladders adjusted for the pitch typical of Cornish slate on moorland village properties (on granite cottages stock - handled from a pole not a ladder wherever we can).
- 2Ridge re-bedding flagged separately if Cornish slate mortar has failed on granite cottages and Victorian miners' housing (at very exposed exposure - quoted from photos in most cases, no doorstep survey).
- 3Skylight surrounds cleared by hand on moorland village properties (in the Cornwall Council patch - a job where getting the order right matters more than the products).
- 4Valley flashings checked and cleared before the main rinse on granite cottages and Victorian miners' housing (18.6 miles from PL3 - one of the calls we get most in the wetter half of the year).
- 5Chimney crown treated separately - common ask on moorland village stock in PL14 (at roughly 50.489,-4.470 - the reason our reviews mention 'no surprises' more than anything).
Recent jobs near St Cleer
Natural slate, granite chimneys
Mortar checked on the ridge during the job; one ridge tile re-bedded as a separate line item.
Concrete tile detached bungalow
Algae streaks down the seaward pitch — softwashed clean, then dried evenly.
FAQs we get from St Cleer homeowners
Fixed price, no scope creep - St Cleer
What we quote for roof cleaning at your St Cleer property is what you pay. Extras only happen if you specifically agree to them on the day. Working local lanes off A38 through St Cleer (PL14), roughly 18.6 miles from our PL3 yard. Old copper-mining village on the southern skirts of Bodmin Moor.
Practical timing (St Cleer)
roof cleaning in St Cleer works best in spring or early autumn. Mid-winter we still take bookings, but pencil it for a dry weather window. In St Cleer specifically: granite and lime render walls, Cornish slate roofs, granite cottages and Victorian miners' housing stock, Cornwall Council.