Ugborough's roof cleaning specialists

Local context that changes the job

Owning a place in Ugborough means accepting that roof cleaning is on the maintenance list — the question is just how often. Septic-served properties make it worth thinking about runoff before any cleaning starts. South Hams District Council covers Ugborough, and building stock here is dominated by stone cottages and Georgian farmhouses.

Square-planned Dartmoor-fringe village north of the A38, which shapes how roof cleaning on painted render and Dartmoor granite and natural slate actually plays out around PL21. We're frequently in and around PL21, so booking-day flexibility is easier than people expect.

If we spot something on the visit that's cheaper for you to sort a different way, we'll say so. Cameras go on the vac pole as standard so you see the gutter before and after, not just take it on trust. Windows are usually the entry-point job for new customers, and everything else follows on from that first visit. If a finish is not right, tell us and we will come back and look at it rather than argue about it. The vac pole extends to forty feet which covers the vast majority of domestic three-storey gutter work. Wall softwash finishes with a plinth rinse in every case, which is where the streaks would otherwise settle. Downpipe inlets are water-tested before we leave, not just visually checked. Extras are always agreed on the day in writing before any additional work starts. Waste from moss removal gets bagged, weighed and taken to a licensed green-waste facility. The invoice email includes the biocide safety data sheet and dilution ratio used on your job. Rain-day contingency is baked into the price — no extra charge if we come back a second day to finish. The van livery is deliberately low-key because half the neighbours have booked us the following month. We keep a spare crown for the surface cleaner in the van because the swivel wears faster than anything else. The wall pump gets calibrated at the top of each visit, not once per job — it drifts otherwise. If a re-clean is needed we book it in rather than debating who was right about the surface.

Materials & methods we'd use here

Most Ugborough properties we treat have painted render and Dartmoor granite 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 rural village property - noted on painted render and Dartmoor granite - handled from a pole not a ladder wherever we can.

• Method

  Full-pitch biocide softwash via low-pressure boom across natural slate - noted across natural slate - the elevation that always dictates the price.

• Method

  Solar arrays worked around without disturbing fixings - common on newer Ugborough builds - noted on stone cottages stock - and it's why we default to the softer end of the pressure range.

• Method

  Access planned around the pitch and ridge height before the visit on rural village sites - noted at exposed exposure - the reason our reviews mention 'no surprises' more than anything.

Questions worth asking before you book

Where else in the PL21 area we book roof cleaning