Roof Cleaning in Cranleigh

Right now the roof is dark green at the edges, the gutter is holding a strip of moss like a window box, and the whole house reads as tired from the road. Afterwards the tile colour is back, the water goes where it should, and nothing is sitting wet against the laps.

Wey Valley Roofing is family-run and works with its own experienced local roofers, with Scott answering the phone after more than 36 years on Surrey roofs, and every job carries a 25-year written workmanship guarantee, including related work such as fascias, soffits & cladding in Cranleigh.

Call 07428 300474 and a real person will answer, day, night or weekend.

Roof Moss Removal Methods

Moss holds water against the tile and pushes it into the laps. That is the awkward part. It is not a cosmetic problem, it is a wetting problem, and the wrong method makes it worse. Pressure washing strips the surface off concrete tiles, drives water under slates and fills the gutters with grit. We do not pressure wash roofs. We hand scrape and we soft wash, and we say so before anyone climbs anything.

The method gets matched to what the roof actually is. Interlocking concrete tiles, plain clay tiles, natural slate and fibre cement all behave differently under a brush. Older roofs on the Cranleigh side of Surrey often carry nail fatigue and thin mortar bedding, so anything aggressive costs you tiles. The survey settles this first. Then the work starts.

• Hand scraping to lift moss, lichen and built up debris from the tile face and the laps
• Low-pressure soft wash to shift algae staining without blasting the surface
• Biocide treatment where regrowth is the real issue rather than the current growth
• Clearing the moss out of valleys and behind chimney flashings, not just off the open slope
• Checking slipped, cracked and hollow-sounding tiles as they are exposed

Nobody can promise moss never comes back. A north-facing slope under trees will grow moss again, and we will tell you roughly how long you have rather than sell you a coating. Coatings do not get pushed here.

Gutters, Debris and Waste Removal for Cranleigh Homes

The part people forget is where the moss goes. Scrape a roof and a wheelbarrow of wet debris comes down it. If that lands in the gutters and stays there, you have swapped a mossy roof for a blocked outlet, and the first heavy night of rain runs down the fascia instead of the downpipe. That is how a cleaning job turns into a rot job.

So the clearance is part of the work, not an extra. Gutters, hoppers and downpipe tops are cleared and flushed after the roof is done, and outlets are checked for flow rather than looked at from the ground. Rainwater capacity is sized to BS EN 12056 when we are advising on replacement, and if the gutter is undersized or back-falling we will say that plainly instead of cleaning it twice a year forever.

• All roof debris bagged and taken away, not left in a heap by the shed
• Gutters and downpipes cleared and water-tested at the end
• Beds, paths and drives swept and rinsed off
• Anything found on the way, loose flashing, cracked flaunching, tired fascia board, reported with a photo

If you are looking for roof cleaning near you around Cranleigh, our own roofers cover the village and the surrounding Wey Valley, so a survey does not sit waiting for weeks. Site left tidy. That is the standard.

Safety, Access and Property Protection

The honest risk on a clean is not the cleaning. It is the access and the walking. A roof carrying wet moss is slick, and tiles that have sat undisturbed for twenty years do not enjoy being loaded. Get that wrong and you hand the customer breakages, a damaged conservatory roof or worse. Our roof cleaning services are set up around scaffold or tower access and proper roof ladders, so nobody is scrambling about on a slope with a hose.

Fixings and loading matter here too, which is why we work to BS 5534 on anything we refix after a clean rather than bedding it back and hoping. Glass, planting, garden furniture and paths get sheeted before water moves. Downpipes get isolated where run-off would go somewhere it should not.

The people doing it are our own experienced local roofers. No subcontracted strangers, no unfamiliar crew turning up in an unmarked van. Scott has been on Surrey roofs for over 36 years and he is the one who answers the phone, day, night or weekend, so if something needs sorting mid-job there is one person accountable and you already have his number. The 25-year written workmanship guarantee is handed over before the team leaves. Fully insured, with Public Liability cover in place.

Manual Scraping and Soft Washing

This is the part where jobs drag if they are not sequenced properly. Wet moss cannot be brushed off cleanly, biocide cannot be applied to a filthy tile and expected to work, and washing before scraping just makes mud. So it runs in an order, and you are told the order before it starts.

Survey and method decision

Free survey, no obligation and no charge. We look at tile type, condition, pitch, gutter runs and what is overhanging the roof. A drone view goes up where it helps. If a hand scrape and a gutter clear is all the roof needs, we say that. If the tiles are past cleaning and the honest answer is a re-roof, we say that too, and Approved Document L's insulation requirement gets explained then rather than sprung on you later.

Fixed price in writing

One price, in writing, before anyone books a date. No obligation. It covers access, the clean, the waste and the gutter clearance, so there is nothing to discover halfway through.

Scrape, wash, clear

Access set up and protection sheeted. Moss and lichen hand scraped off the slope, laps and valleys. Low-pressure soft wash across the tile face. Biocide applied where it earns its place. Then gutters cleared, flushed and checked, and the debris removed from site.

Final walk round

We go round with you at the end, on the ground, with photos of anything found up there. The guarantee is handed over in writing. Then we leave.

Done properly, once. That is the whole point of the sequence.