Roof soft washing
The full slope at low pressure, treated once and left to weather clean
Leicester and Leicestershire
Moss Holds Water. Frost Does the Rest.
Soft washing takes the growth off a roof without a jet ever touching a tile. Low pressure, a biocide that carries on working for months, and the moss weathers away instead of coming off in sheets with half the surface attached to it.
Roofs cleaned across Leicestershire since 2013
What we do
Everything That Grows on a Roof
Moss, lichen, algae and the gutters they all end up in. Every bit of it from the ground, none of it with a jet.
Moss scraping
Growth thick enough to hold water comes off by hand first
Gutters and valleys
Cleared on the way down, because that is where it all lands
Render and cladding
The same treatment, vertical, with no colour lost off the render
Coating and sealing
Offered, and often talked you out of when the tiles are sound
Drone survey
Flown before the quote and again after, footage yours either way
Before and after
Same Roof, Two Springs Apart
Every job is photographed from the same spot before we start and again once the growth has weathered off.
Before
AfterRoof soft washing
Detached · Oadby
Before
AfterClay pantile
Semi · Wigston
Before
AfterNorth facing slope
Terrace · Clarendon Park
Before
AfterRender and cladding
Bungalow · Birstall
Before
AfterCoating and sealing
Cottage · Kibworth
Before
AfterOld clay tile
Semi · Glenfield
Before
AfterRidge and hips
Detached · Leicester Forest East
Two other firms wanted to jet it. Ridgeway talked me out of that in about a minute, did it properly, and the roof has gone back to the colour it was when we bought the house.Julia Whitmore, Oadby
Who turns up
Five of Us, Two Vans
The same faces every visit, which is why nobody has to explain the job twice.
Cara Ridgway
Owner, surveys every roof himself
Owen Pike
Soft wash lead
Steph Doyle
Drone survey and reports
Marcus Hale
Gutters and valleys
Jay Turner
Biocide application
FAQ
Before You Book
Including the answers that talk you out of spending money.
No, because there is no pressure involved. A jet wash strips the face off a concrete tile and can drive water up under the laps. Soft washing works chemically at roughly the pressure of a garden hose, so the tile is left exactly as it was, only without the growth on it.
Four to twelve weeks. The biocide kills it at the root on the day, then wind and rain take it off gradually. A roof that looks instantly spotless has usually been jetted, and that is the outcome you do not want.
A standard three bedroom semi in Leicester is 450 to 700 pounds depending on the pitch, the access and how far gone it is. The drone survey is free and you get the footage whether or not you book.
Almost never. Everything is reached from the ground or from a tower, which is most of why soft washing costs less than a roofer quoting for the same slope. If a roof genuinely needs access we say so before quoting rather than after.
Usually not. If the tiles are sound then a coating buys you colour rather than life, and it can trap moisture if it goes on wrong. We will quote for it if you want it, and tell you plainly when we think you should keep the money.
Contact
Book a Roof Survey
Send the postcode and a photo from the street. We fly the roof before quoting and you get the footage whether or not you book the work.