Moss on Your Bridgend Roof? Cleared by Hand, Not Blasted Off

Roof Moss Removal › Bridgend

Bridgend sits in a damp, mild part of South Wales, and a moss-covered roof is a common sight on terraces and estates alike. Moss looks harmless, but it holds water against the tiles and feeds on the damp that the climate here supplies. Left alone through a few wet winters, it can start to lift tile edges and clog the drainage that keeps your walls dry.

We remove it properly. That means working across the roof by hand and brush, clearing what has built up in the gutters and valleys, and looking at the tiles once they are uncovered. We do not blast roofs with a pressure washer, and we explain why before we start.

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Moss on Bridgend roofs: what we see

The older terraces close to the town centre tend to have shaded back slopes where neighbouring walls and yards keep the sun off the tiles. Moss collects thickest there, and it packs into the gutter line where a long run of roof drains to one low point. On a long terrace the same shaded slope often runs the whole row, so one neglected house can be shedding moss onto its neighbour's gutter.

Across the interwar and 1960s to 1990s estates around Brackla, Coity and Laleston, concrete tiles are common. Moss settles into the rough surface of the tile and into the overlaps, and on gable-stack houses it bunches up in the angle where the chimney meets the slope. Left in place it keeps the tile face wet, and after a cold snap that water can freeze and flake the surface.

Roofs under trees, such as those on the edges of Coychurch and Pencoed, get a steady fall of leaves and twigs on top of the moss. Wet westerly weather keeps it all soaked, so these roofs usually need clearing more often than open, breezy ones. A roof like that gains from a clear-out of the leaf litter as well as the moss, since the two feed each other.

Moss and roof-cleaning jobs we do in Bridgend

• Hand-clearing of tiled roofs — We lift and brush moss off concrete and clay tile roofs in sections, so the debris is collected and bagged rather than washed down into your drains.
• Gutter and valley clearing — Moss and silt are cleared from gutters, valleys and downpipe outlets so water runs off the roof instead of backing up under the tiles.
• Chimney and stack surround clearing — Moss gathers where the roof meets a stack, so we clear that junction by hand and look at the flashing and mortar fillets while we are there.
• Checking for slipped and broken tiles — Once the moss is off, we look for tiles that have slipped, cracked or lifted, and give you a plain list of anything that needs fixing.
• Anti-moss treatment — After clearing we apply a treatment to the surface to slow regrowth, and we are straight with you that it slows moss rather than ending it.
• Moss clearing on slate and older roofs — Slate and older mixed-tile roofs get a gentler hand-brush approach, with extra care around brittle edges and weathered pointing.

How we go about moss removal in Bridgend

Before anything else we walk round the house and look at the roof from the ground, noting shaded slopes, overhanging trees and the state of the gutters. Access on terraces can mean working from the front only, and we plan around parked cars and narrow back lanes. Nothing is started until you know what we will be doing, which parts of the roof we will be on, and how long the job should take.

We explain what we find in plain terms: where the moss is heaviest, why it grows there, and whether any tiles need attention once it is cleared. We treat after clearing, and tell you honestly that shade and trees mean it will come back in time and the roof will need looking at again.

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