Ickenham · UB10
Roof cleaning and moss removal in Ickenham
Tree-lined roads leave shaded slopes mossy. Hand removal, soft wash and biocide clean plain tiles without cracking them.
Free photographed survey
Every slope, chimney and gutter photographed.
Report yours to keep
Whether you hire us or not.
Agreed in writing
Scope fixed before any work starts.
One point of contact
Your survey and every follow-up handled by one person, 8am–6pm.
What should Ickenham homeowners know?
Around the village green and Swakeleys Road are older cottages and listed buildings under clay tiles. Most of Ickenham is 1930s Metroland: detached houses and semis with hipped plain clay tile roofs, bays, tile hanging and gabled fronts. Later infill and extensions add flat roofs and dormers.
What goes wrong on Ickenham roofs?
Hips, ridges and bonnets. Mortar-bedded hips and bonnet tiles on 1930s roofs crack and loosen over time.
Bay roofs. Small bay roofs and their flashings are a common source of leaks into front rooms.
Dormer and flat roof junctions. Loft conversions add dormers and flat roofs that leak at the joins with the main roof.
How do we do roof cleaning and moss removal?
We remove moss by hand, soft wash the roof at low pressure and apply an HSE-registered professional biocide, exactly as its label directs. We do not pressure wash tiled or slate roofs. It strips the surface off concrete tiles and brings moss back faster, and on slate it drives water under the laps.
Full details on our roof cleaning and moss removal page.
Our process
What you get
- 01
Hand removal
Moss scraped off by hand, working down the roof without walking on fragile tiles.
- 02
Soft wash
Low pressure only, so the tile surface and the laps are untouched.
- 03
Biocide
Kills moss, algae and lichen on contact; the dead growth then weathers away over the following weeks and months.
- 04
Gutters and photos
Gutters cleared of debris and the roof photographed: any slipped tiles noted.
Questions
Roof cleaning and moss removal in Ickenham: FAQs
My hip tiles are loose. Is that a big job?
Usually not. Re-bedding or mechanically fixing hips is a repair, not a re-roof.
Do you work on loft conversion dormers?
Yes, including leadwork and flat roofs on the dormer.
Roof cleaning and moss removal nearby
Free · Photographed · No pressure
Get a quote in Ickenham.
Get a quote for your roofing work. Where an inspection is needed, we photograph the roof, explain our findings in plain English and give you the report to keep.