Roof Cleaning?

He has some very amusing stories.

Many years ago when he was just the manager of a branch for a different company in south Manchester, not far from United's ground, he got a phone call from an "investor" in London, looking for farm properties.
He told him he'd need to look further south, as there'd be nothing locally.

"Well, what about in St. Retford?"

Doh!

 

The guy had probably been looking at a map. Stretford is on the northern edge of the Mersey Valley and maybe to him looked quite "green." This strip of land accommodates a few farms to the West, eight golf courses, many playing fields and a large waterpark. But to both the north and south of the valley it's quite densely populated.

 

roof cleaning definitely isn't a fed, plenty of insurers these days look to make sure you are properly maintaining your property so will need invoices from professional companies incase you ever need to make a claim. it looks like the guys in the photo are pressure washing, you should never clean a roof like this because it can cause serious water damage if there is any preexisting damage to the roof. typically you will see most people scrape the moss off using a roof scraper Telescopic Roof Moss Scraper - Moss Removal Tool - Roof Scraper LTD and then apply a chemical solution to prevent it from growing back.

 

I had my roof cleaned and treated the other year and a couple of neighbours have had theirs done since. The tiles presented a good surface for the growth of moss and then the birds throw the moss around looking for insects.

 

They usually just say they don't insure problems where general maintenance is concerned.

 

Whats not fully appreciated is that the older the roof the brittler the concrete tiles become, particularly when heavy blokes just walk up on it rather than spreading the load with roof ladders.

As a neighbour said when he walked up his roof, he could hear the tiles crunching below his feet, though he was doing so prior to re-tiling the roof.

 

I'm a firm believer in the old saying, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

I do a quick visual of my roof from time to time, usually if there's been gale force wind, or if I notice anything unusual, and will get the roofer out if I think there's any need. But ordinarily, I leave it well alone. It does its job, and I don't really want people walking about on it, potentially cracking or dislodging tiles, unless they're up there for good reason.