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What Is The Cost Of Cleaning A Roof?

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A dirty roof can damage the appearance of your house. You might be tempted to hire a high tackle sprayer and go for the DIY method. This is a sensitive job, and it can destroy your roof in the process. You need to learn how professional cleaners do it and the roof cleaning cost too. This might make you wonder what the roof vacuum cost is. Here is all you need to know about roof cleaning.


The current state of professional roof cleaning

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While using a high-pressure wand to clean a roof is not a perfect method of doing it, it was the best roof tile cleaning method in the past.

However, too high water pressure can destroy the roof, and if it is abnormally low, it won't remove mold and other unnecessary materials on the roof. Using an optimal pressure is neither effective as it causes zebra-striped marks on the roof.

Professional roof cleaners clean roofs using the high-pressure spraying method but on terracotta roofs, they use rotary washers which needs special chemicals and cleaning methods to eliminate the lichen that assembles on terracotta tiles.

 Rotary washers are better than old-fashioned wands as they clean a large surface area with each pass. They clean better than wands without leaving any stripped patterns on metal roofs.

To prevent mold from forming on your roof and make it have an extended lasting attractive appearance, you need professional roof cleaners to clean the roof with a coat of anti-mold spray as a follow-up activity. Below are other services of roof cleaners.

  • Chemical cleaning
  • Gutter fitting
  • Cleaning a roof from a cherry picker if necessary.

 

What is the cost of roof cleaning?

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The size and material of your roof determines the cost of cleaning roof tiles. Several factors can cause the prices to differ.

  • Metal and concrete tile roofs: $1.75-$2.00 per meter for cleaning only. You might have to pay extra costs for other services such as gutter guard fitting, anti-mould spraying and gutter vacuuming.
  • Terracotta: %4 per meter square and above depending on the services required.

The minimum cost of roof cleaning Melbourne is around $200 which is inclusive of set up time and travel. You might get a lower rate service if you have a large roof.

Take time and get several online quotes for roof cleaning, whether it is roof cleaning Brisbane, roof cleaning Perth or roof cleaning Sydney. Each location might have a different quote.

Otherwise the average roof is 160-200 meters square or more in size. You can save $50 or more if you need the same level of service on a small metal roof without having to sacrifice professional results.

You should use the costs in this article only as a guide. They vary depending on location and are subject to market forces.

If you’re looking to clean your roof you'll need the experience of a local outdoors cleaner. With the Bricks+Agent online community hub it’s simple, easy and free to connect with a local professional with the right credentials and best quote for you!

If you need help finding a local cleaner, then jump on th Bricks + Agent platform and post your job. It's quick, easy, and free! 

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Topics: Property Services, Repairs & Maintenance, Home Improvement, Property Advice

Jon Stul

Written by Jon Stul

Having spent over 12 years in the real estate industry covering all facets from residential through to commercial, established and off plan properties and sub-divisions, he has an in depth knowledge of the industry. Stepping out of the industry four years ago and moving interstate to expand a frozen yoghurt chain that has gone from 1 to 4 stores in the time he has been involved. This was recently sold to Made Group. Real estate has always been in his blood and it was a natural fit to start Bricks + Agent given the amount of insight he has into the industry as a whole. Having seen how all different forms of traditional marketing was used to the direction that it is now heading today, we think we have come up with a truly unique proposition that fits into the current state of the property maintenance market.

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