Roof Cleaning in Dawlish

The Moore & Franks approach in Dawlish

Dawlish takes the sea full on — the railway line runs right along the front, and so do the storms. Properties up on the hills and along Marine Parade get hammered by salt spray and driving rain, which keeps roofs permanently damp and feeds moss across the weather side. The mix of Victorian seafront houses and newer estates inland all need the same thing: the growth taken off before it lifts the tiles. We scrape it back by hand, treat the roof so it stays cleaner for longer, and clear the gutters. Local, insured to £5m, and used to coastal conditions like these.

Behind the seafront, the steep wooded valleys around Holcombe and Smugglers Lane throw permanent shade over the roofs below, and north-facing slopes there stay damp enough to grow moss the year round. We hand-scrape it off with extendable carbon-fibre tools, keeping our feet on the ground rather than walking the tiles, then soft-wash a biocide across the slope to kill the spores properly. On Dawlish slate, that root-level treatment matters far more than muscle.

The newer estates out toward Secmaton and Sandy Lane have light render and silicone finishes that pick up coastal grime quickly, greening on the salt-facing side. We can treat render and roof together and finish by vacuuming the tightly-packed terraced gutters clear from ground level — they clog with moss and leaf and overflow down the walls if left. No ladder ever leans against the render.

Salt holds moisture against a roof long after the rain has stopped, so on the exposed sides near Dawlish Warren the growth comes back fast once a clean starts to age. A biocide top-coat slows that down for a good few years, and we are glad to refresh it rather than let a roof thicken up again. It is a 25-minute run from our Topsham base, every job quoted in writing, no obligation.

Our Dawlish customers are typically within 25 minutes of our Exeter base. We cover the wider EX7 postcode area and the surrounding villages (Dawlish Warren, Dawlish Water (the Black Swans), Cockwood, Holcombe, Barton Hill, The Strand).