Roof Cleaning in Exmouth

The Moore & Franks approach in Exmouth

Exmouth sits right where the Exe meets the sea, and that salt-laden coastal air does roofs no favours. Properties along the seafront and up through Littleham cop the worst of the wind-driven damp, which feeds moss and algae across exposed slopes. The big Edwardian villas near the front and the bungalows further inland both tend to green over on the weather side. We strip the growth back, apply a biocide that keeps it from coming straight back, and check the flashing while we work. Family-run from nearby Topsham, we know how Exmouth's coastal weather behaves and clean roofs to last.

Out on the Liverton Copse and Dinan Way estates, the render is modern silicone and K-Rend and the roofs are machine-made concrete tile — surfaces that green up fast in Exmouth's humid estuary air. We lift the moss off with carbon-fibre poles from the ground and follow with a soft-wash biocide that reaches the spores rather than just rinsing the surface. It is the same growth you see streaking the north walls through Brixington, and it needs killing at source, not blasting off.

The Georgian terraces up around The Beacon are a different job again — older slate that has weathered decades of salt and won't take any aggressive pressure. On roofs like these we bring in DOFF steam, which works on heat rather than force. Many of these are let out as holiday flats over summer, so we book the work for the quieter months and clear the gutters of grit and leaf while we are set up on site.

Because Exmouth sits in constant marine damp, the shaded weather sides never fully dry, and moss creeps back quicker here than a few miles inland at Lympstone. A biocide top-coat slows that regrowth for a good few years, and we are happy to come back and refresh it rather than let a roof get thick again. We finish every clean by vacuuming the gutter runs clear from ground level. Solar panels are £7 + VAT each if you want them done too.

Our Exmouth customers are typically within 25 minutes of our Exeter base. We cover the wider EX8 postcode area and the surrounding villages (The Beacon, Littleham, Withycombe Raleigh, Brixington, Exmouth Seafront & Marina, Lympstone).