07725 314415Roof Cleaning in Ottery St Mary
Lift moss, lichen and algae without damaging a single tile. We work all over Ottery St Mary and the surrounding Devon area — St Mary's Church and the Tumbling Weir, The Square and Silver Street, Cadhay Manor and the towns between.
The Moore & Franks approach in Ottery St Mary
Roofs go green fastest in a spot like Ottery St Mary — inland in the Otter valley, hemmed in by trees and farmland. Overhanging branches, damp valley air and low winter sun across the older cob-and-thatch country and the Victorian housing in town all let moss and lichen settle in. Once it's thick it holds water against the tiles and blocks the valleys. We clear it off by hand, treat the roof properly and flush the gutters so they run free again. Family-run, fully insured to £5m, and straight with you about whether a roof actually needs doing.
The newer estates climbing toward West Hill and Tip Hill are render-heavy modern builds, and their K-Rend and silicone finishes streak black with algae within a few years of going up in Ottery's damp air. We soft-wash a biocide across roof and render that kills the growth at source, worked from ground level with carbon-fibre tools rather than anything that would force water into the render behind. It stays clean far longer that way.
Down in the old core around The Square and Silver Street the homes are stone and cob with older clay tile, and harsh cleaning does real harm to fabric like that. We keep it gentle — hand-scraping moss with carbon-fibre tools and using DOFF superheated steam where a roof needs a deeper clean, working on temperature rather than pressure. A biocide finishes by killing the spores off at the root.
Mist lingers over the meadows below St Mary's Church well into the morning, and that standing damp is why moss re-establishes fast on Ottery St Mary's shaded roofs. A biocide top-coat slows it for several years, and we finish every clean by vacuuming the tree-fed gutters clear from the ground. We are only 20 minutes from our Topsham base, so refreshing a treatment or getting out to quote is easy.
Our Ottery St Mary customers are typically within 20 minutes of our Exeter base. We cover the wider EX11, EX10, EX5 postcode area and the surrounding villages (St Mary's Church and the Tumbling Weir, The Square and Silver Street, Cadhay Manor, West Hill, Tipton St John, Newton Poppleford).
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Same tile, same property — one Moore & Franks visit.
A clear, repeatable process.
No surprises, no upsells. The same method every job — that's how you get the same result every time.
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Survey & quote
Free no-obligation visit. We assess tile type, pitch, access and the level of biological growth before quoting.
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Scrape & remove
Bulk moss removed by hand using extendable carbon-fibre tools and ground-level poles where access allows.
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Soft-wash treatment
Biodegradable biocide applied at low pressure to kill spores at root level and prevent re-growth.
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Gutter clear-down
All debris cleared from gutters and downpipes — included in every roof clean.
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Final inspection
Walkthrough with you, before/after photos, and aftercare advice on extending the result.
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers to the questions we get asked the most. If yours isn't here, drop us a line — we reply same day.
Roof cleaning in Ottery St Mary starts at £300 + VAT. The roof's size, pitch and growth set the price, and heavy tree cover is a local factor — roofs shaded by riverside trees hold thicker moss and take longer to clear than an open slope.
We cover EX11 and the neighbouring EX5 and EX10 postcodes — the town centre, out to Tipton St John and Newton Poppleford, and up toward West Hill and Aylesbeare. It is a 20-minute run from our Topsham base.
Yes. Old clay tile over cob needs a gentle hand, so we avoid pressure, hand-scrape the moss and use superheated steam where needed — heat, not force. A breathable biocide then kills the spores without harming the fabric beneath.
Yes — every roof clean ends with a full gutter clear-down, vacuumed out from ground level so the moss we have shifted does not sit blocking your downpipes. We reply the same day, quote free in writing, and work weekdays, 8 to 5.
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Send a couple of photos or book a site visit — fixed price in writing before any work starts.