Solar Panel Cleaning in Dawlish

The Moore & Franks approach in Dawlish

Dawlish lives with the sea closer than almost anywhere in Devon — the railway line runs right along the wall, and the salt spray that batters it reaches the rooftops above just as readily. Solar arrays here, whether on the Victorian seafront houses or the newer builds up toward Dawlish Water, take a constant coating of salt and a steady dose of gull mess. That film quietly robs you of output. We're a family-run Devon firm and we deal with it the safe way: purified water, soft brush heads, reach poles from solid ground. No chemicals, no roof-walking, just clean glass and a meter that climbs back to where it should be.

The steep wooded combes around Holcombe and Smugglers Lane throw two problems at a solar panel: deep shade for much of the day and a steady drift of leaf and seed onto the glass each autumn. North-facing arrays up that side rarely get a drying spell, so organic growth settles in and stays. We flush it off with pure water and a soft head worked from firm ground, which suits the sloping plots where ladders would never sit safely anyway.

On the newer estates toward Secmaton and Sandy Lane, a lot of the panels went up with the houses and have never had a wash since. Owners often assume a coastal roof rinses itself in the rain, but salt-laden air actually leaves a sticky film that rain alone bakes on rather than clears. A first proper clean on one of these arrays usually brings a noticeable jump on the generation app.

A south-facing coastal roof in Dawlish catches a lot of sun, which is exactly why a clean array pays for itself so quickly here. The flip side is that the same open aspect exposes the panels to constant salt, so the gains do not last forever without upkeep. An annual wash tends to be the sweet spot, holding the output steady through the sunniest stretch from spring onward.

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).