Cleaning and maintenance of a roof

Cleaning and maintenance of a roof

Cleaning a roof ensures its tightness and strength. However, it can not be improvised. It must be an inventory, diagnose problems and ensure the safety of people who do the cleaning of the roof.

Cleaning the roof: your safety

Remove obstructions from gutters

Before starting cleaning or maintaining the roof, make sure you take every precaution to ensure your safety. Depending on the height and the potential for roof access, rent a ladder with spacer and / or harness with safety. The stability of the scale determines your safety. Always ask someone to stay nearby during the operation. Take advantage of your position near the gutters to remove all debris (moss, dead leaves ...), in addition to cleaning the roof.

Cleaning and Maintenance Roofing: What materials?

The treatment of choice depends on your type of roof tiles in terracotta, concrete, slate ... For example, some concrete tiles can not tolerate bleach, tile Romance does not support the pressure washer ... So check before you start cleaning roof products that are suitable.

Roof Cleaning: Cleaning antifoam

Scrape the mousse

If your roof is overgrown with moss, begin by scratching. Next, spray an anti-foaming algaecide or (special maintenance of the roof) for cleaning the roof. The scraping operation carried out upstream will make the product more effective. The maintenance of a roof should be done by very good weather (after at least 8 hours without rain before seeing the results of your cleaning).

Roof maintenance: protection of the roof

After cleaning the roof, it must now be protected. The protection and maintenance of roofing can be made by a repellent treatment tiles. This treatment reduced the porosity, the risk of bursting and breaks.