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How much to give a rough clean of this roof?

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How much to clean this roof? As I am not experienced in cleaning roofs I said I would use a pole from the ground or flat roof  with a hoe on it and scrape as much moss off as possible.  How much for that?   Also, how much if I get a ladder and do whole roof.  What ladder is best? 

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As already has been said roof cleaning is a specialist skill those are rosemary tiles very delicate if you don’t know what you are doing you could do thousands of pounds of damage : if you are adamant that you want to do it try and get someone who knows what they are doing to do the job and work along with them to learn make sure your insurance covers you for roof cleaning by what ever method you are going to use as well 

 
It would be a nice wee number if you could sit on the ridge with a wfp and scrub away. Looks like a weak hypo job and the roof would probably come up great. Ask if you can do a test patch by standing on the flat roof. Mix up some different strength solution and test a few small areas. If all goes well, then I would charge £750 and take two days to do it. You would need to buy a roof ladder and the one to buy is a telescopic one. A roofer told me to buy one and I use it once a month.

https://www.midlandladders.com/Ladders/roof-ladder/double-extending-roof-ladders/lyte-double-40m-extending-trade-roof-ladder 

 
It would be a nice wee number if you could sit on the ridge with a wfp and scrub away. Looks like a weak hypo job and the roof would probably come up great. Ask if you can do a test patch by standing on the flat roof. Mix up some different strength solution and test a few small areas. If all goes well, then I would charge £750 and take two days to do it. You would need to buy a roof ladder and the one to buy is a telescopic one. A roofer told me to buy one and I use it once a month.

https://www.midlandladders.com/Ladders/roof-ladder/double-extending-roof-ladders/lyte-double-40m-extending-trade-roof-ladder 
How about just getting the hook bit which goes over ridge and attach to my normal ladder? 

 
Ok.  Surely just a bit of brush, rake or hoe on long pole to get some of the moss off rooif near the flat roof etc which might drop into gutters. Isn't a proper clean but will get me gutter clean job which is what I want.  So how much for that? Not talking chemicals or ladders

 
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Don't do something that s.t.u.p.i.d you can't just put a ladder right on that roof you need something under it to spread the load and allow you to get your feet in the steps of the ladder so u can move and balance.

Just go higher a roof ladder and stop cutting corners to save a few quid.

You really don't know how to do this type of job and have probbly never worked on a roof in your life in any way.

like stated about those tiles are very fragile and you could really damage the roof .

If your that short of work spend the time knocking on door or get some real training in roof cleaning.

I know I being very harsh here but roof cleaning is highly skilled work and high risk your better off trying other add-on services.

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Like I said not  going to use a ladder just scrape brush any loose moss off near gutters, before cleaning them.  The roof is at bungalow height so can do it from ground or small ladder.  I told her I would just give it a quick not proper clean 

 
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Like I said not  going to use a ladder just scrape brush any loose moss off near gutters, before cleaning them.  The roof is at bungalow height so can do it from ground or small ladder.  I told her I would just give it a quick not proper clean 








You are setting yourself up for a fall there either do the job properly or don’t do it at all , you and the customer will have different ideals about what a quick job is you won’t get a good reputation or recommendation by doing half a job you oviously don’t have a clue what you are doing and this is the type of job where a little knowledge is dangerous m as has already been said you would be better off spending the time canvassing regular work , you say scrape  it from the ground you clearly have never done this as you would know that it will be impossible to do that all from the ground : unless you are used to that type of work after 2 hours you won’t be able to lift your arms : also scraping rosemary tiles will remove the sand finish then possibly making the roof pourous are you then going to spray it with a sealer or a colour coat ? This is specialist work and should not be attempted by someone without the knowledge of how to do it safely , if you have to ask how to do it you shouldn’t be doing it : what are you going to do if you break the tiles replace them from the ground ? Do you know how to replace them ? What are you going to do if the customer then has water ingress issues after you have “ cleaned it “ are you insured for this kind of work ? If not you are opening yourself up to all kinds of problems , listening to replyes on hear shows quite clearly that a lot of advice is being given by people who are probebly well meaning but it won’t be them laying out for any damage that you might do , I don’t want to insult you but this is way beyond your skill set 

 
You are setting yourself up for a fall there either do the job properly or don’t do it at all , you and the customer will have different ideals about what a quick job is you won’t get a good reputation or recommendation by doing half a job you oviously don’t have a clue what you are doing and this is the type of job where a little knowledge is dangerous m as has already been said you would be better off spending the time canvassing regular work , you say scrape  it from the ground you clearly have never done this as you would know that it will be impossible to do that all from the ground : unless you are used to that type of work after 2 hours you won’t be able to lift your arms : also scraping rosemary tiles will remove the sand finish then possibly making the roof pourous are you then going to spray it with a sealer or a colour coat ? This is specialist work and should not be attempted by someone without the knowledge of how to do it safely , if you have to ask how to do it you shouldn’t be doing it : what are you going to do if you break the tiles replace them from the ground ? Do you know how to replace them ? What are you going to do if the customer then has water ingress issues after you have “ cleaned it “ are you insured for this kind of work ? If not you are opening yourself up to all kinds of problems , listening to replyes on hear shows quite clearly that a lot of advice is being given by people who are probebly well meaning but it won’t be them laying out for any damage that you might do , I don’t want to insult you but this is way beyond your skill set 
Totally agree, Recently it's being a shock on here that some will just be Gung Ho about certain jobs and have no idea and will be happy to jump onto a job for the sake of earning money.

I considered softwashing and roof cleaning jobs etc around this time last year but the more I looked into the more I realised that their is real risk of things going wrong and you need to be really smart to make sure you don't cause damage to a clients home which could become extremely expensive and within this post the potential damage could run into the £1,000's surely?

 
It would be a nice wee number if you could sit on the ridge with a wfp and scrub away. Looks like a weak hypo job and the roof would probably come up great. Ask if you can do a test patch by standing on the flat roof. Mix up some different strength solution and test a few small areas. If all goes well, then I would charge £750 and take two days to do it. You would need to buy a roof ladder and the one to buy is a telescopic one. A roofer told me to buy one and I use it once a month.

https://www.midlandladders.com/Ladders/roof-ladder/double-extending-roof-ladders/lyte-double-40m-extending-trade-roof-ladder 


Is it roof cleaning you use your ladder for? 

 
You're going to attempt to clean the roof which will be a ballache just so that you can get the gutter clean job!!!?? FFS ?

I'm guessing you're the same geezer who posts as slippy. I'm right aren't I @buzzing ?

 
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