Roof Cleaning · Savannah, GA
Professional roof cleaning in Savannah
Roof Cleaning for your Savannah property
Under the Spanish moss canopy over Isle of Hope and Ardsley Park, Savannah roofs streak black with Gloeocapsa within a season or two of the last cleaning. We treat them with a no-pressure soft wash that kills it at the root, and we never walk or blast shingle, tile, or old metal.
Savannah, GA at a glance
Savannah wears its climate on every surface. Salt drifts in off the Savannah River and the surrounding tidal marsh, the Lowcountry humidity almost never breaks, and the deep shade of live oaks draped in Spanish moss keeps whole walls damp for days, all of which feed a green-black film of mildew, mold, and algae faster than almost anywhere. The Historic District's squares are ringed with tabby, stucco, and brick facades that show it first on their shaded north sides, the cobblestones and old brick along River Street stay slick with growth, and the newer subdivisions out toward Pooler and the Southside green up on schedule too. From Ardsley Park and Isle of Hope to Skidaway Island and the marsh-front streets of Wilmington Island, regular soft-washing keeps a Savannah home looking the part without the risk high pressure poses to delicate historic finishes.
Cleaning the aged brick, tabby, and stucco that ring the historic squares means working within the preservation standards championed by the Historic Savannah Foundation.
Any exterior job inside the Landmark Historic District also answers to the ordinances and permitting overseen by the City of Savannah.
Those same fragile heritage finishes wrap the downtown mansions kept by the Telfair Museums.
How we get roof cleaning right
The dark streaks bleeding down so many Savannah roofs are a living organism, the cyanobacteria Gloeocapsa magma, and our heat, humidity, and shade are exactly what it feeds on. Under a canopy of live oaks dripping Spanish moss it comes back fast, and it takes hold on asphalt shingle across Ardsley Park, Isle of Hope, and the Southside subdivisions within a season or two. High pressure has no place on a roof: it strips the granules off shingles and can crack or dislodge tile and slate. We treat a roof instead with a low-pressure soft wash at less than garden-hose force, letting a cleaning solution kill the algae, lichen, and moss at the root before a soft rinse clears it. The same careful chemistry works on the metal and older roofs common downtown, where a single misstep is expensive. Closer to the marsh and the river, where salt speeds the regrowth, most Savannah roofs want this attention every year or two to stay clean without ever being walked or blasted.
Every Savannah job starts with an upfront, flat quote and finishes with workmanship you can count on.
