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Make Your Roof Look New Again!
Your home is undoubtedly your biggest investment, so you want to do everything you can to protect it. This includes having regular cleaning and maintenance to keep your property looking great and staying strong. At MCS Pressure Washing, we are here to help you do just that. We’ll help you keep your home looking beautiful, staying well maintained, and be in the best condition possible throughout the year.
One of the most essential services we offer is our roof cleaning in New Castle PA / Western PA and surrounding areas. The algae, moss, mildew, bird droppings, and everything else that accumulates on the surface can damage your roof and make your home look unsightly. Fortunately, our high-quality low-pressure roof cleaning will wash away all those issues and leave your roof healthy and gleaming.
🫧 Clean Surfaces with Safe Pressure
🛠️ Fend Off Expensive Repairs & Insurance Cancellation
💰 Maintain Property Value
Protect Your The Roof Over Your Head.
Our roof soft wash process revives your roof without damage, providing the best results possible for your home. Schedule today to protect your largest investment.
Roof Washing 101
Exterior cleaning companies like MCS Pressure Washing are typically associated with “Power Washing.”
While we certainly do our fair share of power or pressure washing, we also employ a technique called soft washing which is the strategy we use to clean homes and roofs.
Simply put,
“Soft washing is a cleaning method that employs the use of low-pressure water and proprietary cleansers (Typically compromising of soaps and surfactants) to safely remove mildew, stains, streaks, bird droppings, bacteria, algae and other organic buildups from roofs.”
However, while the process might seem simple (We also share step by step how we do it below) you might be wondering,
"Why should I have my roof washed?"
4 Reasons to Have Your Roof Soft Washed
- Avoid Homeowners Insurance Coverage Cancellation
Your roof’s condition plays a major factor for insurers to decide how much you’ll pay for your homeowner’s insurance policy. However, even after you insure your home, it is still subject to inspection by your insurance company – and yes, they can cancel your insurance or increase your premiums. Don’t wait to be notified by your insurance company to remove moss, mold/lichen, and algae.
A moss-ridden, lichen, and algae covered roof is a liability for insurance companies, and they are quick to charge you extra or cancel your homeowner’s insurance policy entirely, unless you have the organic growth removed and roof cleaned. Moss, algae, and lichen are among many organic growth that can significantly decrease the roof’s lifespan and deteriorate asphalt shingles leading to roof replacement. Importantly, insurance companies always want to avoid roof replacement because it is expensive.
What is The Insurance Company Looking For?
Moss Growth
Black streaking (Technical Term: Gloeocapsa Magma)
Algae, lichen, mold, and mildew stains
Roof shingles, gutters, and fascias conditions
2. Selling Home
2. Selling Home
If you’re someone who is selling their home, aside from the front door, believe it or not the roof serves an integral part in the appearance of your home.
Like the car, you might not always consciously notice a roof’s condition, but you will certainly notice a roof that looks brand new… and so will prospective buyers.
3. You’re Told You Need a New Roof
3. You’re Told You Need a New Roof
Sometimes you might be told your roof has some hail damage or you’re in need of a new roof. However, most roofs are designed to last 20 or so years.
It might just be that your roof has organic build-up or black streaks and stains from algae, and all your home really needs is a roof soft wash, not a roof replacement.
That being said – we will also always let you know if we find a soft spot on your roof and you need a roofing company to come to check it out, which leads to #3 below:
4. Get Someone on Your Roof
4. Get Someone on Your Roof
Lastly, it always good to get someone on your roof every couple of years to make sure everything is looking good.
This might seem silly, but having someone inspect your roof periodically is a good maintenance tip for homeowners. Additionally, the roof wash will chip away organic build up that can potentially weigh down shingles causing them to break off in storms.
The MCS Pressure Washing 6 Step Roof Cleaning Process
Step 1: Meet & Greet.
This is our favorite part! We like to always greet our homeowners as soon as we arrive and refresh them with what we will be doing.
This is when we identify any areas the homeowner might have questions about, and we can also be made aware of things like security cameras or cables entering the home.
Step 2: Prep Equipment
After we meet the homeowner, we then stage the area and prepare for the roof wash.
The team at MCS Pressure Washing led by Jake will hook up their water supply, gather any needed equipment such as ladders, lay lines and hoses out.
Once we have all the necessary equipment out, we then stage the home for the roof wash.
Step 3: “Staging” Your Home
Staging your home and preparing the surrounding area for a roof wash is vital when having exterior cleaning services completed at your home.
We take our site prepping the property to protect plants and landscaping. All of our cleansers and soaps are biodegradable and eco-friendly.
However, it is important to point out that we first water plants and landscaping before starting the roof cleaning as an extra precaution to ensure vegetation sustainability.
Step 4: Roof Soft Wash
After prepping your home, we then start our roof soft wash process. We simply spray the roof following ARMA roof cleaning and maintenance recommendations. (ARMA= Asphalt Roofing Manufactures Association.), using low pressure and specialized solutions (A proprietary blend of soap, water, and a surfactant) to safely remove organic build-up.
A typical roof wash can take 1-4 hours depending on the size of the roof!
Step 5: Let Mother Nature Do The Work!
Once the cleanser is applied, it is left to sit and dwell. Believe it or not, we do not rinse the roof.
In fact, the longer the soap stays on the roof, the longer it lasts. We simply let mother nature and rain slowly rinse the roof over time, renewing it for the next 3-5 years.
Step 6: Collect Equipment
As we clean each phase of a home’s roof, we simultaneously water plants and landscape as an extra precaution.
We clean our equipment up and as we said earlier, we let mother nature do its thing!
You might be asking yourself why we water plants before, during, and after a roof wash. The purpose is to ensure the health of the plants, although our cleanser are safe in low percentages for the plants and landscaping increasing water ensures the break down of any high percentage of cleanser that may come in contact with vegetation.
Additionally, we like to water the plants after we are done just to ensure that no soap was left behind on any landscaping!
How often Should you have your roof washed?
We recommended having your roof soft washed every 3-5 years.
This really depends on the area around your home and additional factors such as its position towards the sun. For example, if your home has lots of trees around it, well then it might need to be cleaned more often (Same with those gutters).
If you’re approaching that 3-5 year mark or you’re simply not sure about the condition of your roof, feel free to reach out to us!
~Jake McGhee, Owner of MCS Pressure Washing
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