What Are The Benefits of Roof Cleaning?
When it comes to protecting maintaining the value of your property, one of the most important things you can do is keep your Charleston home’s exterior clean. Your home’s exterior is constantly exposed to weather and the elements, and your roof takes an especially rough beating as your first line of protection from those things.
Maintaining the appearance of your home is a very important part of its regular maintenance, but cleaning your roof has a number of other great benefits beyond that. The pressure washing and soft washing services that we provide at Prestige Home Experts can help you keep your roofing free of algae, moss, lichen, mildew, and more. Some of these stains may just look unattractive, but others can be very harmful to the health of your roofing.
Get Rid of Moss
Cleaning your roof isn’t just about its appearance: moss can easily work its way underneath your shingles and pull them them away from the roof, which creates pits in the roof’s surface. The sooner you get rid of moss that’s growing on your Charleston home’s roofing, the better off your roofing will be. Cleaning moss off of your roofing can save you a significant amount of money on roofing repairs down the line.
Moss is fuzzy and green, and if it’s left untreated, it will spread across the entire roof. Once it has done extensive damage, it can lead to internal water damage, which in turn can contribute to the growth of mold inside your home, and that can be extremely unhealthy.
Stop Black Algae Growth
If you’re seeing black streaks on your Charleston home’s roofing, it’s likely being caused by black algae. Black algae can grow on any roof, even if it’s constantly exposed to sunlight, and it’s very difficult to remove without professional Charleston roof cleaning.
These dark streaks cause your roofing to absorb more heat, which can increase your energy costs significantly if you’re trying to cool your home, so stopping black algae growth can make your home more energy efficient.
Your Roof May Be Being Harmed By Algae You Can’t See
It’s very important to note that just because can’t see mold or algae growing on your roof doesn’t mean it’s not there.
In fact, by the time you’re able to see these things, they’re probably in an advanced stage of growth, and at that point, a tremendous amount of damage may have been done to your roofing. When algae is in its early stages of growth, it’s almost impossible to see. If you can see mold or algae growing on one part of your Charleston home’s roofing, it’s likely growing in other parts as well, so you will need to have the entire roof cleaned.