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My Roof Needs Cleaning, What Should I Do?

Here at Sullivan Cedar Roof Cleaning, people are often asking what they need to do to have their roof cleaned. The answer involves these three things:

  • Do your research on cedar shake roofing.
  • Get to know your cedar roof cleaner’s process.
  • Find a cedar roof cleaner who uses a non-invasive process.

The Importance of Research

Learning a bit about how a wood roof reacts to weather, shade, moisture and pollens in the air, and how it should be cleaned, should be a top priority. Learning this information will mean the difference between early replacement and keeping your wood roofing looking excellent for the decades it was intended to last. Check out the following websites to learn more about cedar shake and wood roofing: USDA Forestry Service and Cedar Shake Bureau.

Processes of Wood Shake Roof Cleaning

There are two kinds of companies in this business: the first kind of company is a roof cleaning service that also cleans wood roofs. Because wood roofing isn’t their specialty, they typically employ too harsh of methods that can include walking on shakes to clean them with a pressure washer. This can cut long gouges in the wood and the shakes can snap under the weight of someone walking excessively on them. The main problem here: otherwise unneeded replacement of shakes and in the most severe cases, full roof replacement.

The second type of cedar roof cleaning, which we offer, uses what is called a Soft-Wash process. We access your roofline with a ladder and from there we can clean the entire roof with a cleaning solution that exerts no more pressure than a garden hose! This leaves your roof looking great, without the harmful and potentially dangerous aspects of the other processes.

I certainly hope you’ve learned a few things by reading this. I would encourage you to give us a call for any assistance and like always, if you are outside our area, please do still contact us, and we’ll get you in touch with the right cleaning company in your area!

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Cedar Shake Roof before & after cleaning
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Meet Bruce

50 Years of Experience &
Over 2,000 Shake Roofs Cleaned

Bruce Sullivan has over 50 years of experience in maintaining, cleaning, and restoring cedar shake roofs. Making him one of the top authorities on cedar shake roofs in the US.

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Testimonials

What can I say? Bruce and Keith provided an exceptional service, and they are really nice guys too. Found out at the last minute they were in Minneapolis, and they fit me in for a cedar shake roof cleaning the next evening after their regular job was done. Even cleaned up my gutters, small fence, and small deck at no charge. The place looks outstanding! Highly recommended.

Mike Richards
Minneapolis

I highly recommend this business. Due to the work performed we are going to get another 10-14 years out of our cedar shake roof. We were told by some roofing companies that the roof should be replaced in 2 years. I lucked out and found Sullivan Roof Cleaning while researching companies that perform this service, and was pleased to learn that the company does work outside of Iowa. If you need your cedar shakes cleaned, go with Sullivan Roof Cleaning.

Eric Oelrich, 
St Cloud, MN

Bruce did a great job cleaning the whole exterior of my house. The roof has new life! It looks practically brand new. All the mold and moss on the roof, on the gutters, under the eaves, completely gone. He exceeded all our expectations. When he tells you what he can do for your house, you can believe and trust him. Great guy, great service.

Stuart Malone
Kansas City, MO

FAQs

Cedar shakes are organic. Though a resilient material. Being organic they need to be maintained. Over time, like any organic material that are subjected to weather elements, they reach a stage of deterioration. Like UV exposure, moisture and seasonal changes. Which results in moss, mold, mildew, lichen and brown rot fungi. These infestations need to be removed to further preserve the integrity of the cedar shake.
The proper way to clean a cedar shake roof is from a ladder. By spraying a special formulated solution onto the shakes and then rinsed with a garden hose pressure. Best done by a professional cedar shake roof cleaner. Not DIY recommended.
No. Pressure washer will require walking on the shakes, which will harm them, and even at its lowest setting will also damage the shakes.
On average, cedar shakes should be cleaned every 10 ten years. Subjective to the grade of the shakes and the amount of surrounding tree cover.
Avoiding walking on a cedar shake roof, other than for repairs.
Never seal a cedar shake roof. Cedar shakes need to breathe. They expand and contract in rain conditions. Seal will shorten the lifespan, to the point of premature replacement.
Staining has no real preserve value and can also harm the integrity of shakes, as stated, they need to be able to breathe. Also, if the shakes are not properly cleaned staining can seal the deteriorating infestation within the shakes.
Depending on the grade of the shakes and installation, and if maintained properly, 40 to 60 years.

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