Commercial Roof Pressure Washing Sumter, South Carolina

​Keeping your building clean isn’t just about making it look good. It’s about keeping it safe and ensuring it stays standing a long time too. Your building’s roof is an important element of your building that needs regular, annual cleaning.
 
Keeping your roof clean will help regulate the temperature inside your building. Buildup on your roof creates a higher surface temperature, but cleaning it regularly keeps the surface temperature lower, which in turn helps with energy consumption.
 
It also helps to keep your roof dry. Moisture buildup on your roof can cause moss, bacteria, and algae to grow. This includes a particular type of algae called gloeocapsa magma. This type of algae creates unsightly stains on your roof and decreases its condition.
 
Moisture on your roof encourages the growth of other bacteria that can be seriously dangerous to your and your employees’ and clients’ health. The bacteria on your roof can spread allergens into your building, plus some types of algae, like black algae, can spread bacteria like E. coli.
 
These are just a few reasons why you should be keeping your commercial property’s roof clean. Now let’s get into the best cleaning method for your roof.
 
Most experts agree that you should avoid pressure washing your roof. Pressure washing can damage your roof’s shingles by blowing off the granules that hold the shingles together. Instead, you should soft wash your roof.
 
Soft washing is the process of combining water usually with a small amount of bleach so that the bleach levels are just slightly above those in a pool. This diluted bleach solution is then applied to your roof, where it kills all the bacteria before being rinsed off. Although it is possible to soft wash your roof yourself, because it’s important to maintain the right levels of bleach depending on the state of the roof, it’s generally recommended to hire a professional to perform this process, and we would love to be the company you hire to clean your roof.
 
The first step we take to soft washing is to sweep off larger pieces of debris from your roof. It’s important we use a soft brush, so as not to damage your roof’s shingles. Then, our soft washing technician will apply the diluted bleach solution. This will be left on the roof for about ten minutes. During this time, the bleach solution will be working to kill the bacteria and algae from your roof.
 
After this is done, our technician will rinse the solution off using soft washing technique with low pressure, so as not to damage the shingles.
 
Once this process is complete and the solution is rinsed off, your roof may not look brand new right away. Don’t worry, this is normal! Over the next few weeks, the bacteria will continue to die off, and natural rainwater will rinse the rest of the debris away.
 
Soft washing will not only remove the dirt, moss, and bacteria growing on your roof, it will also be gentle on your shingles. Keeping your commercial property’s roof clean increases its curb appeal ensures your roof needs to be replaced less often and maintains the health of everyone inside your building. 
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We provide Commercial Pressure Washing Services
for the entire Sumter, SC area.
​(839) 333-4434