How to safely clean your roof:

If your roof is like many other roofs in the Newport News area, covered with black streaks or even moss and lichen, you may be tempted to clean it with a pressure washer. This is NOT a good idea!

Cleaning your roof with a pressure washer can cause serious damage to the surface of your roof. 

Instead of using high pressure to clean your roof,there is actually a much safer, more effective, and longer lasting approach to cleaning your roof that can be used. This method of washing is known as soft washing.

So, what is soft washing and how does it work?

Soft washing is essentially the process of using cleaning solutions rather than high pressure to remove organic stains from any exterior surface. This allows you to restore exterior surfaces such as your roof back to their original look and color without the risk of dangerously high pressure. 

At Pressures Exterior Cleaning Services, we specialize in roof cleaning using the safe low pressure method mentioned above. We have cleaned many roofs in the Newport News area and with the soft wash method we always see outstanding results. 

If your roof is covered with black streaks, soft washing might be the best solution available for you to bring it back to its glory days!

Visit our page some more to view some of our amazing results with soft washing.

Why is pressure washing not recommend for roof cleaning? The main reason why pressure washing is bad on your roof is because it blasts away the protective layer on your roof leaving it vulnerable to leaks. Not only that but pressure washing can also force water under the shingle which can actually cause the organic algae to come back even faster.

With soft washing, we actually sanitize the roof meaning the algae is killed completely removed. This is also the only recommended and preferred method of roof cleaning by the major shingle manufacturers like GAF.