Nanoose Bay moss removal
Moss Removal for Nanoose Bay Homes Among the Rock
Roof moss in Nanoose Bay greens up with the bluffs every fall and roots in arbutus litter. We lift it off by hand and keep the roof wash at low pressure.
Customer reviews
What customers say
Great job and fair pricing! Will hire again!
The service provided by the owners of the company and the staff were beyond exceptional. The price was also very exceptable and affordable.
Why us
Why customers love our service
And why you will get the best moss removal service in Nanoose Bay!
Fast and efficient moss removal
We arrive on the agreed day, finish every slope we quoted for, and leave the yard as tidy as we found it.
Clear and quick communication
Calls and texts get answered, the price is settled before work begins, and afterwards we tell you how the roof looked.
Five-star reviews
Homeowners rate our crew five stars, review after review.
Clearing moss since 2021
Five years on Oceanside roofs of every kind: asphalt, cedar, tile and metal, plus the paving beneath them.
- Moss scraped from every slope by hand, with the valleys and ridge brushed out
- Washing done as a low-pressure soft wash; asphalt shingles and cedar shakes never get high pressure
- An optional treatment to slow regrowth, with the product named for you
- Bagged moss and roof debris hauled off in our truck
- A check of the shingles, flashing and eaves while the crew is on the roof
- Single-family homes, townhouses, strata complexes and commercial buildings
Before and after
One roof, before and after
Both photos in a set come from the same position, taken as we arrive and again once the moss and debris have been cleared away.
Step onto the bare rock at the edge of a Nanoose Bay lot in August and the moss growing there is brown and crisp underfoot. Walk the same spot after a week of November rain and it has turned green and springy again. The moss on your roof keeps that exact calendar. Even at its brownest it stays anchored under the shingle tabs, ready for the rain. With bare rock all around the houses on the peninsula, the spores reaching your shingles never have far to travel.
We take moss off roofs, paths and driveways throughout Nanoose Bay, a short drive south-east of Parksville on Highway 19: Fairwinds, Schooner Cove, Beachcomber, Red Gap and the properties along Northwest Bay Road.
Arbutus drops its litter in the wrong season
Arbutus grows all along this shoreline, and it sheds on its own schedule. Through the summer it peels off curls of red bark and drops tough, leathery leaves, long before the bigleaf maples let go of theirs. That litter collects in roof valleys, against the uphill side of chimneys and around skylight curbs. Nobody notices it through the dry months. Then the rain arrives, the pile soaks up water, and it holds that water against the shingles for weeks at a time. Moss roots into it quickly.
So on a Nanoose roof the first thing we do is rake out the litter, every valley and every curb, before we start on the growth itself. Then the cushions come off by hand, slope by slope, as set out on our roof moss removal page. If you have arbutus over the house, a sweep in late summer does as much good as one in the fall.
How it works
How Booking Your Roof Works
Four steps, and only the first one needs anything from you. Describe the roof, approve the price, and stay on solid ground while we work.
Describe the roof
Two minutes on the phone or the form.
The address, how many storeys, the roofing material if you know it, and roughly how green it looks from the yard. Mention any big trees nearby.
Approve the price
Every quote is worked out for one roof.
Steepness, height, material, the depth of the moss and how we reach each slope set the figure. It is free, and you have it in hand before any work begins.
The moss comes off
Our crew handles the climbing.
Scrapers and brushes take the moss off the courses, a treatment goes on if it will help, and the bagged moss leaves in our truck. If washing is needed, it is a low-pressure soft wash; asphalt shingles and cedar shakes never see high pressure.
Hear what we saw
Nothing up there stays a mystery.
A curled tab, a split shake, bare patches where granules have gone, or flashing pulling loose: we tell you where it is, and the next step is up to you.
Done.
- You describe the roof.
- You approve a free quote.
- We clear the moss.
- The ladder stays in our truck, not your garage.
Want the green gone from your roof? Ask for a free quote and leave the climbing to our crew.
Looking down on your own roof
Many homes here step down a hillside, so the owners look down onto a lower roof from the deck or an upstairs window. That is an advantage. From up there you can catch moss early, while it is still a thin green edge on the lower courses and a light job, instead of finding it once it has thickened. A photo taken from the deck and sent with your quote request helps us plan.
Fairwinds roofs from the 1980s on
The land that became Fairwinds was bought in 1981 and planned around a golf course and the Schooner Cove marina, and the community has kept growing since. One street can hold houses from the early years beside builds only a few years old. A newer roof with a few green patches needs a light clearing and a treatment. On an older roof that has already shed a lot of its granules, we scrape more gently and tell you what we find under the moss. Our asphalt shingle roofs page covers what we check on the way down. Strata buildings can be booked as one job through our commercial and strata roofs service.
Why choose us
Why choose us for moss removal in Nanoose Bay
Litter comes off first
Arbutus bark, fir needles and leaf piles are what new moss roots in, so we clear them from valleys and behind skylights before we touch the growth.
Hand tools and a soft wash
Roofs get plastic scrapers, soft brushes and a low-pressure soft wash. Higher pressure only for tasks that call for it, such as a concrete driveway, never on shingles or shakes.
Ladder footing planned ahead
Rock, decks and sloping lots are sorted out on the quote visit, so the day itself starts on solid ground.
Insured, WCB, guaranteed
Insured and WCB-registered. If something on the roof is not finished properly, we come back and make it right.
Driveways cut into the slope
On a sloped lot the house itself often throws shade over the driveway or the garage apron for most of the winter, and concrete in that shade turns slick. We start with a low-pressure soft wash, and concrete can take higher pressure in the spots where the growth calls for it. Driveway and sidewalk moss removal fits easily into the same visit as the roof.
The work
On the job
Send us your address through the contact page, plus a line on what you can see from the deck or the driveway. We will come out, walk the roof faces that matter and send you a free quote.
Got questions?
Nanoose Bay moss removal FAQ
Our house sits on rock, with no flat ground beside it. Where does the ladder go?
That is a common question on this peninsula, and we answer it on the quote visit, not on the day. We look for footing that is solid and level enough to hold a ladder at a safe angle, whether that is a patch of rock, a deck or the driveway, and we tie off once we are up. If one face of the house has no safe place to stand a ladder at all, we tell you so and quote the faces we can reach.
Can you quote from a photo taken off our deck?
A photo from the deck or an upper window is a real help, and many hillside homes here give you a clear view of a lower roof. It shows us which faces are green and roughly how thick the growth is. We still come out before giving you a firm number, because the slopes you cannot see from the house, plus access, ladder footing and what is planted under the eaves, all change the job. The visit and the quote are free.
There are grey and orange spots on the shingles as well as moss. Are they the same thing?
No. Those flat, round spots are lichen, a partnership of a fungus and an alga, and it grips the surface much harder than moss does. Black streaks running down a slope are a third thing again, usually algae. Scraping lichen off hard would take granules with it, so we treat it and let a low-pressure soft wash do the work over time. Our roof cleaning page explains how we handle streaks and lichen together.
We have native shrubs and a rock garden right under the eaves. How do you protect them?
We walk the beds with you before we start and cover the ones directly below the work. Moss comes down into bags or onto tarps, not onto the plants, and we carry it away when we leave. Any treatment goes on in a controlled line along the cleared roof rather than as a broad spray, and we tell you exactly what product we used so you can decide how to handle the bed below.
Moss off the roof keeps landing in our gutters. Do you deal with that?
Yes, as part of the moss job. Clumps wash and fall into the trough while the roof is being cleared, and some will already be sitting there from the winter. We lift out the moss we find in the gutters before we pack up, so the water has somewhere to go when the next rain comes.
Moss removal in Nanoose Bay
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