Posh Wash cleans tile, metal and terracotta roofs across Brisbane's southside and western suburbs, from $600. We pick the method to suit the roof rather than the other way round, and your gutters get cleared as part of the job. Quotes are free with no obligation: book online or call Luke on 0490 791 059.
From$600
Tile or metal. Final price depends on size, pitch, access and condition. Gutters cleared as part of the job.
Roof cleaning comes down to two approaches, and using the wrong one is how roofs get wrecked.
Pressure cleaning
Fast and effective on sound metal roofs and hard-glazed tiles that can take it. It strips moss, lichen and years of grime mechanically, and the result is immediate.
Chemical soft washing
Low pressure, with the chemistry doing the work instead of the water. Old terracotta, painted or coated roofs and anything with soft pointing need this. The roof keeps improving for weeks as rain rinses the dead growth away, and the mortar and coating stay where they are.
On a lot of Brisbane roofs the answer is both: pressure where the surface is sound, chemical where it is not. That judgement is most of what you are paying for.
Halfway thereA concrete tile roof mid-clean. The diagonal line is the difference between twenty years of growth and the tile underneath.
Pricing
How much does roof cleaning cost in Brisbane?
A roof clean with Posh Wash starts at $600. Where yours lands depends on five things, and we would rather explain them than pretend every roof is the same. See every starting price.
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Size
A small cottage roof and a sprawling two-storey are different days of work.
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Pitch and height
Steep and high means harness work, slower movement and more setup. Single-storey and walkable is quicker and cheaper.
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Access
Narrow blocks, tight side setbacks and no room for gear all add time. Camp Hill is full of these.
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Condition
A roof cleaned two years ago is a different job to one untouched for fifteen years and carrying an inch of lichen.
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Distance
We are based on Brisbane's southside. The further outside our usual patch, the more it costs to get there.
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Drone first
On steep or high roofs we can put a drone up before quoting. You see what we see, and nobody climbs up just to look.
Real roofs
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All our own work across Brisbane's southside and western suburbs. Drag the handle, or use the arrow keys.
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Corinda. Thirty years of lichen off a long-run metal roof.
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Terracotta up close. Honest result: a few lichen spots hang on.
No. As long as your windows and doors are shut you can go to work and come home to a finished roof. If you would rather be there, that is fine too.
How long does it take?
Most roofs take a few hours. Almost everything we do is finished inside a day, including big pre-sale cleanups where we do the roof, house and driveway together.
Do you use my water and power?
We bring our own power, pressure gear and chemical. Water depends on the job: we carry some on the trailer and may need an outside tap, so mention it when you book if yours is hard to reach.
What happens to my gutters?
We clear them as part of every roof clean. A roof clean pushes dirty water, dead lichen and chemical into the gutters, and leaving that in a blocked one is no way to finish. How it is priced shows on your quote.
What about the garden and outdoor furniture?
We take precautions around plants, which matters on older Graceville and Chelmer properties where planting sits hard against the house. We can move reasonable amounts of furniture, and we are happy to clean it while we are there if you do not mind it getting wet.
Does roof cleaning break tiles?
Occasionally, and we will not pretend otherwise. Old concrete tiles get brittle, and the ones that break are almost always already cracked. We walk roofs properly, tell you what we find, and a broken tile gets replaced rather than quietly left.
Finished workWhat a tile roof looks like once the moss and lichen are off. No coating, no paint: this is the original tile that was under there the whole time.
Send through a few details and we will come back with a real number. If the roof needs a look in person first, which is often the case on the bigger Chelmer places, we will tell you that instead of guessing.
We are usually on a roof or behind a machine during the day. If the phone rings out, leave a message or send a text and you will get a call back the same day.
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