Anchorage, KY
Low pressure soft wash that lifts black streaks, algae, moss and lichen off shingles without blasting the roof.
Anchorage, KY
Those dark streaks running down your roof are algae, and they feed on the limestone filler in asphalt shingles. We soft wash instead of pressure washing: low pressure plus a cleaning solution that kills the algae, moss and lichen at the root rather than stripping the protective granules off your shingles. Nothing gets blasted.
Anchorage is the hardest place in the county to keep a roof clean, and the reason is the thing everyone moves here for. The city sits in wooded hills and valleys along branches of Beargrass and Goose Creeks, under a canopy of oaks and magnolias. The Anchorage Historic District has been on the National Register since 1982, so a lot of that housing is old, and the tree cover keeps houses sitting in shade rather than lined up for the sun.
Constant shade plus creek humidity is the worst combination there is for algae and moss. Roofs under an oak canopy stay damp for hours after the rest of the county has dried, and leaf litter holds that moisture against the shingle. It is also why moss, not just algae, shows up on Anchorage roofs more often than on open lots a few miles away.
The job
Not included: pressure washing a roof, roof repair, replacement or sealing.
Historic properties set the method here. Roofs and siding are soft washed rather than pressured, and anything original stays original, with the growth killed at the root so it does not come straight back under the same canopy. Flatwork is the exception: concrete still takes real pressure.
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Typical rates from published cost guides: A single story roof typically lands between $400 and $700, and larger or steeper roofs run higher. Our roof minimum is $400.
Chad and Cory Berger own this fifty fifty. Your Anchorage quote comes from one of the two owners who will be on the property.
Ask for the certificate before we start and we will send it.
You get the number in advance, and it is the number on the invoice.
Tree cover. Anchorage sits in wooded hills and valleys along the Beargrass and Goose Creek branches, under an oak and magnolia canopy, so roofs stay damp for hours longer than roofs on open lots. Algae will grow almost anywhere in this climate, but moss needs that sustained damp.
It is the only method we will use on one. Low pressure and a cleaning solution lift algae and moss without stripping granules or forcing water into old mortar and original trim.
Not the way we do it. Roofs and siding get a soft wash: low pressure plus a cleaning solution that kills algae and mildew at the root, instead of high pressure that strips shingle granules and forces water behind siding. High pressure is for flatwork like driveways and sidewalks, not for the parts of your house that were never built to take it.
Never on the roof. High pressure strips the protective granules off asphalt shingles, and they do not grow back. Consumer Reports publishes 1,500 to 3,000 PSI as the range for concrete, and a shingle is nothing like concrete. The same goes for painted wood, old mortar and stucco, which lift or erode under force. Those surfaces get a soft wash instead: low pressure plus a cleaning solution.
Anchorage is part of our regular service area. Send your details and you will hear back the same day to get a time on the calendar. We work Saturday and Sunday, 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM, when most crews will not come out.
Exterior cleaning for storefronts, buildings and commercial flatwork, scheduled around your business hours.
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