House and roof washing

Roof soft washing

Low-pressure treatment for the black streaking and moss on asphalt shingle. The method shingle manufacturers actually allow.

Plenty of properties out here need this every year, and the right scope varies more than people expect.

We cover this from Barnegat Light to Holgate and across the causeway into southern Ocean County, New Jersey — Harvey Cedars, Barnegat Light, Loveladies and High Bar Harbor included. Everything out here is elevated. Post-Sandy rebuilds put the first floor a storey up, so a house that reads as two storeys on paper is a three-storey reach in practice, and that is what the invoice mostly pays for.

What usually prompts the call

A neighbour's roof cleaned last year that still looks clean, next to yours that does not
Moss or lichen sitting in the shingle courses on a shaded roof
Dark patches on the north slope while the south slope still looks new
Black streaks running down the shingles, usually worst below a chimney or a vent

What happens on site

The black streaking is a cyanobacteria, Gloeocapsa magma, that feeds on limestone filler in asphalt shingles. The Asphalt Roofing Manufacturers Association's guidance is low pressure and a cleaning solution; pressure washing strips granules and is excluded under most shingle warranties. Ask what pressure the crew works at and what they do to protect the gutters, plantings and the run-off path before they start.

$650 – $2,200

typical range, not a quote for Long Beach Island and the mainland.

Not a quote, and not a judgement about your property. What a job actually costs comes down to height, access, what the surface is made of and how far it has been left — which is why it takes someone standing in front of it.

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Coverage

Which part of the area

The communities on Long Beach Island and the southern Ocean County mainland where this comes up often enough to list.

North end

Barnegat Light down to Harvey Cedars: inlet exposure, large houses, and more cedar per street than anywhere else out here.

Central island

Surf City through the Crest: small lots, tight driveways, and a Saturday changeover calendar over the top of it.

South end

Spray Beach down to Holgate: porches, painted trim, pools, pavers, and the island's only historic district.

Mainland

Manahawkin, Beach Haven West, West Creek and Barnegat: driveways to park in, four reachable elevations, and gutters that actually fill.

Windows and gutters

Window, screen and glass door cleaning

Glass, screens, tracks and sliders, including the ocean-facing salt film that ordinary cleaning puts back within a week.

$275 – $950 typical range, not a quote

Windows and gutters

Gutter clearing, flushing and whitening

Clearing the run, flushing every downspout, and — separately — taking the black tiger-striping off the outside face.

$175 – $500 typical range, not a quote