Sunday, March 17, 2013

Why does your Rotonda Home's Roof Look, Dirty, Blackened and Ugly? It's Infested With Algae!

Yes, many Rotonda West Florida homes have their beautiful appearance spoiled by allowing an algae infestation to flourish on their Tile or Shingled Roofs. Here at Chuck Bergman Roof Cleaning and Pressure Washing, we have been safely removing this dirty appearing, black growth for many years! My business started here 33981 in 1989. I started out just pressure washing roofs back then and they did come out looking clean. However, I saw the damage my pressure washer was doing to roofs, but knew of no other way to clean them, at that time. Obviously, on shingled roofs, a pressure cleaning method, blows the granules off the roof, as it cleans it. My estimate, is that you lose about 15% of your shingled roof granules per pressure washing. If you clean an older roof, for the 1st time [ say a 12 year old roof, that has been blackened with algae for a number of years, you could lose up to 50% of your granules in one power washing job! For many years now, I have learned to clean roofs according to the roofing manufacturers instructions, which is a gentle, totally Non-Pressure cleaning system. { WATCH THIS 2 MINUTE VIDEO OF US CLEANING THIS ROTONDA ROOF } http://www.tubechop.com/watch/474113 I am also [at the time of this writing] the only "Florida Certified" Roof Cleaner in Charlotte County Florida. Certified through The Roof Cleaning Institute Of America. http://roof-cleaning-institute.activeboard.com/index.spark Besides being an eyesore, a mildew-covered roof in Rotonda can actually be unhealthy to people with allergies or other respiratory ailments. Over time mildew and black roof algae can breakdown the shingles or tile glazings and slurry coatings and dramatically shorten the life of your roof. An algae / mildew-covered roof also keeps attic temperatures much higher by prevented the reflective capabilities of the shingle granules or tiles from doing functioning as the manufacturer intended. Thus making your air conditioner work harder and longer, increasing your electric bills. Generally, the reason homeowners want their roofs cleaned in Rotonda West is to keep them looking clean and new. Barrel Tile • Asphalt Shingle • Flat Tile • Metal Roofing: Cleaning, as well as all types of Pressure Cleaning [Just not Roofing] Chuck Bergman Roof Cleaning and Pressure Washing can guarantee your satisfaction! Call us at 941-698-1959 Or Email at: SoftWashing@Gmail.Com

Saturday, March 9, 2013

Certified Roof Cleaner 33981 VIDEO!

This is a 2 minute video. You can see the benefits of the method of roof cleaning we use [ it is the method the roofing manufacturers specify] as opposed to a guy walking basically every tile or shingle on your roof, to blast it clean [etching tile and blasting it's glazing and slurry coating partially off. Or blowing the granules off of shingled roofs] http://www.tubechop.com/watch/474113

Friday, September 21, 2012

Shingle Roof Cleaning. Do Not Pressure Wash!

This is a video of a roof we cleaned recently. Watch how gentle the cleaning process is. It is the process that the roofing manufacturers say to use. They also say "Do Not Pressure Wash" You can watch the whole 10 minute video, or the first 10 seconds and then jump ahead to the last 10 seconds. YOU WILL BE IMPRESSED! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPCtVUu3Si0&feature=plcp This is a recent Rotonda West job - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ism_iEw36rg