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Removing moss off a 2 storey house roof - What sort of ballpark price in Dublin?

  • 06-03-2024 03:05PM
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,355 ✭✭✭✭


    Want to get the moss removed off my roof on a 2-storey terraced house. What's the rough ballpark price for this? About €100?

    Not in a position to do this myself, so will hire someone.



Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 128 ✭✭cristeoir


    How do you propose that this workman will reach the roof because its against health and safety legislation to use a ladder for a job like that. Therefore you will need to either erect scaffolding or hire a cherrypicker. It will cost you about 2,500 euro in total



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,593 ✭✭✭✭noodler


    Had some lads do it on my house.

    600 euro, used ladders and a power hose.

    A fair bit of it back after 3 years tho



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 30,140 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    Unless they had some sort of a wand end on a hose that pointed the pressure downwards, or they went to the apex and worked down, I would not let anyone on the roof with a power hose. Same with power-hose cleaning of guttering, they do more harm than good.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,355 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    Hmm I didn't mention a power hose though?

    Good to know ball park



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,349 ✭✭✭Speedsie
    ¡arriba, arriba! ¡andale, andale!


    @noodler mentioned a power hose was used in his €600 job.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,088 ✭✭✭Clo-Clo


    100 quid will be the call out fee

    TO get it done properly you will need cherry picker etc.

    Plenty of lads going around with high power washers and doing more damage than good, it's a roof so don't cheap out. Repair costs will be a lot higher

    Is it tiles or slates?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,558 ✭✭✭Lewis_Benson


    100 quid???

    Your 'avin a larf.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,355 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    got it done for €120... no hose required

    But as I said, it was good to know the ballpark :)



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 102 ✭✭ShadowSA


    I would not get my roof power washed or gutters, I heard that the concrete tiles have a factory coating on them that power washers damage??

    What I did was loosen the moss with a scraper on a pole and used chlorax for the gutters with a sponge.

    Clean the inside of the gutters every year.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 428 ✭✭sligopaul


    Can you let us know what was done for this price and who did it



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,355 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    Taking moss off the roof tiles, just a local handyman in our area. Also offered to include spraying the roof tiles with anti-fungal spray (or something like that) in the price, but as I'm getting painting done I declined.

    Cash job.

    Actually it's perfect. The moss will prob come back in a few years or so, but 120 each time is ok.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,842 ✭✭✭standardg60




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 102 ✭✭Diseased toe


    Could you pm me the details of the guy you used? Also looking to get this done.

    Thanks



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