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Our Roof and Gutter Cleaning Services
These are the ten roof and gutter cleaning services we run across Melbourne, from a straight gutter clean on a single-storey house to roof washing, moss treatment, cavity vacuuming and a repeating program for a strata block. Each one can be booked on its own or folded into a single visit, and this page sets out what each job covers, what it suits and how often it tends to be needed. For the short version of how we work, start with roof and gutter cleaning in Melbourne.
- Book one job or several in one visit
- Before and after photos on every job
- Fixed written price, no site visit for most houses
- Height work planned to the WorkSafe falls code
- Booked most
- Gutters, valleys and downpipes in one visit
- Best timing
- After the autumn drop, again before summer
- Every job ends with
- Photos of each run we touch
Start here
Which of our roof and gutter cleaning services does your property need?
Pick by symptom first. Water spilling over the edge in rain points to gutters and downpipes, dark streaking or growth on the roof points to washing or moss treatment, and dust or noise in the ceiling points to a cavity clean. Our roof and gutter cleaning services split along those lines.
| Service | Suits | Method | Usual frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Residential gutter cleaning | Houses and townhouses | Vacuum, hand clear, flush | Once or twice a year |
| Commercial gutter cleaning | Warehouses, offices, schools | Vacuum, box gutter clear, report | Two to four times a year |
| Vacuum gutter cleaning | Any roof with ground access | Pole vacuum from the ground | With every gutter clean |
| Roof cleaning | Tile, metal, terracotta, slate | Soft wash matched to the material | Every few years |
| Roof pressure cleaning | Sound concrete tile only | Controlled pressure, then rinse | Rarely, by assessment |
| Roof moss removal | Shaded and south-facing roofs | Treatment, then natural release | Every two to three years |
| Roof cavity cleaning | Ceilings with dust or nesting | HEPA vacuum of the cavity | One-off, after pests or works |
| Downpipe cleaning | Slow or overflowing outlets | Clear from the pop, then flush | With the gutter clean |
| Gutter guard installation | Heavy leaf drop over gutters | Mesh fitted after a full clean | Once, then annual checks |
| Strata gutter cleaning | Owners corporations, complexes | Scheduled program, one report | Two to four times a year |
Scope is set by four things: the roof material, the number of storeys, how much tree cover sits over the roof, and what the gutters are doing now. Send an address and we read most of that from aerial imagery and street view before quoting.
01Houses and townhouses
What does residential gutter cleaning cover?
Every eave gutter emptied to bare metal, valleys cleared, outlets opened and downpipes flushed, with the debris bagged and taken away. Paths and garden beds under the work are left clean, and you get photos of each run before and after.
Most homes need this once a year. Under gums, elms or anything that drops year round, twice is closer to the mark. We work from the ground where poles reach, and use ladders or anchor points where they do not, so the roof gets walked as little as possible.
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02Warehouses, offices, schools
What does commercial gutter cleaning involve?
Box gutters, valley gutters, sumps and rainheads cleared and flushed, with sump grates checked and the whole run photographed. Work is scheduled around trading hours or term dates, and the paperwork a building manager needs comes with the quote.
Blocked box gutters are the reason most commercial roofs leak, because the water has nowhere to go but back under the sheets. Sites with trees close by usually settle into a quarterly rhythm, and we keep the dated reports so the pattern is easy to show a landlord or an insurer.
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03The method behind most jobs
How does vacuum gutter cleaning work?
Carbon fibre poles carry a vacuum head along the gutter from ground level, lifting wet leaf mat, silt and grit straight into a sealed drum. A camera on the pole shows the gutter floor, which is where the before and after photos come from.
Working from the ground keeps people off the roof, which matters most on brittle terracotta and on second-storey runs. Where a gutter sits behind a parapet or under solar panels, the crew still gets up there, but the pole handles the long open runs first.
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04Tile, metal, terracotta, slate
What does roof cleaning and washing include?
Dirt, black streaking and growth washed off the roof surface with the gentlest method the material can take, then gutters cleared of anything the wash brings down. The method is set before the crew arrives, from photos or the site visit.
Colorbond and other coated steel take a low pressure rinse and a soft brush. Terracotta and slate are washed, never blasted. Concrete tile can take more, if the tiles are sound. Getting that order right is the difference between a clean roof and a bill for new tiles.
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05Concrete tile, by assessment
When is roof pressure cleaning the right call?
Only on sound concrete tiles, where the surface coating has already worn and the owner wants the contrast a controlled high pressure clean gives. On terracotta, slate and painted steel we say no, because the damage outlasts the result.
Pressure also drives water under laps and into the roof space, so the crew checks bedding, pointing and cracked tiles first and photographs anything already broken. If the roof is not a good candidate, the quote will say so and offer a soft wash instead.
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06Shaded and damp roofs
How is roof moss removal done?
A treatment is applied to the growth and left to work, rather than scraped or blasted off. The moss dies, loses its grip and washes away with weather over the following weeks, taking the root mat with it instead of the tile surface.
Scraping green moss looks satisfying and leaves the roots in place, so it returns within a season. Treatment is slower to look finished, which is why the quote sets the expectation up front. Roofs that stay damp under trees usually need this every two to three years.
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07Ceiling spaces
What happens in a roof cavity clean?
The ceiling space is vacuumed with HEPA filtration to lift dust, droppings, nesting material and old insulation debris. Access is through the manhole, boards are laid to spread weight, and the area below is sheeted before anyone goes up.
People book this after possums or rodents have been removed, after a renovation fills the cavity with dust, or when a musty smell comes through the vents. We clean the space itself and leave the proofing, trapping and any wiring work to the licensed trades that cover them.
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08Outlets and stormwater
How are blocked downpipes cleared?
The outlet is cleared from the gutter down, then water is run through until it moves freely at the pit or grate. If flow stops somewhere below ground, that is a stormwater issue and we tell you where the blockage sits rather than guessing.
A gutter cleaned without checking the downpipes only looks finished. Silt packs into the bend behind the pop, and the first heavy rain sends water back over the edge into the fascia. The flush test is part of every gutter job here, not an upsell.
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09Heavy leaf drop
Are gutter guards worth installing?
They are worth it where leaf drop is heavy and access is awkward, and they cut how often gutters fill rather than stopping maintenance for good. Mesh is fitted only after a full clean, and the aperture is chosen for the leaves around your house.
Fine needles and seed pods pass through wide mesh, and the wrong profile lifts at the ridge or traps litter on top. We quote guards after seeing the gutter profile and the trees, and the quote says how often the guard itself will need a check.
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10Owners corporations
How do strata and body corporate programs work?
One scheduled visit covers every building in the scheme, and the committee or manager gets a single report with photos filed by unit or building number. Dates are set ahead for the year so nobody has to chase a booking each season.
Programs suit schemes where gutters were last done at different times and nobody is sure which roof is overdue. Safe work paperwork is provided before the crew arrives, and common property is left as it was found, including gates, bins and visitor parking.
See strata gutter cleaningHow do you book a service and get a price?
Send the address, the storeys and which of these jobs you want. Roof size and access get worked out from aerial imagery, and the price comes back in writing, normally the next day. Bundled jobs are quoted as one visit, so the crew only sets up once.
Timing helps too. Gutters are best cleared after the autumn drop and again before summer, and the CFA asks households in bushfire risk areas to clear gutters as part of preparing for bushfire season. What each job costs, and what moves the number, sits on our page about gutter and roof cleaning cost.
Questions
What do people ask before choosing a service?
Four questions come up whenever someone is picking between jobs on this page: whether one visit can cover everything, how height changes things, what happens underground, and whether a single service can be booked on its own.