Roof Cleaning in Muncie, IN

Black streaking, moss and lichen taken off asphalt shingle at under 100 PSI, without stripping the granules that make the shingle a roof. If that is what your Muncie property needs, the next step is a number, and getting one costs nothing. Most residential work is priced remotely and booked the same week.

Budget for a Muncie property. $600 – $1,500+ for standard residential roof. Where it lands inside that range comes down to size, access and how long it has been since the last clean. See the price guide for the rest of the list.

What Indiana weather does to a house here

Humid summers, hard winters and a lot of shade give algae, mildew and lichen everything they need. North facing walls stay damp longest and go first, roofs streak downward from the ridge, and concrete holds whatever runs off both.

That pattern is the same across Delaware County as it is at home in Eaton, which is why the schedule here looks like a one to two year cycle rather than a rescue every eight years.

What happens to your landscaping

The solution that kills roof algae is hard on plants, so beds under the work get covered and rinsed before, during and after. Drives and walks below get wet down first, and gutters and downspouts are flushed so nothing sits in them.

This is most of the reason a careful roof clean takes longer than people expect, and it is the part a rushed crew skips.

Getting a number for your Muncie address

Two or three photos from your phone and the address are usually enough. Property records give us the footprint, satellite measurement gives us the roof and the drive, and the photos tell us the condition.

Where that is not enough we come out and look, at no cost and with nothing attached to it.

What we protect while we work

The solution that kills roof algae is hard on plants, so landscaping gets covered and rinsed, gutters and downspouts are flushed, and drives and walks below the work are wet down first. This is most of the reason a roof clean takes longer than people expect.

Hard water, and why glass gets purified water instead

Water in this part of Indiana is hard, and hard water dries to a spot however well the glass was washed. A water fed pole filters the water before it ever reaches the window, so there is nothing left behind to dry.

It also means upstairs glass on a Muncie home is cleaned from the ground, which is faster and safer than putting a ladder against every opening.

What we will not take on

We do not do handyman work, landscaping, painting, roof replacement or major roof repair, construction, remodeling or interior cleaning. We are an exterior cleaning company and nothing else.

We also decline any job where high pressure would create an unreasonable risk of damaging the surface, rather than doing it and hoping. A refused job is cheaper for everyone than a repaired one.

You do not need to be home

For nearly every exterior service, we need access to the areas being cleaned and an outside water connection. That is it. We confirm both before the day, and we tell you what we found when we are done.

It is also why a remote estimate works for most Muncie properties. The site visit that used to be about measuring is not needed when the measurement comes from property data and satellite imagery.

Roof Cleaning around Muncie

Muncie sits in Delaware County and carries the four services this area asks for most. When we are here we are usually also in Yorktown, Anderson and McCordsville, so a job booked alongside one of those is easier to schedule and cheaper to run than a single trip.

Anything on our list that Muncie does not have its own page for can still be done here as part of a visit. Ask when you call and the estimate will show it both ways.

Wood, and the damage that does not wash out

Weathered decking is soft. A wand at full strength on a dry board raises the grain, cuts furrows along the soft summer wood, and leaves a surface that will not take stain evenly. Short of sanding the whole deck, that is permanent.

We clean Muncie decks with a solution and a pressure set to the board in front of us. The gray goes and the wood stays where it was.

What is included

• Black streaking, algae, moss and lichen
• Under 100 PSI, chemical dwell, never a pressure wand
• Asphalt shingle and other applicable roofing systems

Brick holds water, and water is the problem

Masonry is porous. It absorbs water and everything that arrives with it: algae in the shade, salts pushing back out as efflorescence, soil splash from the beds, and freeze damage where trapped water expands. High pressure drives more water in and can cut a mortar joint outright.

So brick and limestone on a Muncie property get low pressure and the right solution, and where it is worth doing, a penetrating sealer afterwards.

Booked with something else

The crew is already at the property with water and access, so adding a second service costs a fraction of booking it as its own visit. In Muncie the pairings that come up most are house washing, concrete & pavers, roof rejuvenation.