Roof cleaning across Woolton
Slate and porous tile both stay on the roof where they belong, because every Woolton roof gets a gentle soft wash and a treatment that stops the moss coming straight back.
Woolton sits on one of the highest points in south Liverpool, a sandstone ridge topped by Woolton Woods and Camp Hill, and it is wrapped in mature trees: the woods, Reynolds Park and generations of big garden planting all cast shade over the rooftops. That cover, plus the damp air that hangs over the Mersey basin, means surfaces here rarely dry out fully between showers. Moss and green algae get a hold on shaded slate, sandstone and paving quickly here, and the high garden walls that give the village its privacy are the same thing keeping its stonework damp.