Green conservatory roof!

Our window cleaner charges £10 to clean our con. roof, have him clean it twice a year. Worth every penny.

I used to have a long handled sponge mop thing but could not find it this year. Was just about to order one from one of those brochures that come through the door..mentioning no names.. when the window cleaner arrived. He has a high pressure washer which he used whilst his wife, who helps him, stood on some steps and sprayed something on the roof. How pleased was I to see them! Well worth the £10 extra.

Thanks for that Marieeliz, I didn't ask the window cleaner to do the conservatory roof because I didn't think the pure water would get rid of any green or birdie droppings.

Perhaps I'll ask him to do it next time rather than struggle ourselves.

I have noticed that since my window cleaner uses pure water my conservatory roof has not gone green. The water from the window above drips on it. When he comes, if there is any moss or bird mess on it I ask him to wipe it off. I also believe something called Wet and Forget keeps it clean. You could pour that out of upper window with a small watering can, it has to be diluted.

The window cleaner has high reach equipment.

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. I reckon after 50 odd years there can't be too much she doesn't know about him. If she finds herself one day just holding onto his trousers instead of his legs, I suppose we'll find out!

Is he well insured Greyduster? And does she know that?

Roseq, it did for me too!!

Maranta
I am sure if there is a vent slightly open in ours the water would find it!

Greyduster that conjures up quite a picture.

I am going to ignore ours for the time being. I did wonder whether to wait for a day when the rain is lashing down and just squirt some cleaning fluid from the bedroom window on to it.

When my sister in law and her DH, both in their late seventies - visited us recently I was horrified to hear that he cleans their conservatory by hanging out of the window of their bedroom, with s-i-l hanging onto his legs!

I used to clean mine with a pressure washer and it removed the algae well. You may find a few leaks that way though!

This is a problem the sellers of conservatories don't seem to want to think about. If the conservatory roof is high enough to walk under it is bound to present a problem to clean. Particularly if you no longer feel safe climbing on ladders to try.
Leaning out of bedroom windows does not sound a very good idea .

I'd be careful using Jeyes Fluid on white upvc unless it is very dilute - it can stain.

I had been thinking of Jeyes fluid, that I would be happy to use in a greenhouse. It's supposed to be fine on plastic garden furniture.

I did think of doing it through the bedroom window but haven't tried that method yet.
I would try hot water with good squirt of washing up liquid or Flash or similar and some, but not too much, bleach. (are there plants around nearby?)

Probably i won't do it through the bedroom window as, knowing me, I will step off the stool, knock the bucket of water all over the bedroom carpet

Thanks, greyduster!

DH does ours with soapy water with bleach in it, and an extending soft brush I bought him at the Harrogate Flower show. You can attach a hose to the end of it to rinse it off after it's had a good scrub. The only part that gets green mould is one side of the ridge where it doesn't seem to get any sun, but bleach solution usually gets rid of it. It is a pain though.

I just want to reach out of my Windows and scrub the conservatory roof clean with my soft broom but need to know what detergent to use. "A woman,s work is never done" as my mum used to say! She was right!

You'd have to climb up on the roof to do it with a Karcher

We already have one thread about a foot injury due to an accident .......
noooo

Well, mine is polycarbonate or plastic! I've got a soft, expanding broom thing I can use. e exhausting, though! I hate the thought of using hoses though because I hate dirty Windows. Having said that, I have got a Karcher window cleaner but my energy is reduced these days!

We don't seem to get mould either, but it does get dirty and attracts bird poo and leaves.

We must have another go at it soon.

We don't get mould on ours ( made of glass ) but still get bits of all sorts, bird poo, leaves etc so bought a long handled flat mop type thing from Lakeland.Washed off with the garden hose.

I suppose it depends what it is made of, whether it can take a bit of bleach.