DIY Roof Cleaning

ONE SLIP! YOU'RE DEAD.

FAQ) Can I clean my roof myself?​
A) Yes, with the proper safety equipment (roof safety harness for roofers, roof shoes, etc.), insurance, training, and chemicals. However, your question should be, is my life only worth cleaning my roof myself. Honey-do-list DIY projects can save money, but DIY roof cleaning can cost you your life. Watching a reckless DIY Clean Your Roof Easy Step by Step Roof Cleaning YouTube video and ignorantly adding DIY roof cleaning to a honey-do list can be the worse or last decision of a person's life. Roof cleaning is hazardous! One slip, and you are either seriously injured or killed. 
NOTICE: America's Most Dangerous Jobs lists a Roofer in its Top Ten Most Dangerous Jobs. Since most homeowners have neglected their roofs, cleaning a roof could be the most dangerous job, especially when adding water and chemicals to algae, mold, moss, and lichen-infested roofs.
Most homeowners, roof cleaners, and internet search engines categorize roof cleaning as another pressure washing service without considering the extreme dangers of roof cleaning. However, roof cleaning is not just another house pressure washing service performed on a home or item added to a DIY honey-do list. Roof cleaning is in a category by itself. Roof cleaning carries significantly more complexities and danger than house pressure washing. Therefore, do not take roof cleaning lightly! Be smart and hire a State Licensed roof cleaning service company. Most importantly, ensure (verify) that the company that performs work on your property has Workers Compensation Insurance. Workers Compensation Insurance protects the workers, the property owner(s), and the company. Unlike fly-by-night pressure washing services trying to make cheap, quick bucks low-pressure or soft washing roofs, a State Licensed roof cleaning company with Workers Compensation Insurance cares about its workers, the property owner(s), and plans, on being in business tomorrow.
BOTTOM LINE: Hiring an unlicensed, underinsured roof pressure washing service to clean your roof is not intelligent, but attempting Do-It-Yourself (DIY) roof cleaning is... (ok, it's STUPID!). Climbing a ladder, walking on a slippery algae-infested roof while wearing tennis shoes, pushing a broom, and carrying a pump sprayer filled with old-school bleach and soap is not a roof cleaning recipe; it is a recipe for disaster.

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