Conservatory and Box Gutter Cleaning in Shard End
The Corporation built this estate and not one house on it arrived with a conservatory, so each one in B34 was put up later by an owner, most of them in the 1990s and early 2000s.
Where they do exist the problem is predictable. A conservatory on a house backing the Cole Valley sits in shade and damp air with the country park tree line above it, so the roof panels go green quickly and the room loses light long before anybody thinks to look upwards. Original polycarbonate roofs are the common case here, and a good many have never been cleaned since the week they went on.
- Service
- Conservatory Cleaning
- Area covered
- Shard End, B34
- Local authority
- Birmingham
- How we do it
- Soft wash on the roof, no pressure on seals or polycarbonate
- From our Selly Oak base
- About 35 minutes
- Price
- Quoted per property before we start (what the quote covers)
- Booking
- Call or WhatsApp 07788 574283
A roof nobody looks at until the room goes dim
A conservatory roof is the surface nobody ever looks at. From inside you notice the room getting dimmer over a few years and put it down to the weather. From a bedroom window the panels are green and the box gutter between the conservatory and the house is packed solid. That gutter is the real issue on a valley-side plot, because it takes leaf and seed off the tree line and has very little fall, and once it holds water it starts working on the seal along the wall. So the panels, the frames and the box gutter are one job here, and cleaning the glass while ignoring the gutter above it misses the point entirely.
- Original polycarbonate roofs from the 1990s and 2000s, a good many never cleaned at all
- Valley-side conservatories under the country park tree line, greening over within a couple of years
- Box gutters between conservatory and house, filling with leaf and seed and then holding water
- Rendered house walls at the junction, which rule out pressure anywhere near where the roof meets them
- Frames, ridge and finials filmed over along with the roof, and done on the same visit
Soft wash on panels and glass, then the box gutter
Every part of a conservatory here is soft-washed, panels and glass together. The product is put on, left long enough to kill the growth, then rinsed away with pure water, and at no point is pressure put on a panel, a seal or the render where the roof meets the house. The box gutter is cleared by pole vacuum from the ground and then flushed, because it is the thing that brings the green back fastest if it is left behind. Frames, the ridge and the finials are done at the same time, and the inside glass can be added on request, quoted separately.
- Soft-wash throughout, with no pressure near a panel, a seal or a rendered junction
- Box gutter cleared out and flushed inside the same price, never sold on afterwards
- Panels rinsed with pure water so that they dry without spotting
- Inside glass available on request, quoted separately
More detail on the equipment and the order of work: conservatory cleaning across Birmingham.
Owner-added conservatories in B34, and when to book
The conservatories here sit on houses bought under right to buy, most of them on the valley side where the tree line is closest. Spring is the moment for it, once the winter growth shows and before the room gets used again. B34 is covered on scheduled days, so ask which date suits.
Roof size, material and years since it was fitted
Price follows the size of the roof, whether it is glass or polycarbonate, and how long it has been left, and a roof untouched since it was fitted takes considerably longer than one done every couple of years. The box gutter is included, never added afterwards, because leaving it out would mean the roof greens over again inside a season.
Every two years on the dry side, yearly under the tree line
Every two years suits a conservatory on the drier side of the estate. Under the country park tree line on the valley side, annual is nearer the truth, because shade and damp air put the growth straight back and the light goes with it. Either way spring is the moment, since that is when the room starts being used again. Keeping the box gutter clear is what decides whether you get two years out of a clean or only one.
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Shard End · Conservatory Cleaning
Frequently asked questions
Yes. None of the original houses had one, so every conservatory here was added by an owner, most in the 1990s and 2000s, and many have never been cleaned. A roof that has gone dim usually brightens right up.
Almost certainly, yes. Algae on the panels builds slowly enough that nobody notices it happening, and on a shaded valley-side plot it can cut the light noticeably inside two or three years. Once it has been soft-washed off, the difference seen from inside the room is usually the first thing people mention.
Yes. Pressure scores polycarbonate, forces water through the panel end caps and can lift the seals along the ridge and against the wall. We soft-wash the lot instead, which takes longer and costs the same, and leaves the roof in the condition it ought to be in.
It is a box gutter, and it is the part that causes the trouble. It sits where the conservatory roof meets the house wall, it is narrow, and on a plot backing the country park it fills with leaf and seed and then stands water against the junction. We clear and flush it as part of the clean, because a roof cleaned above a blocked box gutter goes green again very quickly.
Yes. Two jobs at one address make an efficient visit on a scheduled Shard End day, and it means one date to arrange instead of two.
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