Roof cleaningin Sunrise, FL.

Sunrise Golf Village's Spanish-eclectic houses were built with barrel tile from around 1960, and many roofs have been replaced over the decades while keeping the look. Barrel tile is porous and holds Gloeocapsa in every curve, and the canals running through the neighborhood keep the air damp. The curves also trap leaves and seed pods, which hold water against the roof.

Barrel tile cracks when it is stepped on in the wrong place, and older tile does so more easily. It is walked only on the laps and near the ridges, and worked from a ladder elsewhere. Any cracked or slipped tile spotted during the look is pointed out before a quote is given. Gutters are flushed at the end so the runoff does not sit in them.

Welleby's communities went up between 1984 and 1992, so their roofs are well past twenty years unless they have been replaced. Citizens asks for a four-point inspection past that line, and the roof is one of the four points it looks at. Nob Hill at Welleby, Welleby Springs and Rhapsody at Welleby all fall inside those years.

A clean does not change a roof's age or condition, and nobody honest will tell you it does. It lets the inspector, and you, see the covering without a coat of black on it. In townhome rows, check whether the association owns the roof before booking. If Michael sees cracked tile or worn shingle while he looks, you hear about it before any quote.

The west side of Sunrise, out toward Markham Park and the Sawgrass Expressway, is closest to the Everglades fires. After the June 2026 Atlantic Fire burned more than 4,700 acres west of the city, ash settled in tile channels and gutters on that side. Townhome roofs near Markham Park catch the most.

Ash does not damage tile, but it holds moisture and mixes with the algae. A roof clean after the fire is out takes it off along with the growth, and the gutters are flushed so it does not wash down onto a clean drive in the next storm. Plants under the drip line are soaked first and rinsed after, as on any roof. The drive and the walks below are rinsed at the end.