For your home to stay optimally protected, it’s crucial that your roof is in excellent condition. To keep your roof in great health, you’ll want to keep up with basic maintenance measures. Understandably, not everyone wants to get up on their roof to conduct maintenance. In such a situation, you can call in for assistance from a professional roofer. At BGC Roofing, our crew provides expert roof maintenance in the greater Miami, FL area.

Important Roof Maintenance Tasks

Debris should be removed from your rooftop and gutters at least twice per year, and after any major storms cause a lot of tree debris to come down onto your roof. As branches and twigs pile up on your roof, they can prevent water from being successfully channeled away, which can increase the risk of water seeping into your home. And when leaves and gunk accumulate in your gutters, water can start spilling over onto your roof top, where it could potentially cause rot.

When conducting roof maintenance, it’s an opportune time to seal up any openings that may allow squirrels or other critters to get inside. It’s important that squirrels aren’t using gaps in your roofing to get into your attic, where they may chew up wires and damage insulation.

If moss/algae becomes an issue on your roof, you’ll want to remove it. Moss not only looks bad, when it grows abundantly, it can potentially cause problems with your roof’s structural integrity. To remove moss, it should first be dampened with a hose. Then, you should use a soft-bristled brush—one that won’t damage shingle grit—to loosen the moss. After the moss has been loosened, you can use a commercial moss removal product to kill it. It’s also worth keeping in mind that pressure washers can damage your shingles, which is a risk that isn’t worth taking.

It’s also a good idea to inspect the metal stripping along the edges of skylights. Roof leaks often form at this stripping, so you’ll want to make sure that it is in good shape.

Roof Maintenance in Miami, FL

If you need roof maintenance in Miami and the surrounding area, contact BGC Roofing at 786-447-5802. At our local roofing company, we’re happy to provide a roofing estimate in the Miami metro area!