Shingle Manufacturers Algae Warranty Claims

[Apple Roof Cleaning (813) 655-8777]

Here is a question off of our old forum, that is still relevant today. Who wants to answer this question  

Well  I've been spending so much time here educating myself on roof cleaning, I figure it's about time to post something.  I'm in Houston, and from what it looks like, there have been a few guys get out of the business lately from around here.  This is a big city and there are over 700,000 homes in town, and most of them either have algae or will soon have it.  Hopefully there is room for one more roof cleaner.  I've been in the roofing business for 27 years and with the drought and economy, we seen some slow months this year.  I've got hundreds of homes that are less than 10 years old that we installed Algae Resistant Roofs that have algae on them and still under warranty (typical manufacturer's warranty for AR is 10 years).  I've started contacting my past customers and have assisted in submitting some claims for cleaning. That is my business plan to get into cleaning and once that is off the ground, I'll try to drum up some other roofs to clean.  Most of the manufactures state they will take 6 - 8 weeks to process claims, in the meantime I'll be building my trailer, setting up accounts with Univar, purchasing equipment /supplies from Bob and/or Lori, spending countless hours on the forum, etc, etc, etc...

Do any of you guys have any experience with dealing with roofing manufacturers (GAF, OC, Tamko & Certainteed) for warranty claims to clean roofs?

[PeakOfPerfection]

We did a roof recently for a manufacturer. They contacted us after a referral from one of our roofing partners and paid us to clean and install new ridge caps on about 4500 sq ft. They paid promptly. 

[Apple Roof Cleaning (813) 655-8777]

We do quite a bit of the algae resistant shingle warranty cleaning work here in the Tampa Florida area, because we are so well known. 

[Roof Cleaning Jacksonville FL 904-304-0810]

We've been working with Certainteed, GAF and some others at times. We usually get the call because we're the only certified cleaner and we use zero pressure processes. I know the roof homicide guy said that apparently he works with GAF and they are OK with their whole process. I can't see that, because they pressure wash the asphalt shingles with a surface cleaner then spray a pesticide on the roof that doesn't amount to much more than the same thing that's in the shingles to stop the algae it didn't stop! 

[PeakOfPerfection]

"Roof Homicide"...LOL!