Evaluate and remove debris.
We evaluate your roof and remove bird droppings, nests, twigs, feathers, and debris from the roof and accessible areas under your solar panels.
Professional Roof Cleaning Services
Get the Mess Off Your Roof and Help Keep the Birds From Coming Back
Bird droppings, nesting material, feathers, twigs, and other debris can quickly build up on your roof and underneath your solar panels. Beyond looking bad, that buildup can create drainage issues, damage roofing materials, attract birds back to your home, and even create potential fire hazards.
Rowan Home Services provides professional roof cleaning designed to remove accumulated debris from your roof and around your solar panels, without jeopardizing the integrity of your solar system.
A cleaner roof. Less mess. And an important first step toward keeping critters & pigeons away from your home.
What's Hiding Under Your Solar Panels?
Solar panels create an ideal protected space for pigeons and other birds. Once they begin nesting underneath the panels, debris can accumulate quickly.
- ✓Bird droppings
- ✓Nests and nesting material
- ✓Feathers
- ✓Twigs and branches
- ✓Dirt and organic debris
- ✓Buildup in roof valleys and drainage areas
Bird droppings are also acidic. When significant buildup is left sitting on roofing materials, it can contribute to deterioration over time. Nesting material and debris can interfere with proper drainage, trap moisture around roofing materials, and create unnecessary combustible material on the roof.
Removing the Buildup Protects More Than Your Roof
Removing the buildup isn't just about making your roof look better. It's about protecting the area surrounding your solar system and addressing the environment that keeps attracting birds back to your home.
What Our Roof Cleaning Includes
Our technicians get directly onto the roof to remove accumulated debris from the roof surface, roof valleys, around the solar array, and underneath the solar panels where accessible.
Depending on the roof and the type of buildup, our team will either vacuum the debris or carefully move it off the roof onto protective plastic laid below. Once the debris has been removed, we bag it up and haul it away. You won't be left with piles of bird droppings, nesting material, or debris around your home to clean up afterward.
Before
After
Our Roof Cleaning Process
Contain debris while we work.
We use protective plastic to contain debris while carefully cleaning without compromising your roof or solar system.
Leave no mess behind.
We collect, bag, and haul away everything we remove, leaving you with a cleaner roof and no mess to deal with.
Have Pigeons Under Your Solar Panels?
Cleaning the Roof Is Only Part of the Solution.
If your goal is simply to prevent pigeons from getting underneath your solar panels, professionally installed critter guard can create a physical barrier around the solar array.
But if your goal is to get pigeons to leave your property altogether, there's more to it. Birds are creatures of habit. Once they've established your roof as a nesting or roosting location, existing nests, droppings, debris, scent, and other biological markers can encourage them to continue returning… even after access underneath the panels has been blocked.
Step 1: Clean + Protect
We start by removing the existing nests, droppings, twigs, feathers, and debris from the roof and underneath the solar panels to the best of our ability without removing the panels or compromising the solar system. Critter guard can then be installed around the solar array to prevent pigeons from getting back underneath the panels.
Step 2: Maintain
For homeowners who want to discourage pigeons from continuing to use the roof as their home, ongoing maintenance matters. Our roof maintenance program allows us to return periodically to inspect the critter guard and remove new buildup from the roof. Keeping the area clean helps eliminate the conditions that encourage birds to continue returning and reestablishing the area as a nesting or roosting location.
Clean it. Protect it. Maintain it.
Why to Regularly Clean "Bird Debris" Off Your Roof?
Help Protect Your Roofing Materials
Bird droppings are acidic, and allowing large amounts of waste to remain on roofing materials can contribute to deterioration over time.
Help Maintain Proper Drainage
Nesting material, twigs, feathers, and debris can collect in roof valleys and other drainage areas. Removing the buildup helps water move where it's supposed to go rather than collecting around or underneath roofing materials.
Reduce Combustible Debris
Dry nesting materials and twigs create unnecessary combustible material around your roof and solar system.
Make Your Roof Less Inviting to Birds
Removing nests, waste, and accumulated debris eliminates many of the conditions that encourage pigeons to continue returning to the same location.
Prior to Critter Guard Installation
If pigeons are already living underneath your solar panels, professionally cleaning out the existing mess before sealing the perimeter provides a much more complete solution than simply blocking access.
Roof Cleaning + Gutter Cleaning + Solar Panel Critter Guard
If pigeons have established themselves on your roof or underneath your solar panels, cleaning up the existing mess is an important first step. Rowan Home Services can combine professional roof cleaning, gutter cleaning, and solar panel critter guard installation for a more complete solution.
- ✓We remove bird droppings, nests, twigs, feathers, and debris from your roof, accessible areas underneath your solar panels, and gutters.
- ✓Clearing the gutters also helps restore proper drainage and prevent debris from creating blockages and buildup around your roofline.
- ✓Our solar panel critter guard then creates a physical barrier around the perimeter of your solar array to help prevent pigeons and other animals from getting back underneath your panels.
Roof & gutter cleaning removes the existing mess and buildup.
Critter guard helps prevent future access underneath your solar panels.
Ongoing maintenance helps keep your roof and gutters clean and less attractive to returning birds.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why should solar panels be professionally cleaned?
Professional solar panel cleaning helps safely remove dust, dirt, bird droppings, pollen, and other buildup that can block sunlight and reduce your panels' performance. Using trained professionals also helps protect the panels, wiring, mounting system, and roof from damage that can occur with improper cleaning methods.
Does Rowan clean underneath solar panels?
Yes. We remove as much debris as reasonably possible from underneath your solar panels without removing the panels or jeopardizing the integrity of the solar system. Because the panels remain installed, there may be areas that cannot be fully accessed. We don't promise that every inch underneath the panels will be spotless. Our goal is to safely remove everything we can access without risking damage to your panels, mounting system, wiring, or roof.
Does Rowan remove bird nests and droppings?
Yes. Roof cleaning can include removing accumulated bird droppings, nests, feathers, twigs, and other loose debris from the roof and accessible areas underneath the solar panels.
Does Rowan haul away the debris?
Yes. Debris removed as part of our roof cleaning service is collected, bagged, and hauled away by our team.
Will there be a mess left around my house?
When debris needs to be moved from the roof to the ground, we use protective plastic to help contain it. The material removed from the roof is then collected and hauled away. Our service does not include cleaning pre-existing debris, droppings, or other messes already present in landscaping or ground-level areas before we arrive. This also helps us avoid unnecessarily disturbing or damaging your landscaping.
Will roof cleaning get rid of my pigeons?
Roof cleaning is an important part of addressing an established pigeon problem, but cleaning alone does not physically prevent pigeons from returning underneath your solar panels. For homeowners who want a more complete solution, we typically recommend a combination of roof cleaning, solar panel critter guard, and ongoing maintenance.
Why are pigeons still hanging around after critter guard was installed?
Critter guard is designed to prevent pigeons from accessing the protected space underneath your solar panels. However, if the roof still contains nests, droppings, debris, and familiar scents, pigeons may continue returning to the property. Cleaning the existing buildup and keeping the roof maintained can help make the area less attractive for continued roosting.
Do I need roof cleaning before getting critter guard?
When there is significant existing bird or nesting debris, we recommend cleaning the area as part of the process. Blocking access underneath the panels without addressing the existing buildup doesn't remove the conditions the birds have created on the roof.
Does Rowan guarantee the area underneath my solar panels will be completely spotless?
No—and we want to set the right expectation. We remove everything we reasonably can without removing the solar panels or compromising the integrity of your system. Some areas underneath an installed solar array may simply be inaccessible. Our technicians prioritize getting the area as clean as possible while protecting your roof and solar investment.
Protect Your Roof From the Mess Above
Whether you're dealing with years of buildup underneath your solar panels or simply want to get your roof cleaned up, Rowan Home Services can help.
And if pigeons are the real problem, we'll help you understand the difference between simply cleaning the roof and creating a more complete plan to clean, protect, and maintain the area.
Ready for a cleaner roof?
Rowan Home Services
Professional Roof Cleaning • Solar Panel Critter Guard • Ongoing Roof Maintenance