Specialists in Roofing Maintenance and Restoration
Careful, non-abrasive panel cleaning on homes and buildings from Watsons Bay to Malabar.
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Panels this close to the water collect a salt film that rain does not fully wash off, and once fine wind-blown sand settles into it the surface holds a dull, gritty layer. Add bird droppings and the leaf litter that blows across from surrounding gardens, and you end up with shading across parts of the array. On flatter roof pitches, common on the newer builds around Randwick and Kingsford, there is less runoff to help, so the build-up stays put longer than it would on a steep roof.
We look over the array first and check the condition of the panels and their surrounds before cleaning anything.
We access the roof properly, which matters on tile where walking the wrong line cracks tiles and creates a leak.
Panels are cleaned without abrasives or harsh scouring, so the glass surface is not scratched or marked.
We remove the salt film, dust and general grime that rain leaves behind on coastal properties.
Bird droppings, lichen spotting and leaf debris sitting on or around the panels are cleared.
We check the array and the surrounding roof area before we pack up.
Call 0452 223 327 or send the form with your address and roughly how many panels you have.
We look at the array and roof access, and give you a price before any work starts.
We clean the panels, clear what has built up around them, and do a final check of the array.
We do not quote a percentage, because it depends entirely on how much build-up is there and how much of the array is affected. What we can say is that shading from grime, droppings or debris reduces what the panels produce, and clearing it removes that.
Generally yes. A salt film plus wind-blown sand builds a layer that rain alone does not shift, so panels near the water tend to need attention more often than the same array further inland.
Only where it is safe and appropriate, and with care. Tiles crack when walked incorrectly, and a cracked tile becomes a leak, so we access the roof properly rather than taking the shortest route to the array.
If the panels have not been looked at in a while, it is worth a check. Call our Bondi Beach team on 0452 223 327 or send the form for a free quote.
Bondi · Bondi Beach · Bondi Junction · Bronte · Tamarama · Clovelly · Coogee · Randwick · Kensington · Kingsford · Maroubra · Matraville · Vaucluse · Rose Bay · Double Bay · Paddington · Woollahra · Bellevue Hill · Waverley · Queens Park
Also servicing surrounding Eastern Suburbs suburbs. See our Eastern Suburbs roofing page, or how we handle solar panel cleaning across Sydney.
Australian standards and Code requirements we work to, with the source for each.
NSW work health and safety law requires a safe work method statement for construction work where a person could fall more than two metres. Single-storey gutter and roof work clears that line, which is why the job is planned, harnessed or edge-protected before anyone gets on the roof.
Source: SafeWork NSW, working at heights
SafeWork NSW reports that most serious and fatal falls happen from roofs, ladders and building edges at four metres or under, and a fall from two metres can kill. A single-storey Sydney house is squarely inside that range.
Source: SafeWork NSW, falls from heights
Observatory Hill has averaged around 1,213 mm of rain a year on records kept since 1858. Everything on the roof, from panels and skylights to gutters, has to keep working through that volume of water and the grit it carries off the surface.
Last updated: 8 October 2026
Solar panel cleaning in the Eastern Suburbs has its own rules: heritage areas, salt air and tight access all change how the job is done. Everything below links to the council or standard it comes from, so you can check it yourself.
Woollahra DCP lists concrete roof tiles as intrusive and not permitted in the Paddington conservation area. Only natural slate, short-length corrugated galvanised iron or unglazed terracotta are allowed.
Source: Woollahra DCP 2015, Chapter C1In Paddington skylights are not allowed on the front or side roof planes, any skylight on the main roof is capped at 1.5 square metres, and rear planes are limited to 25 per cent transparent material.
Source: Woollahra DCP 2015, section C1.5.1The National Construction Code puts a home within 100m of breaking surf in the harshest corrosion category. Between 100m and 200m an AZ200 or AM150 coating is required, and only past 1km does the standard category apply. That changes fixings, flashings, gutters and downpipes.
Source: ABCB Housing Provisions (NCC 2022), Table 7.2.2aWoollahra does not allow panels on the roof plane facing the primary street in heritage areas, limits projection to 500mm, and pushes slate roofs to a full application. It also asks for a 300mm setback from roof edges for future maintenance access.
Source: Woollahra Council, solar in heritage areasWaverley Council lists 17 heritage conservation areas, including Bondi Beach, Charing Cross and Queens Park. Inside them the roof material and colour are assessed, not waved through, and most external work needs consent.
Source: Waverley Council, Heritage Conservation AreasWe cover Bondi, Bondi Beach, North Bondi, Bondi Junction, Bronte, Tamarama, Clovelly, Coogee, South Coogee, Randwick, Kensington, Kingsford, Maroubra, Vaucluse, Dover Heights, Rose Bay, Double Bay, Paddington, Woollahra, Waverley, Queens Park, Charing Cross, Watsons Bay, Point Piper, Darling Point, Edgecliff, Bellevue Hill, Malabar, Little Bay, La Perouse and Matraville.
In the Eastern Suburbs it depends on the council and on whether the house sits in a heritage conservation area. Waverley Council lists 17 heritage conservation areas, including Bondi Beach, Charing Cross and Queens Park, where roof material and colour are assessed and most external work needs consent. Woollahra Council’s DCP does not permit concrete roof tiles in the Paddington conservation area, and Randwick treats repainting an already painted surface as maintenance that does not need consent.
Not on every roof plane in the Paddington conservation area: Woollahra Council does not allow skylights on the front or side roof planes there, caps any skylight on the main roof at 1.5 square metres and limits rear planes to 25 per cent transparent material.
Roofs in the Eastern Suburbs corrode faster because many streets sit close to breaking surf, and salt attacks steel sheeting, fixings, flashings and gutters. The National Construction Code puts a home within 100m of breaking surf in the harshest corrosion category, requires an AZ200 or AM150 coating between 100m and 200m, and only applies the standard category beyond 1km.
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