Specialists in Roofing Maintenance and Restoration
Cleaning arrays that sit in salt spray and eucalypt litter, from Manly through to Palm Beach.
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Panels on the peninsula collect two things that inland panels mostly do not: a salt film blown off the water, and the fine litter that comes off gum trees on bush-edge streets. Both dull the glass rather than block it outright, so the loss is gradual and easy to miss until you compare one summer against the last. Birds nesting under panel rows are common here too, and that mess ends up on the panels below and in the gutter. We clean the glass and clear what has collected around and under the array. We do not touch the electrical side.
We look at how the array sits, the roof type underneath and the access before anything starts.
Two-storey homes and steep blocks are normal here. Access is set up properly rather than improvised.
The glass is washed to lift the salt film, dust and gum residue that dull it, without harsh scouring on the panel face.
Leaf litter and bird mess sitting between and under the rows is cleared out, along with whatever has ended up in the gutter below.
We flag anything we notice on the roof around the array, such as lifted flashing or a cracked tile.
The panels are rinsed down and the area is checked before we leave.
Call 0478 688 951 or send the form with your address and roughly how many panels you have.
We check the array and the access, and give you a price before any work starts.
We clean the glass, clear the debris under and around the panels, and check the area afterwards.
Monkeys Roofing cleans solar arrays across the Northern Beaches and the rest of Sydney. We handle the panel surface and the roof around it; anything electrical stays with your installer.
It depends on how exposed the roof is. Panels on a bush-edge or beachfront street pick up litter and salt far faster than panels in a sheltered street, so the honest answer is that we look at yours and tell you what we see.
No. We clean the glass and clear the debris around the array. Anything electrical, including isolators and wiring, is work for a licensed solar installer or electrician.
We clear the leaf litter and bird mess that collects between and under the rows wherever we can reach it safely, and we clear what has washed into the gutter below.
If the array has not been cleaned since it went on, salt and gum litter are almost certainly sitting on the glass. Call us on 0478 688 951 or send the form for a free quote.
Manly · Fairlight · Balgowlah · Seaforth · Clontarf · Freshwater · Curl Curl · Dee Why · Collaroy · Narrabeen · Warriewood · Mona Vale · Newport · Avalon Beach · Palm Beach · Brookvale · Frenchs Forest · Belrose · Elanora Heights · Killarney Heights
Also servicing surrounding Northern Beaches suburbs. See our Northern Beaches 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 Northern Beaches 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.
The standard warranty requires fresh water washing at least every six months of any roof area rain does not wash naturally, and does not cover failure to replace corroded fasteners. On a coastal home that means eaves, awnings and wall abutments need washing deliberately.
Source: BlueScope, Colorbond roofing sample warrantyCategory 1 vegetation carries a 100 metre buffer on the Council map and categories 2 and 3 carry 30 metres, so a property with no trees on it can still be mapped simply because of the reserve next door. Work on mapped land can pull in AS 3959 requirements.
Source: Northern Beaches Council, bush fire prone landThe Rural Fire Service advises against box gutters and complicated roof shapes on bushfire prone land because they trap debris, and warns that second storey gutters make last minute clearing dangerous. Removing litter from roof, valleys and gutters before summer is part of protecting the house.
Source: NSW Rural Fire ServiceBlueScope names Manly Beach as its metropolitan example of a surf marine environment, the harshest of its three salt classes under AS 4312. Wind, shelter and areas the rain never washes push the real corrosivity higher still, which is why the steel grade used here is not the one used inland.
Source: BlueScope Technical Bulletin TB-35 and AS 4312:2019Class 3 fasteners are only acceptable beyond 1km from marine influence. From 200m to 1km Class 4 is required, and inside 200m even Class 4 is not enough without checking with the supplier. Most of the ocean strip sits inside that band, so standard screws rust out long before the sheeting does.
Source: BlueScope TB-16 and AS 3566.2We cover Manly, Fairlight, Freshwater, Curl Curl, Dee Why, Collaroy, Narrabeen, Warriewood, Mona Vale, Newport, Bilgola, Avalon, Whale Beach, Palm Beach, Frenchs Forest, Belrose, Terrey Hills, Forestville, Killarney Heights, Balgowlah, Seaforth, Brookvale, Cromer, Elanora Heights, Bayview and Church Point.
The standard Colorbond warranty requires fresh water washing at least every six months of any roof area rain does not wash naturally, and it does not cover failure to replace corroded fasteners. On a Northern Beaches coastal home that means eaves, awnings and wall abutments need washing deliberately.
It can. On the Northern Beaches Council bush fire prone land map, Category 1 vegetation carries a 100 metre buffer and categories 2 and 3 carry 30 metres, so even a cleared block can be mapped and work on it can pull in AS 3959 requirements. The Rural Fire Service also advises clearing litter from roofs, valleys and gutters before summer.
Northern Beaches roofs corrode faster because much of the peninsula is a surf marine environment. BlueScope names Manly Beach as its metropolitan example of that class, the harshest of its three salt classes under AS 4312, and wind, shelter and areas the rain never washes push real corrosivity higher still.
Manly heritage areas keep the original roof form, bushfire buffers reach 100 metres and only 10 per cent of a canopy can be pruned…
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