Pro Clean Direct

23/06/2026

🐦 Bird Proofing Done Properly – No Cowboys Here 🐦

Another busy week for the ProClean Direct team, helping homeowners protect their properties from nuisance birds and the damage they can cause.

This project included:

✅ Solar panel bird proofing to prevent pigeons nesting beneath panels
✅ Professional bird spike installations on roof ridges and problem areas
✅ Bird deterrent systems fitted to flat roofs to discourage roosting and perching
✅ Full inspection and installation carried out using safe access equipment

At ProClean Direct, safety is never an afterthought.

All work is carried out using the correct access equipment, trained operatives, and industry best practices. We hold a GL41 Licence where required and always ensure any bird management work is completed legally, ethically and professionally.

Too often we see unsafe roof work, poor-quality installations and “cowboy” bird proofing that simply doesn’t last. That’s not how we operate.

✔ Which? Trusted Trader
✔ SafeContractor Approved
✔ TechIOSH Qualified
✔ Fully Insured (£10 Million Cover)
✔ DBS Checked
✔ 15+ Years Industry Experience

Whether it’s solar panel proofing, spikes, post-and-wire systems, guano removal or bird deterrent solutions, we’ll always recommend the most appropriate solution for the property.

Because protecting your property is important, but getting everyone home safely at the end of the day is even more important.

📞 Contact ProClean Direct for a free survey and quotation.

16/06/2026

One thing I’ve learnt in business is that you don’t have to do everything yourself.

Know your trade, know your limits and build relationships with good people.

We’ve worked with George at Bye Bye Pests for years. Whether it’s wasps, hornets or pest control issues, he’s always been my go-to man.

Local businesses supporting local businesses isn’t just a slogan—it’s how we raise standards, help customers and keep money in the local economy.

Great family business,Great service. Highly recommended.

Give them a follow and show them some support. 👍🏻🐀🐝🤝

11/06/2026

🚨 THIS IS WHY WE DON’T TAKE SHORTCUTS AT HEIGHT 🚨

This footage shows a worker falling through a fragile rooflight. In a split second, what started as a routine job could have become a fatality.

Every year, workers are killed or suffer life-changing injuries after falling through fragile surfaces. Rooflights, skylights and asbestos cement sheets are among the biggest dangers when working on roofs.

The question we should all be asking is:

❓ Was there a suitable and sufficient risk assessment?

❓ Was there a safe system of work?

❓ Were edge protection, covers, crawl boards or a MEWP considered?

❓ Were workers trained and supervised correctly?

Under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, employers have a legal duty to protect the health, safety and welfare of their employees.

The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 require employers to assess risks and implement suitable control measures before work begins.

The Work at Height Regulations 2005 are even more specific. They require work at height to be properly planned, supervised and carried out by competent people. They also require employers to avoid work at height where possible and prevent falls wherever reasonably practicable.

A rooflight is not a safe place to stand.

A rooflight is a fragile surface.

A fragile surface should be treated as a hole.

No job, no deadline and no quote is worth a life.

As safety professionals we have a responsibility to challenge unsafe practices, educate others and ensure everyone goes home at the end of the day.

Remember: A RAMS document isn’t something to tick off in the van. It’s a document designed to stop incidents exactly like this from happening.

“People sometimes think health and safety is paperwork. It isn’t. Health and safety is the difference between going home for dinner or being carried off a site in an ambulance.”

I know some of the people carrying out this type of work will be reading this post right now.

This isn’t an attack. This isn’t me trying to score points.

This is me asking you to stop and think.

Fragile rooflights are not designed to take your weight. One wrong step and your life can change forever.

Please stop taking the risk.

Get the right equipment.

Get the right training.

Use the right access method.

Complete suitable RAMS.

Challenge unsafe instructions.

Most importantly, make sure you go home at the end of the day.

Your family doesn’t care whether the job was finished on time.

They care that you walk through the front door tonight.

Stop it. Be safe. Go home.

10/06/2026

🔥 RENDER CLEANING DONE PROPERLY 🔥

Not blasted.
Not damaged.
Not attacked with “pool bleach in a pump sprayer”.

Professionally cleaned using the correct softwash process, professional-grade HSE-approved biocidal treatments and industry-led application methods. 👌

This is what happens when you actually understand biofilm, algae, microorganisms and how render systems behave over time.

At ProClean Direct we specialise in professional exterior cleaning with a huge focus on safety, training and doing the job correctly first time.

✅ Which? Trusted Trader Approved
✅ SafeContractor Approved
✅ TechIOSH
✅ Professional Softwash Training
✅ £10 Million public and Employee liability insurance.
✅ DBS Checked
✅ Licensed Waste Carrier

Render cleaning is NOT just spraying chemicals around and hoping for the best.

You need to understand:
✔ Surface compatibility
✔ Correct dilution ratios
✔ Environmental responsibilities
✔ COSHH regulations 2002
✔ Safe application methods
✔ Weather conditions & drift control
✔ The science behind organic staining and regrowth prevention

That’s the difference between a professional contractor… and somebody with a pressure washer and a page. 👀

We don’t cut corners.
We don’t upsell nonsense.
We survey properly, assess properly and clean professionally.

📍Professional Exterior Cleaning
📍Render • Roofs • Gutters • Commercial
📍Basingstoke & surrounding areas

01/06/2026

🇬🇧 UK Small Business Week 2026

This week celebrates the thousands of small businesses that keep our communities moving.

As a local family-run business, we’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has supported ProClean Direct over the years.

Whether you’ve:
✅ Booked us
✅ Recommended us
✅ Shared our posts
✅ Left a review
✅ Stopped for a chat while we’re working

…it all helps more than you know.

We’re proud to be:
⭐ Which? Trusted Trader Approved
⭐ SafeContractor Approved
⭐ £10 Million Insured
⭐ DBS Checked
⭐ Licensed Upper Tier Waste Carrier
⭐ Safety-led with professional health & safety qualifications

When you choose a local business, you’re supporting local families, local suppliers and the local economy.

Thank you for supporting local.

https://trustedtraders.which.co.uk/businesses/proclean-direct/

29/05/2026

Put the 4th July in your diary people. Going to be an epic day!

Introducing our host for the day local celebrity Christopher Cloke no stranger to the limelight, you may have heard him on Overton Radio or seen him on Come Dine With Me!

To see him in action…

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1JxAgbjKEZ/?mibextid=wwXIfr

He’ll be getting the party started on Saturday 4th July from 12noon Sherfest 2026 - Party in the Park

23/05/2026

Professional roof maintenance done properly.

This stunning property received our specialist maintenance treatment using professional application methods from a spider picker combined with our foaming/X-Jet system — safely applying Safewash UK organic based ,pet and plant safe treatment designed to keep moss, algae and biofilm under control without aggressive cleaning methods.

At ProClean Direct we don’t just “spray chemicals and hope for the best.”
Understanding chemical application, dwell times, environmental impact and safe working at height is everything.

That’s why we’re proud to be:

✔ Which? Trusted Trader approved
✔ TechIOSH qualified
✔ SafeContractor approved
✔ Fully insured
✔ Professional users of exterior treatment products

The result?
A safer, smarter long-term maintenance approach that helps protect the roof whilst keeping the property looking incredible.

No cowboys.
No guesswork.
Just professional exterior cleaning with safety and knowledge at the heart of everything we do.

ProClean Direct
“Safety-led exterior cleaning specialists.”

19/05/2026

🍂 GUTTER CLEANING… one of the most overlooked jobs on a property… until it starts costing you money 💧🏠

Blocked gutters can lead to:

* overflowing water
* damp walls
* stained render
* rotting fascias & soffits
* slippery paths
* damage to foundations over time

The problem is most people don’t notice an issue until the heavy rain arrives 🌧️

At ProClean Direct we don’t just “empty gutters”… we approach work with a safety-led mindset.

✅ Which? Trusted Traders approved
✅ TechIOSH qualified
✅ Fully insured
✅ SafeContractor approved
✅ Professional gutter vacuum & access equipment
✅ Working at Height aware
✅ Friendly local family business

Whether it’s a bungalow, townhouse, commercial unit or awkward access property… we can help keep the rainwater flowing properly 👍

Don’t wait until water is pouring over the side of the gutters. 👀

📩 Message us for a quotation
📍Basingstoke & surrounding areas