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Roof Moss Removal |
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John Redihan |
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Roof Moss Removal
John Redihan
Anyone who says that moss will not damage your roof does not know what he is talking about. Moss is alive and like all living organisms it needs to eat. The moss is feeding on your roofing material and that is a fact. If you need proof just pull some off and look at the hole below, where it has been feeding. Removing it is a very simple process that you can do yourself with a few simple tools and a good moss cleaning product.
What you do not want to use to clean the moss from your roof with is TSP, bleach or chlorine based products these will kill moss but also damage your home. Those products are not designed to stick to pitched roofs; they clean unevenly and usually leave stains on the roof shingles or tile. Along with staining your roof, these products contain strong chemicals that severely dry out your roofing material, causing cracking and making your roofing material susceptible to wind damage. These types of hazardous products may also kill any plant, shrub or section of lawn as it runs off of the roof. There are products designed specially to clean moss from roofs, a good product will be designed to stick to even the steepest pitched roof while attacking the roots of the moss. A good roof washing product should be environmentally safe so that it will not harm your yard, it should also be a non-staining product.
Roof moss needs to be removed from the root that is why you need to find a roof cleaning product that attacks from the roots. A garden style pump sprayer is a great way to apply the roof cleaner to the roof moss. The best way to remove the moss is to brush the moss off with a medium bristle scrub brush; the trick to this is to only brush the moss when it is wet with the roof moss cleaning product, that way the roots come right off. Brushing roof moss dry or with the wrong product will only remove the "flower" of the moss and soon the moss will bloom again. After the moss has been brushed from your roof, rinse thoroughly with water, it is also a good idea, once the roof has been rinsed to apply one more coat of roof cleaner and let it stay on the roof.
There are only two ways that I would recommend to keep your roof clean. The first is quite simple; in late spring and late fall apply a coat of roof cleaner to your roof. This will kill any spore that may have started to grow again and the rain will rinse it off. The alternative is more complex but does not require periodic maintenance. Zinc is available in rolls that you can adhere to the ridge of your roof, as it rains the zinc releases moss and algae killing elements. Proof of the effectiveness of this method can be seen on your own roof, just look under any metal object and you will notice "clean roof".
Once the roof has been cleaned, a little yearly maintenance or some zinc along the ridge and the roof will look and continue to look new again.
John Redihan cleans roofs professionally, before you purchase a roof moss cleaning product on the internet please check out Wash Safe Industries unbelievable product to remove http://www.wash-safe.com/roof.html roof moss
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