Anti roof moss measures

[Tim+]

We're getting our roof retiled and it strikes me that if I'm ever going to
go up there and fix something to the roof to suppress moss, it's now or
never.

Are there any good products (like self adhesive copper strips) that folk
would recommend or can anyone recommend a DIY solution?

Tim

[meow...@care2.com]

Copper, in whatever form's convenient. It should be possible to insinuate some copper wire I expect.


NT

[Dave Liquorice]

On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:19:42 -0700 (PDT), meow...@care2.com wrote:

>> Are there any good products (like self adhesive copper strips)
that
>> folk would recommend or can anyone recommend a DIY solution?
>

> Copper, in whatever form's convenient. It should be possible to
> insinuate some copper wire I expect.

Yeah strip a bit of scrap/gash 2.5 T&E and fix it along each side of
the ridge a few inches down from the top. As you are having the roof
stripped and replaced short bits of copper wire under the ridge tiles
with a loop sticking up between them to hold the main wire in place.

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[Brian Gaff]

I'd imagine it would need to be untinned though, and unfortunately in my
experience copper tends to go black and not erode much after a couple of
years and become innefective. I only tried this on a shed roof though.
Brian

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[DerbyBorn]

"Brian Gaff" <Bri...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in
news:kpp2lm$hil$1...@dont-email.me:

> I'd imagine it would need to be untinned though, and unfortunately in
> my experience copper tends to go black and not erode much after a
> couple of years and become innefective. I only tried this on a shed
> roof though.
> Brian
>

Do you also get birds on the ridge? If so then consider having anti-bird
spikes installed and weave some copper wire around them.

Bird crap can really build up and start moss growths.

[R.G. Bargy]

Apart from the cosmetic aspect, why is moss on a roof A Bad Thing?

Birds choose it as a nesting material, presumably for its heat insulation?

[charles]

In article <0cWvt.54085$RV1....@fx04.am4>,

R.G. Bargy <inv...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On 17/06/2013 19:05, Tim+ wrote:
> > We're getting our roof retiled and it strikes me that if I'm ever going
> > to go up there and fix something to the roof to suppress moss, it's now
> > or never.
> >
> > Are there any good products (like self adhesive copper strips) that folk
> > would recommend or can anyone recommend a DIY solution?
> >
> > Tim

> Apart from the cosmetic aspect, why is moss on a roof A Bad Thing?

in our case, it drops down and blocks the gutters & downpipes.

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[PeterC]

On a roof of about 7 - 8 deg. slope it manages to lift the asbestos sheets a
bit at the joins and then water can be blown up and under.
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[The Other Mike]

On Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:41:05 +0100, "Brian Gaff" <Bri...@blueyonder.co.uk>
wrote:

>I'd imagine it would need to be untinned though, and unfortunately in my
>experience copper tends to go black and not erode much after a couple of
>years and become innefective. I only tried this on a shed roof though.

Which is why there is a need for significantly more use of high sulphur coal for
power generation, with the removal of any scrubbing measures such that we get
the required amount of acid rain to keep the copper clean.

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[meow...@care2.com]

It also deflects water running down the roof so that it runs under the tiles, and blocks the drainage routes of each tile.


NT