what's the best way to clean moss from concrete tile roof?
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Why bother?
It will fall off when ready.
Pressure washing is likely to create more problems than it solves
I did hear-read or using copper strip on the ridge to create a copper heavy rainfall that prevented moss?
Someone I knew watered her paths with washing powder to kill moss- apparently it worked
It will fall off when ready.
Pressure washing is likely to create more problems than it solves
I did hear-read or using copper strip on the ridge to create a copper heavy rainfall that prevented moss?
Someone I knew watered her paths with washing powder to kill moss- apparently it worked
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Scrape the moss off then use a fungicidal wash which helps kill the spores, dont use a pressure washer on concrete tiles.
Then repeat in a couple of years.
Then repeat in a couple of years.
I use a broad paint scraper on a long length of dowel......don't wire brush but a nylon one works ok.
Copper strip does work but costs a bomb, and is only successful on a couple of rows, I've found.
John
Copper strip does work but costs a bomb, and is only successful on a couple of rows, I've found.
John
Probably cheaper and less hassle to switch to clay tiles, if a roof is that precious.
Dont know about precious but the moss from my roof goes all over my drive and path if i dont remove it.
I suppose if your drive is that precious......
I suppose if your drive is that precious......
Tidy yes, precious No!
V
vinty
Power washing can damage the surface of your tiles allowing moss to take root again.
Soft wash is the best option although it takes a bit of time to see the results, I did a job once at a house that had a tiled roof that was spotless while the neighbors roofs which were built at the same time had varying degrees of moss on them.
I asked the owner of the house did he get his roof power washed, he said no, he said he paid his window cleaner to spray his roof using one of those backpack pressure sprayers which meant he could reach the ridge of the roof without getting of his ladder.
The anti-moss solution was mixed with a type of foam to help it stick to the roof which allowed the solution time to kill the moss roots ,once the moss died the roots which kept it anchored to the roof shriveled and because it was on a pitched roof gravity did the rest.
The result was a spotless roof with no damage to the surface covering of the tiles. The owner of the house got this done every year,it only took the window cleaner about 20minutes each side and cost a fraction of power washing and no mess.
Soft wash is the best option although it takes a bit of time to see the results, I did a job once at a house that had a tiled roof that was spotless while the neighbors roofs which were built at the same time had varying degrees of moss on them.
I asked the owner of the house did he get his roof power washed, he said no, he said he paid his window cleaner to spray his roof using one of those backpack pressure sprayers which meant he could reach the ridge of the roof without getting of his ladder.
The anti-moss solution was mixed with a type of foam to help it stick to the roof which allowed the solution time to kill the moss roots ,once the moss died the roots which kept it anchored to the roof shriveled and because it was on a pitched roof gravity did the rest.
The result was a spotless roof with no damage to the surface covering of the tiles. The owner of the house got this done every year,it only took the window cleaner about 20minutes each side and cost a fraction of power washing and no mess.
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