How To Remove Roof Moss This Old House

In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to remove roof moss and prevent it from coming back.

How to remove roof moss this old house. This is how i manually remove roof moss with some tips what to watch for and things to inspect while you re doing this job. Maintain a consistent flow of moss killer down the line. Carefully place a ladder near the area of moss. This is oof cleaning products which should be left to absorb into the moss for at least 20 minutes will not evaporate as quickly as they would on sunny days.

Just scrub it off first with a brush then bleach as above. Moss can be removed physically with water and a stiff brush on a pole or a scrub brush chemically or a bit of both. You can cut strips of zinc flashing copper and lead work too and slide them under a course of roof shingles to kill lichen and moss growing there or you could just buy these premade strips from shingle shield. You can probably see this same principle working on roofs in your neighborhood.

Start by securing the harness system to the roof following the manufacturer s instructions to ensure they re. Hose off and brush all moss loose from your roof shingles. The strips also work on roofs suffering from moss buildup. Good old fashioned elbow grease works best.

When it rains water will. Experts recommend that you save roof moss removal for a cloudy day. The areas directly below the flashing will be free of any algae stains. Apply a storebought or diy cleaning solution to remove the moss.

The premade ones are much quicker and probably neater looking. Finish up with some zinc. 1 slide a margin trowel under shingles to unstick them from the ones below. Hose off and brush all moss loose from your roof shingles.

3 secure the strip with roofing nails. To apply dry powder moss killer place an extension ladder against the house and climb to the roof. Install a zinc strip near the ridge of the roof. 2 slide sacrificial zinc strip underneath the loosened shingles.

Look for chimneys with copper flashing. Dispense the moss killer in lines about 2 feet apart parallel to the roof ridge. Using the push broom lightly sweep the roof to get off as much of the loose moss as possible.