marvelus wrote:
On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 22:49:33 GMT, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:
Ian_m wrote:
"The Medway Handyman" wrote in
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Hi All

How does this 'copper wire' malarky work to stop moss on a roof?

Where do you run the copper wire?

Tried it on my last house, I once hung copper stripped from 2.5mm
mains wire on the roof ridge in order
to reduce moss on my last house. Did reduce on the tiles nearest to
the wire but bugger all reduction else where, so not too sure if
copper really works. Went a nice shade of green after a while.

If you want to use T&E you could run a wire across every 2'.


Reason I ask. The client is a pensioner living in a bungalow and the
gutters block with moss every few months.
I don't want to keep going back to clear them every couple of months so I'm
after a semi permanant solution.

If I completely remove all the moss it will be quite a big job so I'd like
it to last as long as possible.

Copper flashing lasts 100 years, but is certainly more money than
lead. Thin T&E isnt so robust, but if you've got several such wires up
there, even if half were to go it should still work..


My roof is slates, each held in place by a copper rivet. THe whole
roof apart from the actual copper rivet is covered in moss and lichen.
It doesnt work.

Unless there is a serious problem with your roof, rain doesnt wash over
the copper fixing.


NT