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

On Monday, June 17, 2013 7:05:53 PM UTC+1, 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

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


NT

On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:19:42 -0700 (PDT), 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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Cheers
Dave.

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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On Monday, June 17, 2013 7:05:53 PM UTC+1, 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

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


NT

"Brian Gaff" wrote in
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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.

On Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:41:05 +0100, "Brian Gaff"
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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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?

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

In article ,
R.G. Bargy 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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On Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:03:43 +0100, charles wrote:

In article ,
R.G. Bargy 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.

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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Peter.
The gods will stay away
whilst religions hold sway

On Tuesday, June 18, 2013 11:03:43 AM UTC+1, charles wrote:
In article ,
R.G. Bargy wrote:

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.

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


NT