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Re: Lichen on roof removal? I think I should have enough zinc to add at least one more strip across. |
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 VioletVenomLets go GatorsPremium
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Gainesville, FL | Yikes aurgathor! Going by your picture the problem is using 3 tab shingles on a pitch shallower than a 3/12. I would be surprised if you have any roof deck under that moss. Moss is thriving from moisture in that area of the roof. I would guess that area is one big sponge. Any pitch less than 3/12 needs another product, like a rolled roof. Although roofing technology has jumped ahead and there are much better products for shallow pitched roofs. |
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| I had this problem when I lived in High Springs (Gainesville), Fla. and I used a pump-up garden sprayer to spray a bleach/water solution. The lichen was killed but then it turned reddish/brown in color - it does not disappear for quite awhile - long time - i.e., not quickly!! Your choice - green and alive, or reddish/brown and dead. |
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said by VioletVenom: Going by your picture the problem is using 3 tab shingles on a pitch shallower than a 3/12. I would be surprised if you have any roof deck under that moss.
The wood underneath the tar paper is coated with poly.
There's a long story to the slope -- suffice to say that making it significantly steeper would've made the space underneath much less usable.
Any pitch less than 3/12 needs another product, like a rolled roof.
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NirvanaLand | said by aurgathor:said by VioletVenom: Any pitch less than 3/12 needs another product, like a rolled roof.
Next time.
Last year, I replaced a 38'x10' awning over my back porch with a standing seam metal roof. It should last my lifetime with years to spare.
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