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Cleaning moss off a slate roof

  • 16-01-2012 11:22am
    #1
    red sean
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    Hi guys,
    Looking for advice on the above.My brother just bought a 1980's dormer house which has moss on the slates and wants to clean it. What is the best practice here. I presume there is a fungicide or something such to go on first and gentle power washing then?? It's very steep so a cherry picker is needed.
    All advice appreciated.


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  • #2
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    red sean wrote: »
    Hi guys,
    Looking for advice on the above.My brother just bought a 1980's dormer house which has moss on the slates and wants to clean it. What is the best practice here. I presume there is a fungicide or something such to go on first and gentle power washing then?? It's very steep so a cherry picker is needed.
    All advice appreciated.

    We did ours about 7 years ago. Used no fungicide, just gave it a gentle power washing. When it had dried for a week or 2 we painted it with a good quality slate paint. It looks pretty good to this day - the paint never flaked and the moss didn't grow!


  • #3
    red sean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭red sean


    Thanks for the reply reilig. He was worried about the growing back bit!


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