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outdoorsnz
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  #3077802 19-May-2023 11:10
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mdf:

 

If there's a substantial amount actually on the roof, it might be better sorting it out from the roof? Can then scrub it off or treat it directly, rather than with a tonne of overspray that will end up in the stormwater. If any paint etc. has lifted under the moss, can also investigate and remedy.

 

I'm okay generally with heights, but we've got at least a three story drop from some points on our house. I got the absolute heebie jeebies the first time I was anywhere near it. I've now got a roofers harness for when I need to get up there, and feel pretty safe wearing that and strapped directly into a solid house pile. But otherwise would very much suggest getting in a professional with the proper safety equipment. Moss is pretty slippery at the best of times, and usually the treatment makes it even slicker.

 

 

You could simply disconnect the storm water down pipes to minamise this. In my view, spraying is way more safer than physically getting on the roof. Water and scrubbing won't stop the moss coming back when it is really bad. I spray my roof standing on it working backwards on dry surface, but that stuff is really slippery! Don't wear gumboots! Rain does the work for you.

 

Also worth mentioning you should also remove the causes such as large trees / leaf litter etc. In my case, leaf litter was allowed to build up. Birch trees! PITA.




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  #3077804 19-May-2023 11:12
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As one other has said, the W&F sprayer is really good, and once used i fill with 30sec there after.

 

Might be worth a try for your application?

 

 





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  #3077897 19-May-2023 14:57
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tdgeek:

 

Sounds good. My one is 30 Seconds Spray and Walk Away Moss  

 

If I stand on the ground, it reaches to the gutter. So even standing on a 2m platform ladder so I can just see the roof its too far. Get closer it goes 2m past the gutter, not far off vertical, so it doesnt get to the top of the roof. But I'll try the Wet and Forget one. Do you know if you can adjust the jet? On mine on Rinse mode, its a nice thin jet, goes a good way, but on the Clean mode its a wider weaker spray  

 

 

The Wet and Forget ones have two setting. One is wide and short, the other is narrow and long. Both dispense product.




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  #3077925 19-May-2023 17:42
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Senecio:

 

 

 

The Wet and Forget ones have two setting. One is wide and short, the other is narrow and long. Both dispense product.

 

 

Thanks, and to the other First Responders :-)

 

I will get W+F and give it a whirl

 

The 30 seconds has that also, just remove the fitting to get long and narrow, but how long and narrow is W+F ???  :-) Ill get W+F then if need be I'll contact our painter who does roof cleanup. Either way I have use for empty hose spray gadgets for the lawn and vege/other gardens


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