Moss which tends to appear on areas of roofs that are shaded by trees and on north facing slopes is sometimes killed and re invasions prevented by simply correcting the shady humid conditions.
Green moss on the roof.
Apply a storebought or diy cleaning solution to remove the moss.
Hose off and brush all moss loose from your roof shingles.
The seams between the shingles and the shingles edges also develop moss because they tend to be especially shaded.
Moss is darker green much thicker holds more water and also grips into the surface of the shingles.
A north facing roof usually has little sunlight which enables moss to buildup on the roof.
Use a low pressure setting on your spray nozzle to avoid damaging your shingles.
If your moss problem requires more than.
The black mold like stains and streaks that appear on roofs particularly light colored asphalt shingles is actually a blue green algae gloeocapsa magma.
As we said about green algae on roofs the presence of these black fungal or algal stains on the roof is an indicator that this roof area is in a shaded spot where you may want to be alert for development of moss or other roof problems but the level of damage from the black fungus or algae is probably low even less than that caused by lichens and certainly less than that caused by moss.
Follow the store bought cleaner s instructions for how long you should leave the cleaner on the moss.
The third most common type of growth on a roof is algae.
Safely set up your ladder near the moss.
Using your garden hose on low pressure.
Carefully place a ladder near the area of moss.
Wet the moss by spraying with your hose.
Moss on a roof if you have moss growing on your roof there s a high chance you have a north facing roof.
How to get rid of algae on the roof.
With either your homemade cleaner or a store bought option spray the.
Clearing the moss from your roof is easy and only takes a few simple steps.
Commonly found in climates with warm humid summers it does no damage to the roofing but it certainly does looks bad.
Spreading moss can quickly upholster to roof surfaces filling in voids between shingles and tiles and reaching under and lifting up roofing materials.
Moss can grow quite quickly and it will grow in between roof tiles filling in the voids and lifting up roof tiles and slates.
Moss grows in areas untouched by sun so it can develop at a speedy pace on tree shaded and north facing roofs.
Hose off and brush all moss loose from your roof shingles.
Create a 50 50 mixture of chlorine bleach and water and spray it generously on the moss.
