Roof moss contamination by neighbors mossy roof

I had an interesting call from the owner of one of the asphalt roof houses cleaned recently with Roof Wash. Her neighbor's roof is heavily covered with roof moss and she was wondering if she should pressure him to clean it as his moss could hasten the spread of moss to her newly cleaned surface.

My answer was as follows..."I hate to say it but the beautiful oceanside/mountain environment (Lion's Bay, British Columbia) you live in is "moss heaven". The culprit is something called "Goeocapsa Magma", that can spread from one infected roof to another by the release of airborne spores into the wind, allowing this hardy moss to rapidly tranfer to your roof.

The problem is, in Lion's Bay there are so many other sources of moss around your house, trees, ground cover, shady roofs, indeed, like the whole Pacific Northwest, that blaming it soley on your neighbor's roof is futile.

There is a remedy for prevention however. You have taken the first step by cleaning all the fallen pine needles and tree debris off the shingles. Then when you laid up a layer of Roof Wash, you have effectively stopped any current damage to your roof by a moss and algae buildup. The Roof Wash has effectively distroyed the roots and spores of the moss and algae present on the asphalt, and will prevent regrowth for some months ahead.

Considering the environment where you live, you may need to re spray the roof with Roof Wash more often than some of the other houses in more open areas. I would suggest that if you make a spring and fall Roof Wash treatment as part of your normal house maintenance, there will no danger of long term damage to the shingles from moss and algae."

Early morning moss thoughts

So, the new webmaster said "I've got good news and bad news. The good news is that there is no one in Canada that has an Eco Safe moss and algae cleaning product as good as yours...the bad news is that no one knows you exist". Got to figure that one out!

ahhh fall is in the air

Just had an e mail from a roofing cleaning contractor who said she (yes, she) is getting a lot of calls now that the 'big wet"has started, IT APPEARS THAT PEOPLE THOUGHT THEIR MOSS WAS DEAD AND THEIR PROBLEM JUST WENT AWAY WHEN THE SUMMER CAME, HOWEVER AS SOON AS WE GET THE RAIN AGAIN MOSS REARS ITS FUZZY LITTLE GREEN HEAD AND FLOURISHES ONCE AGAIN.

Sorry had the caps on...

So, all you need is a couple of rainy days and you can use Wash Safe's Roof Wash to get rid of those damn little critters...(moss that is)

Good luck all,

Cheers,

Doug

How to clean roof moss

I have a country home in Courtenay BC on Vancouver Island...read "Rain Rain Rain Forest". This last Nov and Jan seemed like perma rain, certainly worse than I remember and I have lived in BC since 1980. To make a long story longer, I noticed a rampant growth of heavy lumpy moss on my roof, driveway stones, and walkways, and I set out to find how to get rid of it. As we are on a fish bearing river, I felt very strongly about using any chemicals that could negatively impact the river or the ground water that might affect our a well system. I'll continue telling about my findings later in case anyone else has the same problem.