Friday, June 13, 2025

Get off that roof! What's wrong with you?

                               

There is nothing wrong with me!  Well mostly...   :-). We have had moss growing on this roof over the front porch for a number of years now. It made the roof look terrible.  This is a north facing roof, and there is a really tall Hickory tree that overhangs the roof, so that makes it worse.   You can see the thick brown covering on the roof behind me.  I bought some liquid moss killer and carefully sprayed it on, and within a month the moss turned brown but it was sticking to the shingles as well as it was when it was green.  I tried a brush with no luck.  One time I put my gloved hands on the roof and rolled them around on the moss and it rolled up in balls and came off the roof, but that would be really difficult on the whole front roof.  So I decided to use my little power washer which is electric and maybe 20" long and 10" in diameter so I could put that on the roof and tie it to a rope that was in the front bedroom.  The power washer, used carefully worked like a charm.  The roof finally looks brand new almost.  In addition to the moss the shingles had a dark color to them, and that came off easily.  You can see I am being very safe with an orange safety line which is tied to a rock climbing harness I have had for years for just such things.  Safety at all times.  It took me two days of this work to get the roof cleaned and it looks beautiful!

 



3 comments:

Joan Edwards said...

I know you always take safety precautions, but you are not 25 years old anymore. Or, maybe you are in spirit.

Anonymous said...

As soon as I saw this photo, I thought “OMG! He’s up to his old crazy stunts again” :-) Yes, I know you hook yourself up for safety. But Kathy was probably a wreck while taking a picture of you!
It’s that old Yankee can do spirit of doing it yourself. Betsey

Anonymous said...

Glad to see safety first! The rope is a great and smart idea! Trace