Timeline for what is the environmentally safe way to remove & prevent moss from growing on the roof?
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| Jun 29 at 21:57 | answer | added | Alger Piston | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 8, 2019 at 22:37 | history | edited | yasouser | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 8, 2019 at 21:25 | comment | added | abalter | If you have more than one layer you have to strip ALL the shingles in most jurisdictions. Perfect worlders are the bane of progressives. Moss destroys roofs. Moss has a place. Just not on roofs. | |
| Mar 8, 2019 at 19:17 | comment | added | Billy left SE for Codidact | @abalter Sounds like your mistake is replacing the roof. When you choose to throw the old one away and choose to buy a new one, both of your selfish decisions damage the environment. | |
| Mar 8, 2019 at 17:57 | comment | added | abalter | @BillyC. I don't know what the composition roofing materials are like on your planet, but moss destroys the composition roofing we have on Earth. It's so sad. The roofs fail early and end up in a landfill. Then new shingles are made using petroleum products with great energy cost and finally shipped with more energy cost. I wish our planet was like yours, but on Earth, it's best to kill the moss with baking soda (which will also prevent further growth) and have your current shingles last as long as possible. | |
| Nov 14, 2017 at 23:51 | comment | added | Billy left SE for Codidact | Yeah, I thought about that. Poison is the wrong word. "Kill" or "displace" is what I should have said. The moss will be just fine on your roof. Removing it will only hurt it. Preventing it from growing there will disenfranchise the moss of its right to life. | |
| Nov 14, 2017 at 22:44 | comment | added | yasouser | @BillyC. - Perfectly valid question. "What right do you have to poison it?" ==> I didn't say I want to poison it. I just want to remove it in a safe way so that the water doesn't get polluted. If the moss is not going to damage my roof then I have no problem with it growing on top of it and give a nice green color. I'd love that. On the other hand if its going to grow and cause damage to the roof, then I don't want to spend thousands of dollar to replace it. | |
| Nov 14, 2017 at 3:35 | comment | added | Billy left SE for Codidact | Why do you want to protect the environment in the lake, but not the environment on your roof? That moss is completely natural. It cleans the air and provides insulation for the house. The moss on your roof is part of a larger ecosystem that pre-dates your house. What right do you have to poison it? | |
| Nov 13, 2017 at 4:46 | comment | added | Ken | @Harper yes Zinc - but it is harmful to the aquatic animals in his lake. the op will need to perform an upkeep regimen on the roof in order to be environmentally friendly to that lake. | |
| Nov 13, 2017 at 4:40 | answer | added | Ken | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 13, 2017 at 0:39 | answer | added | Lee Sam | timeline score: 3 | |
| Nov 12, 2017 at 23:55 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | Aren't there certain materials of roof which naturally repel moss? | |
| Nov 12, 2017 at 22:25 | answer | added | Paul Logan | timeline score: -2 | |
| Nov 12, 2017 at 22:12 | history | asked | yasouser | CC BY-SA 3.0 |