dry ridge system and extra works

[joeturbo]

Hi, hoping for some advice,

We are in the process of buying a 1980s 3 bed house. We had a structual survey carried out that highlighted that the there was a number of roof tiles missing that needed action urgently. The ridge tiles could do with resetting and there is a lot of moss that really needs removing.

The seller had a roofer replace the missing cracked tiles so I am now just looking at the options for the other less urgent work.

The roofer has recommended going with a dry ridge system, I was also just wondering what options are available to stop the moss coming back if we pay to have it all removed?

any advice appreciated

 

[robinbanks]

Quote a roofer I spoke to recently:

"Dry ridge jobs are great, but they're so fast to do it feels kinda wrong charging what we do for em, so we tend to mess around for a few hours extra on each job making it look like we're doing work just so the client doesn't feel shafted, paying what they pay for a couple of hours work"

At least he was honest!

I was also just wondering what options are available to stop the moss coming back

Cut down all trees adjacent to the property..

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Cut down all trees adjacent to the property..

It might help if there are trees close to the house. I got rid of the trees near mine, but I still get some moss on the north facing side.

Don't be tempted to get a company in, who will pressure-wash the moss off, they tend to do a lot of damage. Rain washed bare copper, will eventually kill off any moss (copper sulphate), and prevent regrowth - just fix copper along the top of the roof slope.

 

[noseall]

Cut down all trees adjacent to the property..

 

[robinbanks]

I was once gifted a "connect to the hose pipe" container of something called Wet&Forget which is supposed to kill off plant/algal growth such that the rain washes the surface clean. I've yet to try it but I did note that a weep hole in a limestone wall that was emitting some rainwater leaking in further up, had a nice clean triangle pointing up to the base of the weep hole..

..as such I dare say that Harry's got a good tip there, to install something that will be toxic to the plant life downstream (in a rainwater sense) of the installed substance. If hosepipe-applied herbicides work for paths and patios they may be roof applicable from the ground or a ladder without walking round on the roof