Roof moss and algae control powders

[Mazomopar]

Good choice to stay off the ladder. Your wife is counting on you being around and productive for awhile.

Nothing I can think of more dangerous to a 55+ man than a ladder. I always think of General Shelton special forces guy with nearly 1,000 jumps from aircraft, both static line and haho/halo, and what happened to him on a ladder shortly after his retirement from the military.

https://greensboro.com/his-spinal-c...cle_54c3bbf1-5da2-5f83-8ea6-f41425c45daf.html

Sadly, along the same lines billionaire Ken Hendricks, the one time roofer who founded ABC roofing supply died at 66. He was on his own roof and died of a fall.
On another note, those extended rake boards are kind of a different look from what we're used to here in the midwest. Do the shingles extend across or down into the gutters?

 

[Pablo]

Sadly, along the same lines billionaire Ken Hendricks, the one time roofer who founded ABC roofing supply died at 66. He was on his own roof and died of a fall.
On another note, those extended rake boards are kind of a different look from what we're used to here in the midwest. Do the shingles extend across or down into the gutters?

Dang. Wow.

The shingles should have but the original roofers were negligent. I remedied the situation

Thread 'Drip and damage to end rafter tails'

May 15, 2024

This has been a thing on some of my exposed end rafter tails over the years at various houses.

There is one troublesome exposed tail on this current house. It may be peculiarity of the lower cost/spec/middle houses we poor folks end up in. Basically the builder/roofer and naked homeowner depend on the piece of shingle overhanging enough to keep the brunt of the rain water off the painted wood.

Anyway I have peeled the loose paint, allowing to dry now that our dry season is near. Will sand, then treat, primer and repaint in the summer.

I had some kind of...

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[benjy]

lightly wire brushed my 5/12 garage roof a few years ago, now 76 yo + only scoot up the back to my spinning ventilator to install-remove a screw to allow or not spinning!

 

[Pablo]

After first treatment. Some powder left but moss is gone.