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UK General Cleaning Forum => General Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Roland S on October 18, 2014, 10:19:46 am

Title: roof cleaning/scraping from ground
Post by: Roland S on October 18, 2014, 10:19:46 am
hi

one of my customers wants me to clean some barn roof's that he's got that are covered in moss. they're only single storey (but with quite a high pitch) and are old clay tiles. i want to avoid getting up on the roof and start breaking them. i've got some carbon wfp poles that i don't use anymore that i would like to use to scrape them but need some sort of tool that will fit a gardiner pole or an acme thread. or would a stiff brush be enough to get rid of the worst before applying algoclear? does anyone scrape the moss off with poles and if yes any suggestions on scrapers or whatever i can attach to a wfp pole?
Title: Re: roof cleaning/scraping from ground
Post by: Terry A McDonald on October 18, 2014, 10:22:15 am
Dave Windell......expert on roof cleaning!
Title: Re: roof cleaning/scraping from ground
Post by: Smudger on October 18, 2014, 10:44:13 am
The father in law tried this in conjunction with his omni vac on a bungalow a few years back, yes it removed the moss to a degree you could use algoclear to finish the job, downside it took them a day and a half (one side only) even with various scrapers, brushes etc..

Oh yes, if was really hard work as well!

Personally for a couple of old barns hire a cherry picker and blast them

Darran
Title: Re: roof cleaning/scraping from ground
Post by: JetVac Cleaning on October 18, 2014, 08:32:26 pm
Thank you Terry McDonald , Wfp with turbo nozzle on the end will deal with this without the need to get on the roof.  I do a fair few like this!
Title: Re: roof cleaning/scraping from ground
Post by: Blast Away on October 19, 2014, 12:28:04 pm
Dave Windell......expert on roof cleaning!

Using an adapted WFP with turbo nozzle from the gutter doesn't make him an expert. Mike Roberts Great Outdoors & In is a roof cleaning expert.