[david68]

Here is a con roof i cleaned this weekend, the lichen was terrible and a nightmare to get of.
I used chemical Selden Maxima and diluted it to a high strength.
Sprayed with a backpack and used a good amount.

My experience is i still had to scrub really hard each lichen, so i do not know if the Selden help or not.
If i see this another consevatory i feel the best advice is to avoid,
My pice was £75 and if again i would want £150 (maybe to steep for customer) but it was really hard work.

None stop took 7 hours and in the end i used a hard scrubbing bush which i attached to my clx using gardiner quick release fittings.

David

[Michael Peterson]

wow, although that is a proper class job, i would want about £400 for the time you spent

[david68]

wow, although that is a proper class job, i would want about £400 for the time you spent

I know, but i took it as a challenge,
Customer went out before i finished,
Text her today for payment, she said im at work but i have not seen the job yet to see if im happy.

Feel gutted with the comment she made

[david68]

[Michael Peterson]

ignore it shes a b****, you know how good that job looks

[david68]

[david68]

If you would like the photos to use for anything, Its fine by me

David

[Clever Forum Name]

Awesome job but I can't see that taken 7 hours.

I had one twice the size and it took 2 hours for £180.

I presoaked the whole roof for around 20 mins. I then used my lance system to spot treat all of the nasty lichen with a 1:2 ratio of UBIK 2000

Very easy job and have to say worse than yours.

I did how ever used a special brush I made which may have helped.

How long did you leave the TFR on for?

[andyM]

I can well believe it took 7 hours.
I've spent 5 hours on a smaller roof than that before and there were still a few bits of lichen left that I couldn't remove.
I wouldn't want to do another to be honest.

[david68]

Awesome job but I can't see that taken 7 hours.

I had one twice the size and it took 2 hours for £180.

I presoaked the whole roof for around 20 mins. I then used my lance system to spot treat all of the nasty lichen with a 1:2 ratio of UBIK 2000

Very easy job and have to say worse than yours.

I did how ever used a special brush I made which may have helped.

How long did you leave the TFR on for?

Maybe i went wrong somewhere, but i also made a special spot brush, left the chemicals to soak 25 minutes and then before scrubbing resoaked again, the ones hard to reach was the pain.
Was trying Selden as i normaly use Ver-sol.
I will also try the one you mentioned, But i believe it could of been quicker, i did was time manually emptying the gutter by hand as my gutter vac was left at home, also clean all windows and frames

[david68]

Also there was a gulley between the two roofs (p shape con), which took some time clearing out the channels full of crap

[Richy L]

I would say it looks like a 2 hour job tops.
I would also say £75 is too cheap.

You live and learn!

[Clever Forum Name]

Hang on hang on.

Are you scrubbing the fungus off?

I use a plastic scraper so not damage the panels.

Scrape the worst off. THEN scrub.

Used all you have mentioned. UBIK for me
Is the best. It eats green. Found virosol to be rubbish.

[david68]

I would say it looks like a 2 hour job tops.
I would also say £75 is too cheap.

You live and learn!

Yes will live and learn ... But know way would it be two hours the second time around, maybe 4 quickest (one man)

Also the was more lichen on the before picture by the plasic top roof finnals, but never took photo before i started,
The photo with bad lichen was also like that on the photo with the plastic finnal run.

Anyway two hours for you thats great, i would have been happy with my price £75 at that time scale.

[Smudger]

Far too cheap, esp with the lichen

We soak, then scrap using an old Ali channel on a trad pole takes the lichen right off, then a scrub over to finish

Darran

[david68]

I would say it looks like a 2 hour job tops.
I would also say £75 is too cheap.

You live and learn!

Yes will live and learn ... But know way would it be two hours the second time around, maybe 4 quickest (one man)

Also the was more lichen on the before picture by the plasic top roof finnals, but never took photo before i started,
The photo with bad lichen was also like that on the photo with the plastic finnal run.

Anyway two hours for you thats great, i would have been happy with my price £75 at that time scale.

I scrapped with 6" squeege channel  to the best then followed with a scrubbing brush , i have do i roof this size before in about 1 1/2 hours without much lichen.

I have so many adapters even made my own fitting with my metal lathe and milling machine.
The was not much else i could of made to help make life easier.

Could have to my portable scaffold tower, but was leant out, this would have be good to look down on the job for more pressure, Felt like getting my hard surface cleaner and gx390 pressure washer on it, blast the roof of.

Should of pulled the panels out, steamed the off

[david68]

Never mind the experience is a learning curve to add to my cv

[robertphil]

you did well .    i hope once she pays up you never go back to her [her comment was horrid]

[dazmond]

I'd be gutted to only earn £75 for 7 hours hard work.

2 hours tops for me.£120.

Pre soak with virosol

Plastic scraper on trad pole for really bad bits

Scrub hard and loads of rinsing with a stiff sill brush

Job done

[H20cleaning]

£75.00 would be not bad for a first job on a saturday morning 2 hours tops should of done it.

I soap it all up by dipping the brush in virosol and water, scrub for a while (no rinsing for about 20mins) 
Then turn the flow on really slow just to get some water funnelling, while you are still scrubbing then when it looks ok give it a good blast rinse! Jobs a Good one!

Good before and after photos like.