Hi
My house suffers from lichen growth on the main roof , looking around the
net , the best way to rid this is to install copper strips on the roof so it
slowly poisons the lichen , anybody had any experience of doing this ? , if
so where did you buy from and any tips on attaching to the roof ?

many thanks in advance

Passed a house today and it had sheet  copper  running along on top of 
coping in a way that it would serve both sides of the roof.
I ran a copper wire along the length of my garage tiled roof, and it 
works.Only on one side so far ,have not got round to doing the other side 
although the other has been done for years.
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> Hi
> My house suffers from lichen growth on the main roof , looking around the
> net , the best way to rid this is to install copper strips on the roof so 
> it
> slowly poisons the lichen , anybody had any experience of doing this ? , 
> if
> so where did you buy from and any tips on attaching to the roof ?
>
> many thanks in advance
>
> 

"emailuser"  wrote in message
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> Hi
> My house suffers from lichen growth on the main roof , looking around the
> net , the best way to rid this is to install copper strips on the roof so
it
> slowly poisons the lichen , anybody had any experience of doing this ? ,
if
> so where did you buy from and any tips on attaching to the roof ?
>
> many thanks in advance


I heard of one major company in the Midlands facing huge fines from the Dept
of the Environment.  Cause - rainwater contaminated with metal leachate from
their roof, and an over-zealous interest in the quality of local
watercourses.  So you should get away with it, until something sets off a
detailed local analysis.

-- 
M Stewart
Milton Keynes, UK

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> Hi
> My house suffers from lichen growth on the main roof , looking around the
> net , the best way to rid this is to install copper strips on the roof so 
> it
> slowly poisons the lichen , anybody had any experience of doing this ? , 
> if
> so where did you buy from and any tips on attaching to the roof ?
>

I heard many years ago that copper wire from 13A solid core cable would 
clear the moss collecting on my roof. Well tried it, possibly kept the moss 
off the tile the wires ran across, but basically not very successful. Much 
better to get on the roof with a broom every couple of years and brush it 
all off.

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> "emailuser"  wrote in message 
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>> Hi
>> My house suffers from lichen growth on the main roof , looking around the
>> net , the best way to rid this is to install copper strips on the roof so 
>> it
>> slowly poisons the lichen , anybody had any experience of doing this ? , 
>> if
>> so where did you buy from and any tips on attaching to the roof ?
>>
> I heard many years ago that copper wire from 13A solid core cable would 
> clear the moss collecting on my roof. Well tried it, possibly kept the 
> moss off the tile the wires ran across, but basically not very successful. 
> Much better to get on the roof with a broom every couple of years and 
> brush it all off.
>


My house is thatched and moss grew on it. But there is wire netting over the 
thatch and this made it difficult to remove the moss. I tried a copper wire 
but it didn't work so I used Pathclear and this finished the moss. It's 
still there, but dead. It'll fall off eventually I hope.

Rob Graham