Installing Zinc Roof Strips

In november of 2011 i wrote a blog post about using zinc strips to prevent moss from growing on the roof or possibly to kill moss.

Installing zinc roof strips.

Step 4 maintaining the. I conducted a fairly long term experiment by installing zinc strips on a moss covered garage roof and showed before and after photos after the zinc had sixteen months to work its magic. Step 2 preparing the roof. Put on your protective eyewear work boots and work gloves before you begin.

It works with any wood or composition roof. Zinc is sold as a moss prevention product. The premade ones are much quicker and probably neater looking. Be careful moving up and down the ladder.

Z stop a zinc strip 50 foot roll that s easily installed on your roof acts as a barrier to roof moss algae and fungus growth protecting the roof its appearance and value. Watch this video decide for yourself whether it s a good investment. Enough of the zinc protrudes so that the metal gradually leaches out with every rain to impede moss accumulation. Patrick has a lot to say about you using zinc strips on your roof.

Install z stop zinc strips 50 foot roll to keep it from growing back. Apply z stop below anything that blocks rain water flow such as chimneys gables and skylights. It should normally be installed on both sides of each roof ridge see example pictures suggested zincshield installation is indicated in red. You can cut strips of zinc flashing copper and lead work too and slide them under a course of roof shingles to kill lichen and moss growing there or you could just buy these premade strips from shingle shield.

If the roof has multiple ridges install zincshield at the top of each ridge. Step 1 safety. Zincshield is installed at the top of the roof below the ridge cap ridge vent or below the first row of shingles. At the ridge before a ridge cap goes on you also nail down the zinc strips placed so they will protrude beyond the ridge cap.

Install zinc strip on both sides of the ridge. Rain water must run over z stop to become effective. Finally the ridge cap goes on. Z stop is a zinc roof moss algae and fungus inhibitor that is applied in strips to old or new roofs.

Do not insert more than 1 25 4 mm under the shingles. Apply z stop zinc strip 50 foot roll by butting it up against the ridge cap against both sides of all roof peaks see graphic. Step 3 installing the zinc strips.