Installing Zinc Roof Strips

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.

Installing zinc roof strips.

Zinc is sold as a moss prevention product. Use corrosion resistant roofing nails with neoprene washers spaced 12 305 mm apart. Install z stop zinc strips 50 foot roll to keep it from growing back. Step 4 maintaining the.

Apply z stop below anything that blocks rain water flow such as chimneys gables and skylights. Zincshield is installed at the top of the roof below the ridge cap ridge vent or below the first row of shingles. Patrick has a lot to say about you using zinc strips on your roof. How to install a zinc strip to prevent moss on your roof.

Install under the ridge cap shingle on both sides of the ridge. Step 2 preparing the roof. Be careful moving up and down the ladder. 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.

Install zinc strip on both sides of the ridge. Step 1 safety. Put on your protective eyewear work boots and work gloves before you begin. It works with any wood or composition roof.

Rain water must run over z stop to become effective. Step 3 installing the zinc strips. 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. 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.

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. Enough of the zinc protrudes so that the metal gradually leaches out with every rain to impede moss accumulation. Watch this video decide for yourself whether it s a good investment.

If the roof has multiple ridges install zincshield at the top of each ridge. 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. The premade ones are much quicker and probably neater looking.