Installing Zinc Roof 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.

Installing zinc roof strips.

It works with any wood or composition roof. Rain water must run over z stop to become effective. Use corrosion resistant roofing nails with neoprene washers spaced 12 305 mm apart. Patrick has a lot to say about you using zinc strips on your roof.

The premade ones are much quicker and probably neater looking. 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. Be careful moving up and down the ladder. How to install a zinc strip to prevent moss on your roof.

Z stop is a zinc roof moss algae and fungus inhibitor that is applied in strips to old or new roofs. Watch this video decide for yourself whether it s a good investment. Zincshield is installed at the top of the roof below the ridge cap ridge vent or below the first row of shingles. Install under the ridge cap shingle on both sides of the ridge.

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. Install z stop zinc strips 50 foot roll to keep it from growing back. Step 3 installing the zinc strips. Step 1 safety.

Zinc is sold as a moss prevention product. If the roof has multiple ridges install zincshield at the top of each ridge. Step 4 maintaining the. Do not insert more than 1 25 4 mm under the shingles.

Step 2 preparing the roof. Apply z stop below anything that blocks rain water flow such as chimneys gables and skylights. Enough of the zinc protrudes so that the metal gradually leaches out with every rain to impede moss accumulation. Install zinc strip on both sides of the 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. It should normally be installed on both sides of each roof ridge see example pictures suggested zincshield installation is indicated in red. Finally the ridge cap goes on.