Installing Zinc Roof Strips

Be careful moving up and down the ladder.

Installing zinc roof strips.

Apply z stop below anything that blocks rain water flow such as chimneys gables and skylights. Rain water must run over z stop to become effective. If the roof has multiple ridges install zincshield at the top of each ridge. Do not insert more than 1 25 4 mm under the shingles.

Zincshield is installed at the top of the roof below the ridge cap ridge vent or below the first row of shingles. Install z stop zinc strips 50 foot roll to keep it from growing back. Watch this video decide for yourself whether it s a good investment. 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.

The premade ones are much quicker and probably neater looking. Z stop is a zinc roof moss algae and fungus inhibitor that is applied in strips to old or new roofs. Patrick has a lot to say about you using zinc strips on your roof. It should normally be installed on both sides of each roof ridge see example pictures suggested zincshield installation is indicated in red.

How to install a zinc strip to prevent moss on your roof. 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 3 installing the zinc strips. Step 1 safety.

Install under the ridge cap shingle on both sides of the ridge. It works with any wood or composition roof. 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 4 maintaining the.

Zinc is sold as a moss prevention product. Enough of the zinc protrudes so that the metal gradually leaches out with every rain to impede moss accumulation. Use corrosion resistant roofing nails with neoprene washers spaced 12 305 mm apart. Step 2 preparing the roof.

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. Put on your protective eyewear work boots and work gloves before you begin. 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.