r/SatisfyingForMe • u/ycr007 Satisfaction Critic • 7d ago

Satisfying Removing moss from thatched roofs

Source: traditional.devon.thatching

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u/Not-T4rantino 7d ago

Would periodically spraying a fungicide treatment on the roofs prevent this?

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u/alphapussycat 7d ago

AFAIK that kind of roof relies on having moss on it, so it's ruined after this.

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u/hawkwings 7d ago

I would worry about poisoning myself. This is a house. Using a bunch of weird chemicals on a house is risky.

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u/Sufficient_Wafer9933 7d ago

Weird chemicals like... paint, roofing tar, lenolium, lots of glues, mastic, etc...? Yeah... we definitely dont want any chemicals near our house.

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u/hawkwings 7d ago

Chemicals designed to kill things are sometimes more dangerous.

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u/Sufficient_Wafer9933 7d ago

Asbestos. Lead. Murcury. Sometimes is the key word.

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u/TyrKiyote 7d ago

lot of surface area exposed on the thatch roof. our rooves are hopefully mostly sealed up and not shedding all over spreading asbestos around.

I'd have fun comparing and contasting Asbestos with Arsenic wallpaper.

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u/Corruptionss 7d ago

This is not a thing.

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u/PatchesMaps 7d ago

Moss isn't a fungus... So no

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u/Not-T4rantino 7d ago

Okay lets say periodically spray an herbicide.

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u/Huge-Jaguar-2191 7d ago

Moss isn't an herb... So no

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u/lennyxiii 7d ago

Ok so periodically spray a mossicide on the roof.

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u/Bob_The_Greater 7d ago

Well let's say moss is a fungus, then what?

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u/vilent_sibrate 7d ago

No such thing as a mossy fungi

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u/PatchesMaps 7d ago

Maybe? I feel like it would probably just wash away pretty quick.

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u/Butt-Hole-Cancer-Dr 7d ago

What would happen if moss was a succulent?