Copper Zinc Roof Strips

The zinc strip is installed along both sides of the ridge of the roof so that most of the strip is exposed.

Copper zinc roof strips.

The strips are more effective at the ridge where the strips are installed and less effective just 1foot down. Preventing roof moss with zinc strips in this video this old house general contractor tom silva shares tips for keeping a roof free of moss and mold by this old house. Inconsistent roof treatment results can be observed. The roof pictured at the top of the page has zinc strips installed at the top of the roof below the roof ridge vent roof cap or below the first row of shingles.

Installing copper strips on a shingle roof revised 2019. Watch this short video first. 1 16 of 339 results for copper roof strips zinc protect roof strip for moss and mildew prevention 2 5 wide and 50 long zinc strip. 4 4 out of 5 stars 30.

The exposed zinc will oxidize forming zinc oxide. It shows installing the copper strip on an existing roof not a. A copper strip on each side of the roof will extend the life of asphalt shingles 40 or 50 years. Get it as soon as thu sep 24.

Every time it rains some of this zinc oxide leaches down. Zinc strip does not kill moss or mildew it inhibits their growth so that in most cases roof cleaning is reduced or eliminated.