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Moss grows on the north side...SAFETY WARNING
Posted on 2/22/14 at 10:40 pm
Posted on 2/22/14 at 10:40 pm
So I'm installing a new furnace vent pipe at a rental property yesterday. The south-facing part of the shingle roof (right) is mostly clean, and the north-facing part of the roof (left) is discolored by typical lichen growth.
I walked around on both sides of the roof just fine as I've always done. Then along comes a very light drizzle…hardly anything…not enough to justify getting down off the roof.
Lesson learned: once dampened, that lichen/moss gets slippery as greased owl shite. I slipped and nearly slid all the way down a SHALLOW pitched roof. Caught myself on a vent pipe at the last second.
Once the drizzle stopped and the sun came out 30 minutes later, the traction on the lichen-covered surface went back to normal.
I walked around on both sides of the roof just fine as I've always done. Then along comes a very light drizzle…hardly anything…not enough to justify getting down off the roof.
Lesson learned: once dampened, that lichen/moss gets slippery as greased owl shite. I slipped and nearly slid all the way down a SHALLOW pitched roof. Caught myself on a vent pipe at the last second.
Once the drizzle stopped and the sun came out 30 minutes later, the traction on the lichen-covered surface went back to normal.
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Posted on 2/22/14 at 10:54 pm to CoastieGM
Lol at the skidmarks 
Glad you're OK though
Glad you're OK though
Posted on 2/22/14 at 11:21 pm to Bigpoppat
You shoulda seen the skidmarks in my drawers!
Posted on 2/23/14 at 12:41 am to CoastieGM
Glad your okay, shite could have been bad.
Posted on 2/23/14 at 4:48 am to CoastieGM
What did you do after you grabbed the vent pipe? I hope you had help getting down.
I didn't know a roof could get that slick. Thanks for posting.
Posted on 2/23/14 at 6:02 am to AthensTiger
How old is that roof? There is a product called shingle shield. Spray it on and it will look like new.
Posted on 2/23/14 at 7:05 am to CoastieGM
need to buy u some Tiger Paw boots, that's what I use when I inspect and measure roofs
Posted on 2/23/14 at 8:08 am to CoastieGM
I laughed
Posted on 2/23/14 at 8:11 am to KingRanch
quote:
King Ranch
I laughed
heartless bass turd..
Posted on 2/23/14 at 8:17 am to KingRanch
quote:
I laughed
Me too, but only cause it happened to me once. Shite gets real quick.
Posted on 2/23/14 at 8:26 am to QuietTiger
Yep, I have first hand knowledge of falling off a few roofs
Posted on 2/23/14 at 8:32 am to CoastieGM
Pucker factor 10
Posted on 2/23/14 at 8:39 am to KingRanch
drunk, fat and stupid is no way to go through life, son.. 
u coming to the Mecca Land next weekend? I'll buy you a glass o' water..
u coming to the Mecca Land next weekend? I'll buy you a glass o' water..
Posted on 2/23/14 at 9:15 am to Ole Geauxt
I've always found the roof is steeper them it looks !
Posted on 2/23/14 at 9:20 am to mikeytig
As I was reading the story, I was kinda looking forward to pics of someone falling of the roof. Glad you didn't have to go through the pain, kinda
Posted on 2/23/14 at 9:23 am to CoastieGM
Glad you snagged something. The gutters saved my arse last year, but hitting the gutter and digging feet in knocked ladder down.
I was screaming like a black panther
I was screaming like a black panther
Posted on 2/23/14 at 10:56 am to CoastieGM
You were very fortunate to catch yourself but I LOL'd at the skid mark photo.
Posted on 2/23/14 at 11:57 am to CoastieGM
You know OxyClean will dissolve that crud like nothing else right? I mixed up a batch in a 50-gal trashcan and used an old irrigation pump hooked up to a hose to spray down the roof. Looked like coffee was running through my gutters but I haven't had the stuff come back for 3 years so far.
Posted on 2/23/14 at 12:11 pm to CoastieGM
I did laugh at the skidmark pic but only cause like others have said I have been there
Posted on 2/23/14 at 2:02 pm to PresidentialPerch
Great ideas/thoughts. Those shingle were laid in 2001 and still in really good shape. I cleaned with a mild bleach solution several years ago. Seemed to work OK. I'm going to try that OxyClean idea.
Nobody helped me down. I called for help to no avail. I just laid there wedged against the vent pipe for nearly an hour contemplating doing a PLF (paratrooper landing fall) but figured someone would eventually come around.
I watched that lichen slowly dry before my eyes. Once dry, traction was perfectly normal and I walked right up like normal. I've been on roofs a lot, but never experienced this before.
Nobody helped me down. I called for help to no avail. I just laid there wedged against the vent pipe for nearly an hour contemplating doing a PLF (paratrooper landing fall) but figured someone would eventually come around.
I watched that lichen slowly dry before my eyes. Once dry, traction was perfectly normal and I walked right up like normal. I've been on roofs a lot, but never experienced this before.
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