A contractor asked me if there was a comprehensive list of the must-have items for roof cleaning and I couldn’t think of one so let’s start one here and when we get it all laid out I’ll make a sticky out of it.
I’ll start with the simple stuff:
Pump
Battery
Hose
Spray gun or wand
Let’s get specific with recommendations on these and then start listing all the OTHER stuff you need.
Pump- Delevan Fatboy or 5850 depending on budget, or Flojet Pentaflex. I think a 5850 is a great pump to test the waters with. Hose- (need recommendations) I use 5/8 Kuri-Tec but I don’t love it. Tank- 50-100 tank with no bulkhead fitting.
Don’t forget the ladder, and the leaf blower guys
And some large leaf bags, to catch run off from downspouts. We also highly suggest some 3/4 inch water hose from factory direct hose. This big hose is super lightweight, and almost doubles the volume of watert, for less plant damage!
Also highly suggest 2 firehose type water nozzles, for all water pressure situations.
These things FLOOD the plants really good.
I have bought some cheap gutter hook clean out tools that don’t work for cleaning out gutters, but work great for just hooking on the gutter with no restricter or tip on it and let water flow and soak the ground before we spray and also dilutes the mix as it comes off the roof while applying. We also use our PW 525 gallon buffer tank use a very very open orifice tip (very low pressure) to rinse plants with while applying.
Depending on your particular condition you may want to remove stains from asphalt roof shingles with either Roof Cleaner OX which is Oxygen Powered, environment friendly green eco-cleaner or pick an industrial roof cleaning chemical with Roof Cleaner QSE a work horse cleaner with roof algae stain removing power - QSE : Quick Simple Effective.