"Hillbilly" Roof Treatment That Works!

russ s said:
if you find something worth looking at let me know (if you dont mind)
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You do the same Russ ?
BTW, your post about the roof treatment from Envirospec started this whole new thread in the first place.

I am gonna call some Chemists for advice, and as soon as hear something, I will PM you.
 
Revive said:
There is always going to be some that will find the value and some that won't.

I'll be follwing this thread. Thanks for the lessons you give.
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I just think it is another potential cash cow.

'Mr. Customer, now that we have cleaned you house and roof, what If I told you we can KEEP it w/o Mildew for a long time " ?
 
i think its a needed upsale but you would have to do it in the proper way and each one would be different .... some would go well as an add on with the roof cleaning at point of sale and others would do as well after the sale ,you would have to read the customer well to determine when but it is a great tool !!!!!!!!!!
 
Mike Sullivan said:
Which is better as a roof treatment, copper sulfate or zinc sulfate?
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Mike, Copper sulfate seems to be the most commonly used. I read online @ http://www.pesticideinfo.org that roof algae prevention treatments such as Roof-a-cide and Roof-reclaim use copper sulfate. Some others use zinc in thier solutions, but copper sulfate seems to be the most common. I like the idea of algae prevention treatments, I think everyone should offer this.
 
I have painted and sealed a lot of tile roofs and sealed a few shingles.

The company that I deal with for my elastomeric paint sells exactly what you speak of. They tried to make me an "authorized dealer" for them. I had trouble
selling the stuff. The "mildewproofing" product they sell comes with a manufacture warranty. I have used it three times. It is very expensive, more than the roof cleaning. You can not mildew proof a roof by simply spraying on or mixing in another chem in your cleaner. Why? You answered yourself you need an adhesive. When I apply the sealer to shingle roofs or any roof for that matter it is done with an airless paint sprayer. It does give the roof a "wet look".

I think the last shingle I sealed I posted a pic of the cleaning on tgs. It was a white/silver shingle roof. And you better know what your doing with a sprayer with this stuff. One, like I said it is bery $$ and two the roof will look wet in one spot and dry in another if it is not applied evenly. You will earn your money with this one imo.

I have had some customers ask about sealing and when they find out what I would charge them to seal it they say "ill just have you back to clean in 4 or 5 years". If you clean the roof good you dont need a sealer imo..if you want to give the consumer the best bang for the money.
 
DustinC said:
I've got a sample to test out.I'm just skeptical about annual or biannual roof treatments.It would seem to me that I could accomplish the same thing with a very diluted roof mix application on the same schedule.Giving my customers an option to never clean their roof again.Correct me if I'm wrong.
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You're not wrong.

A lot of companies do it. My nearest competitor here in Palm City does roofs biannually (every six months) & he has over 3,500 recurring customers.

If you're not concerned about what bleach might be doing to the roof, the only benefit for a contractor like yourself in doing anyting other than bleach, would simply be environmental concerns (if you're doing a couple hundred homes at one time) or equipment concerns given that the bleach will tear it up over time.
 
Disclaimer: Haven't, and never plan to clean a roof.

I remember when arc's stuff first came out several years back, and I remember thinking that seemed like a good route to go for a roof guy. Obvious drawback was the lack of initial results(unless you washed the roof first).

Again, no first-hand knowledge of the roof biz....but I think if I were getting into this I'd strongly consider a push towards new homes. Preventative maintenance. Show them the numbers, how much they'll save, and then say, "hey, see that house on the hill?? That was the first house built in this subdivision, one year ago. See the black all over the roof?? Your roof will look like that by summertime. I'll be happy to come back then and bleachclean it for XXX dollars. Or, you can use a harmless product now, reapply every two years for XXX amount, and your roof will always look new."

I don't know what the costs of these services would be.....but this seems like a sound pitch to me. ESPECIALLY for condos, apts, old-age homes, etc.
 
Jon Fife said:
Disclaimer: Haven't, and never plan to clean a roof.

I remember when arc's stuff first came out several years back, and I remember thinking that seemed like a good route to go for a roof guy. Obvious drawback was the lack of initial results(unless you washed the roof first).

I don't know what the costs of these services would be.....but this seems like a sound pitch to me. ESPECIALLY for condos, apts, old-age homes, etc.
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Jon:
There is no drawback in terms of initial results. We can clean a roof just as well as anyone else - and we can do it with or without bleach if we want to. Most of our Applicators prefer not to use bleach for various reasons.

Our main focus, however, is not in cleaning roofs - it's in keeping roofs clean and doing it in an environmentally friendly way.

For instance, one of our Applicators in South Florida is currently doing a development of 1,100 homes. Most of the roofs are not dirty, but the HOA wants to prevent them from ever getting to the point where they have to start cleaning them.

One of the keys in their decision was the fact that if they did wait until they had to clean them, they would have to start either pressure cleaning (which none of them want to do) or using chlorine (which would mean introducing about 33,000 gallons of chlorine into their environment which butts up against a nature preserve), or they can pay twice as much to have them cleaned & then treated.

The other key factors for them were:
  • The builder told them bleach would void the workmanship warranty on the roofs.
  • The tile manufacturer, Monier Life-Tile, told them to use our product.

It also works out to be a win-win as well for both the Contractor and the homeowner because for the same price they would normally pay for cleaning every 2 years, they don't have to worry about damage from pressure cleaning, whether or not bleach might damage their roof or landscaping, they get a 2-year warranty, and all of the roofs are clean all the time. For the Contractor, he's making the same amount of money that he would if he were cleaning them, but he's only using about 75% of the labor - spending about 15-20 minutes on each roof.
 
update on anti-growth...

you can go to their site and actually register as a contractor. you can become a "certified" applicator for a fee of 175 to 225 dollars and get contractor pricing when you buy. but, i don't know what the price is. i have registered and am awaiting a call from these people but that was two weeks ago. i got an email that said they were having "website issues". a business like this can lose alot of money in two weeks so i suggest that they get their act together. i was at the nc round table and they acted like they were pretty excited about their product as alot of us were too. so far i'm not too satisified with "customer service".

rando
 
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