Carry out roof cleaning with a telescopic lance

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House owners often find out just a few years after a roof renovation that moss, lichen and the like have settled on the roof. So a roof cleaning is the order of the day. You can easily do this yourself with a telescopic lance.

Clean roofs yourself.
Clean roofs yourself.

What you need:

  • Telescopic lance set
  • Canister with pump
  • Special cleaner
  • ladder
  • Power connection

Roof cleaning options

There are basically 3 ways to clean a roof:

  • You go to the roof and clean it with a scrubber or a high-pressure cleaner. This possibility is not without risk and nobody should dare to do this kind of artistry without appropriate training and safety.
  • You clean the roof from below with a high-pressure telescopic lance and a pressure of up to 225 bar and heat of up to 100 ° C. Apart from the fact that you need very expensive professional equipment to do this, this type of cleaning is rough the roof up and a new soiling is preprogrammed or you have to open the roof afterwards coat.
  • The easiest way to carry out the roof cleaning yourself is a telescopic lance, which can be extended to 12 m and enables you to spray a roof with a special cleaner from the ground. You only have to work from a ladder on flat roofs. Such devices work with 9 bar pressure and reach up to 12 m in height, the telescopic lance is made of carbon / fiberglass and weighs only 2.7 kg. The cleaner kills the unwanted vegetation and the next rain ensures that the roof is clean.

How to clean the roof with the telescopic lance

  1. Obtain the necessary materials for cleaning the roof. The necessary cleaners are available under trade names such as AGO Quart or Mellerud Algen Moos Remover.
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  2. Unpack the device and put the two parts of the telescopic lance together. This is 3.80 m in the shortest state. The individual elements are conically clamped, similar to telescopic handles on garden tools. Pull out the telescopic lance to the required length (maximum 11 m).
  3. Now connect the telescopic lance with the pressure hose to the canister pump, which is attached to the canister with the special cleaner. If you cannot reach the roof surface with the telescopic lance, use a ladder.
  4. Once you've set everything up so you can start wetting the roof (top to bottom), turn on the electric pump. The spray jet is conveniently triggered on the handle, as you probably know from garden sprayers that are used against pests.
  5. Now spray the roof surface evenly with the cleaner to clean the roof. You have to change location several times and shorten the lance. The rest will be done by the next rain.

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