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Can Moss Damage My Roof? The Roof Moss Cleaners Answers

Yes, moss can damage a roof, according to The Roof Moss Cleaners, but serious damage is unlikely unless it is left untouched for decades.

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The business explains it this way. Moss grows into the hairline cracks in roof tiles. When it freezes, the moss expands, and the cracks expand with it. Over time, tiles can crack and break.

Weight is the other problem. Some types of moss can hold twenty to thirty times their own weight in water, so a mossy roof carries a lot more weight after rain.

Moss also blocks gutters. On one house they cleaned in Princes Risborough, the…

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