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what is it on the roof

katy123
katy123 Posts: 365 Forumite
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I'm curious to know why there is a fainted patch on the left side of the roof. The roof is east facing and it has according to google map been like that for a while. There's no visible leaks inside so we are puzzled as to why it's like that. Any ideas? Thanks.

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-49627422.html?premiumA=true
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  • AnotherJoe
    AnotherJoe Posts: 19,622 Forumite
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    Could be an artefact of how the local winds make it difficult for moss/lichen to settle on the edge part of the roof. Are other houses in the immediate area the same ?
  • DaftyDuck
    DaftyDuck Posts: 4,609 Forumite
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    Look up, you'll see a TV aerial. What sits on TV aerials? What falls from sitting things?

    The nutrients encourage lichens and mosses....

    Get Sky, dump... the aerial, wait for rain to clean!
  • Cakeguts
    Cakeguts Posts: 7,627 Forumite
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    DaftyDuck wrote: »
    Look up, you'll see a TV aerial. What sits on TV aerials? What falls from sitting things?

    The nutrients encourage lichens and mosses....

    Get Sky, dump... the aerial, wait for rain to clean!

    And then someone notices what has been dumped by sitting things and goes at the roof with a power water clean thing that takes the dumped stuff and everything else off the surface of the tiles?
  • eddddy
    eddddy Posts: 18,732 Forumite
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    Looking at google satellite, some other other houses have lichen and moss under TV aerials - probably due to birds.

    However, it's less noticeable on other roofs. I suspect these people tried to clean the the affected area with a harsh chemical - like bleach - and ended up bleaching the tiles.

    (I've seen similar results on paths and drives were household bleach has been used on bird/animal mess.)
  • katy123
    katy123 Posts: 365 Forumite
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    DaftyDuck wrote: »
    Look up, you'll see a TV aerial. What sits on TV aerials? What falls from sitting things?

    The nutrients encourage lichens and mosses....

    Get Sky, dump... the aerial, wait for rain to clean!

    Thank you, it's all in the detail. hahah...where would one relocate the tv aerial (it's not a sky dish)
  • Nick_C
    Nick_C Posts: 7,692 Forumite
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    katy123 wrote: »
    Thank you, it's all in the detail. hahah...where would one relocate the tv aerial (it's not a sky dish)

    In the attic
  • DaftyDuck
    DaftyDuck Posts: 4,609 Forumite
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    katy123 wrote: »
    Thank you, it's all in the detail. hahah...where would one relocate the tv aerial (it's not a sky dish)

    There already is Sky dish, so you may not need an aerial at all. You can mount the aerial in the attic, if the signal is strong (Google freeview signal strength postcode for the answer). You could put it on the other side of the chimney, and stain the side of the house brickwork, or you could just leave it be, let the roof be a roof, and worry about the important things in life.
  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
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    The bird theory is intriguing, but of course, nonsense!

    After quaffing the brandy left on the mantepiece, Santa claws his way up the chimney and slides down the roof.....
  • Margot123
    Margot123 Posts: 1,116 Forumite
    It's obvious what the cause is: an estate agent that doesn't know how to Photoshop.
  • ProDave
    ProDave Posts: 3,785 Forumite
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    Could it be as simple as that bit or roof has been repaired so a different batch of tiles, or even when it was first built a different batch of tiles was used that has weathered differently on that bit.
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