Tampa HOA Minutes Of Meeting – Roof Cleaning Letters

APPLE ROOF CLEANING TAMPA
7401 Patrician Place
Tampa FL 33619
(813)293 1733
(813)655 8777
 
 
 
 

Below is an example of what goes on at a Tampa Homeowners Association Meeting:

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

*Tampa Homeowners Association Meeting was opened at 4:05 p.m. with request for any questions or comments about the

previous minutes of August 16, 2006.

* Unanimous approval by HOA board members given to minutes of last Tampa HOA meeting,

August 16, 2006

* Brian Levitt reported on landscaping. Only two letters sent within last week regarding

landscape violations. Almost all homeowners are in compliance.

* Most homeowners do their landscaping work on weekends and all trimmings (palm

fronds, branches, etc.) should be put at curb Sunday evenings.

* If you have palm fronds and other landscaping debris before Sunday, please place

beside your house until Sunday evening. The exception: large pile of palm fronds and

other debris can be left neatly stacked for pick-up on Mondays.

* Sprinkler system has been off since pre-hurricane warning because we had rain daily.

(We can go 2-3 days without watering grass; too much water can damage the lawns.)

* Paul Griesmer says: “The irrigation can be utilized more infrequently now that we

have been having normal afternoon showers. The grass can go without the aid of

irrigation for about a week with our current weather conditions.”

* Andrea Sandrin reported on roofs, parking, garbage can violations and roof cleaning. There was only one

parking violation and several involving garbage cans left out longer than necessary.

* Homeowners should take hurricane shutters off in areas they don’t need to keep on

because of possible fire hazard.

* Ten letters have been sent out regarding roof cleaning; fifty homeowners have

complied to date.

* The proper way to clean roof tiles is to chemically clean the roof. Do not pressure wash roof.

Too much pressure will damage tiles and removes protective glaze or coating, causing

roof algae to grow back twice as fast.

* The roof tile cleaning should be done with a chemical roof cleaning solution, but be

sure to protect the landscaping and water down after roof cleaning (Paul Griesmer).

* Michael Clarchick volunteered to find a Tampa Roof Cleaning Company who is competent to clean a roof

chemically, and will give to Andrea to share with other homeowners.

* Lot # 66 needs violation letter regarding commercial vehicle with signage parked in

driveway.

* No trespassing signs will be placed at the entrances to our Community in the coming

weeks.

Tampa Homeowners Association Roof Cleaning Letters

Roof Cleaning Tampa – Apple Roof Cleaning Tampa
7401 Patrician Place
Tampa FL 33619
813-655-8777

You got a Roof Cleaning letter from your Tampa Homeowners Association.
Your roof is dirty, you can see black stains,or maybe some other type of fungus. Now the question is “how do I go about cleaning it?”

You are not alone in Tampa, Florida.
In fact I’m sure that you have noticed the same problem on other roofs in your Tampa area neighborhood. If you have done any research you will have noticed that the problem is not just in the Tampa Florida area.

What is it on your roof? The black stains that you see is a form of black algae called glaeocospca magma.
it is a living plant, feeding off of the nutrients in your roof. It generally can only survive on the north facing roofs or on heavily shaded sections of your roof, that is because the ultra violet rays from direct sunshine will kill it, and direct sun light dries out your roof not allowing moisture to congregate. The exact opposite happens on the north facing and shaded sections of your roof.
Algae, Mold, or any fungus needs three things to survive, air, food and water. We discussed the water source being on the north side or under shade, the food source comes from the shingle contents, if you have wood shingles the wood is the obvious food source, if you have asphalt or fiberglass shingles, then the limestone that is used as a thickening agent is the food.

Is it damaging my Tampa Florda area roof? Yes, We have seen moss eat through two layers of shingles right into the wood underlayment, black algae is a surface feeder, eating the shingle granules, while spreading over the roof. Just look in your gutter of the infected side, I guarantee it is full of discarded shingle granules. So, yes it can cut a 40 year asphalt or fiberglass shingles life expectancy in half or worse.

What can YOU do about it? 3 choices here, clean your roof yourself, hire a professional non pressure roof cleaning company, or replace the roof. Let’s examine these three options.

Replace it – If you have that kind of money, great! here is the bad news, even though the new fiberglass shingles on the market are algae resistant, buyer beware! Read the shingle warranty.
Roofing Manufacturers only guarantee them for an average of 6 to 10 years, it takes that long before visible signs confirm that black algae is present. If you have the money, and want to buy yourself 6 to 10 years of a clean shingle roof, go for it.

Hire a Tampa non pressure roof cleaning company – Good choice but who?
They are around, usually listed in the yellow pages under “roof cleaning” or “non pressure roof cleaning”
What to look in a roof cleaning company is very important. 1. references – who have they ade happy?
2. Qualifications and Awards 3. inquire about their cleaning product, there are a lot of products out there that will clean a roof but if they heavily chemical laden they will dry out the roof shingle to such a point that a few months down the road on a windy day, shingle pieces will be flying. These product will also stain the face of your home, kill plants and grass, you want them to use something “bio-degradable” that means it will disappear. 4. portfolio, they should have before and after pictures of jobs that they have done and you should take the time to drive by one of the homes and make sure that they didn’t just download pictures off of the Internet 5. do they have a business license? they should. If they can’t provide those 5 things, move on to the next company.

Clean it yourself – Dangerous work, what if you FALL ?. Don’t fall for the “just spray it on and nature will clean it” product sales pitch, that’s BS, it might work but it would be years before it would be clean and you would have to keep reapplying it.
Think about it, IF these product really worked, who would need roof cleaning companies ?

Apple Roof Cleaning Tampa services these and other Tampa Deed Restricted Communities.

New Tampa Subdivisions

New Tampa Subdivisions
Roof Cleaning Arbor Greene Ashington Bassett Creek
Buckingham Club Manor Roof Cleaning Cory Lake Isles
Roof Cleaning Cross Creek Easton Park Grand Hampton
Hammocks Roof Cleaning Hunters Green Roof Cleaning Heritage Isles
Live Oak Preserve Jade Palma Vista
Roof Cleaning Pebble Creek Richmond Place Stone Creek
Roof Cleaning Tampa Palms Roof Cleaning Tuscany Vista Del Rio
West Meadows Wynstone.

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Citrus Green Council Crest Durango
Echo Lake Roof Cleaning Farmington Village Fox’s Corner
Garden Lake Horseshoe Estates Innfields
Roof Cleaning Keystone Acres Keystone Beach Keystone Cove
Keystone Crossings Keystone Groves Keystone Park
Keystone Park Colony Keystone Post Estates Keystone Post Estates
Keystone Reserve Keystone Terrace Lake Abray
Lake Alice Lake Breckenridge Lake Grace
Lake Maurine Estates Lakes of Keystone Roof Cleaning Lakeside Groves Estates
Lindawoods Montreux Roof Cleaning Nine Eagles
Northlake Village Northton Grove Post Shores
Rainbow Terrace Royal Troon Village St. Andrews
The Cove at Lake Alice Roof Cleaning The Eagles Turnbury
Warren Estates Windsor Park Woods of Eden Rock Roof Cleaning.

Roof Cleaning Citrus Park & Westchase Roof Cleaning Subdivisions
Casa Blanca Charleston Place Roof Cleaning Countryway
Enclave Citrus Park Fawn Lake Roof Cleaning Fawn Ridge
Roof Cleaning Hampton Chase Hampton Lakes Highland Park
Lake Chase Roof Cleaning River Chase South Hampton Tree Tops
Twin Branch Acres Roof Cleaning Waterchase West Hampton
Roof Cleaning Westchase Westchester Westmont Oaks
Westwood Lakes Roof Cleaning.