Copper Ridge™
Copper Protection for your Roof
Copper Ridge – Roof Care Specialists
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Copper Ridge™
About Copper Ridge
Is a versatile property maintenance product with economic, environmental and public health benefits. Removing dense layers of lichen also helps to reduce the risk of airborne infection from the fungus aspergillus niger, a significant cause of allergic and respiratory illness in humans.
Hotels: Turnberry House Hotel and Golf Spa
The world famous Hotel, was fitted with a Copper Ridge trial to help improve the appearance of the hotel’s famous red roofs. Plans are now proceeding to fit more Copper Ridge to around a third of the roof area in the spring of 2000.
Bonded Warehouses:
Copper Ridge trials are underway on a bonded warehouse in the Springburn area of Glasgow. The six month trial, with whisky producers Morrison Bowmore Distiller’s, are using 99.9% pure copper panels to help improve the image and appearance of bonded warehouses “blackened” over time by the build up of lichen on translucent external roof and wall panels. The “cleaned” translucent panels should also bring economic gains in electricity savings from increased natural daylight lighting the interior.
Public Sector Housing:
Falkirk District Council used Copper Ridge on 240 houses in Grangemouth and Larbet to resolve an annual maintenance headache in removing the heavy moss and algae growth in the towns. Berwick Housing Association is just one of a number of associations using Copper Ridge in the battle against roof moss, lichen and algae where an added advantage from the copper ridging now in place is the reduced risk of collateral damage to the roof surface from the annual cleaning cycle.
Churches:
The moss blackened roof of the 19th century church at Fortingall, Perthshire was a matter of concern for one of the church elders as previously fitted copper wire along the roof edge had become ineffective. Using the 99.9% pure Copper Ridge to replace the outworn copper wire offers a much longer working life span than before, and will help to keep the church roof clean, well into the next century.
Historical Buildings:
Copper Ridge has also been fitted on an historical building maintained by the Scottish National Trust on behalf of the National Trust of Australia (New South Wales). Macquarie’s Mausoleum, on the island of Mull, was erected by the family of Major-General Lachlan Macquarie in 1825. He is best remembered for his role as Governor of New South Wale s between 1809 to 1821.