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More then likely somebody dumped over the house wash mix and didn't clean it up.

waxman18324 wrote:

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Do the downspouts or drainage system run under the lawn? Perhaps it's run off from the roof. My other thought is a very large drunk animal had to go and mark it's territory. 

 

Hank

 

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 Very Good! That is exactly what happened here, the downspouts ran into the ground (we assumed), but the God Darn things emptied out into the grass instead! 

A light rain came, then disaster! 

Apple Roof Cleaning Tampa FL (813) 655-8777 wrote:

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waxman18324 wrote:

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Do the downspouts or drainage system run under the lawn? Perhaps it's run off from the roof. My other thought is a very large drunk animal had to go and mark it's territory. 

 

Hank

 

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 Very Good! That is exactly what happened here, the downspouts ran into the ground (we assumed), but the God Darn things emptied out into the grass instead! 

A light rain came, then disaster! 

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Art O wrote:

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Apple Roof Cleaning Tampa FL (813) 655-8777 wrote:

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waxman18324 wrote:

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Do the downspouts or drainage system run under the lawn? Perhaps it's run off from the roof. My other thought is a very large drunk animal had to go and mark it's territory. 

 

Hank

 

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 Very Good! That is exactly what happened here, the downspouts ran into the ground (we assumed), but the God Darn things emptied out into the grass instead! 

A light rain came, then disaster! 

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I have to disagree. Rain would dilute the mix and the dry well would have to be very shallow for a light rain. The down spout is a least 20' away. I have to go with a 5 gallon bucket of house wash mix dumping over.

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 Nope, I thought the same, but we just cleaned this tile roof! 

There are actually 6 of these dead spots, and 6 downspouts !

You can't really see the downspouts in the pic, but when I asked my Son, who did this job, he told me about the "underground" downspouts.

The lady we did this job for is a real mean lady, she lives out of state, and is threatening to Sue us! 

This Grass is basically a weed called St Augustine Grass, it grows by creeping. In a month or so, these spots will be gone.

I offered to replace the spots with pieces of Sod, but she wants a whole new lawn!!!!!!!!!!

dabber wrote:

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Hey Chris       So now what are you going to do with her, I have not had anything like this yet , my day is comming  Steve  (Dabber)

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 Well, at this point, nothing! She became totally irrational IMHO, over what amounts to a few pieces of Sod, that I offered to replace!

Again, she has what is called St Augustine Grass, and it is basically a creeping weed! In less then a month or so, this dead grass will mostly be gone, even w/o resodding.

But when she threatened to Sue us, that's when I told her "This Conversation is over".

Roof Cleaning Katy Texas (281) 392-2304 wrote:

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I had a drainage tube that went under a palm tree once.  The roots had grown into the tube.  It toasted the palm tree.  I was able to talk my way out of that one when I dug up the tube for the owner and showed him the problem... 

Now when I see a drainage tube that I can not find the end of, I write that on the invoice and make a note that I am not responsible if something gets killed if the owner proceeds with the roof cleaning.

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 This was a first for us, and just goes to show everone, that we all never stop learning, when it comes to cleaning roofs.

Here in Florida, what we encountered was against code! 99 percent of downspouts that drain into the ground actually DO so!

This builder decided to be cheap, and simply ran a piece of flex pipe from them to basically a ditch, right UNDER the grass! 

350 gallons! Jesus, Mary and Joseph(as my mother used to say) that's a big place.

Hank