wl- you need to wait for a dryer wood now so that you do not slip or something and it would be nice to do that on in a sunny day but I imagine your the one who wet it so much--lol--having a cleaning "urge". My problem was I got up to the roof and there was a wire cap that I could not remove and the man next store told me that "nothing gets in there with that cap" so my hose idea did not work too well.., some of my bright idea"s here--lol.. I thought those things went sideways so that you could get at it for cleaning but I guess they do not....snowing today and cloudy and dreary and cold too and Happy Easter everyone and you can start boiling the kiddies eggs now, now that's a job and do you have their Easter Baskets ready to go.? clancey