Replacing Felt Roof With Rubber

As described earlier these substances are a contaminate to the glues used in epdm and the membrane itself with direct long term contact.

Replacing felt roof with rubber.

Most new domestic rubber roofs are glued down to a new wooden roof substrate although they can in certain circumstances be laid on top and mechanically fixed or weighed down with ballast. If there isn t any or it s not enough to meet regulations extra insulation will need to be installed. Even without roofing experience this is something you can pull off with confidence. When replacing a felt roof the void between the felt and the ceiling will need to be checked for insulation.

After removing the old roof you can install a new one with minimal effort using ethylene propylene diene monomer epdm rubber. You might be tempted to throw caulk at the problem but that solution won t last long. Rubber roofs are designed to be adhered to your home s roof with a liquid adhesive. Labour costs may then cost around 150 to 250 per.

Once moisture starts to get on the underside of the roofing material you will have to replace it. Full replacement or over boarding of a roof deck. There s really no fix other than replacing the damaged vents. Thankfully these are probably the simplest roofs in terms of replacement jobs.

Replace them with rubber washered screws. Unless the flat roof is a new build you will be replacing an existing flat roof normally a felt roof such as built up bitumen or asphalt. My preference for domestic roofs is a new install with new roof decking as a single ply membrane. However given the nature of flat roof repair costs it can sometimes make sense to replace the entire roof.

There are various options available but the most popular is a foam like board sandwiched between the decking and roof rafters. Also look for pulled or missing nails at the base s bottom edge. Roofing felt is comprised of a base made from natural materials such as wood cellulose or synthetic ones such as fiberglass or polyester and then coated or saturated with a protective coating such as bitumen asphalt which repels water but still allows the product to breathe.