How To Repair A Flat Felt Garage Roof

In this video we will be taking a look at a flat roof repair that will cover large areas or the whole roof if you need it to.

How to repair a flat felt garage roof.

Press down the top layer into the adhesive. This repair uses a solvent bas. Apply some bitumen adhesive over the repair and beyond to suit the patch and apply it. Prepare the roof area surrounding the leak by removing dirt debris and raised parts of the old roofing.

Clean the area where you found the garage roof leaks. Permanent flat roof repair this can either be a patch of torched on roofing felt or a layer on top of your existing felt if it will take it. Fill a bucket with warm water. Instead of replacing the felt roof we decided to use a product call.

Primary fixings should be in profile valleys where possible. Sweep debris away from the seam edges that you are repairing using a heavy broom. Our garage is an almost double and it cost 975 to just redo the felt etc three other quotes were about the same. Don a pair of strong rubber gloves.

Beginning with the removal of the old roofing felt this. Cut a piece of new felt to use as a patch big enough to give above a 50mm 2 inch overlap beyond the repaired blister. A small patch can act as a permanent epdm roof repair for leaks and cracks. When fixing sheets you can use self drilling screws with washers and neoprene pads to create a complete seal but the specific types of screws or nails required depends on the garage roof sheet material.

Hold a strip of reinforcement fabric felt against the repair area and cut it to size using a sharp utility knife. How to patch a leaky flat garage roof 1. Apply an epdm primer and when touch dry add self adhesive rubber tape 3 around malleable flashing covering the hole. We were looking at the rubber roofing which is more expensive but supposed to last much longer but as the garage is attached to next doors they said they couldn t make a good join with the rubber to next doors felt.

We had a problem with our shed workshop flat felt roof leaking and needed a quick repair. Diy temporary flat roof repair for felt roofs this is often a paint on fix from a tin like the repair videos at the top of the page. There are also liquid systems for felt roofs unfortunately the old felt you cover over may not be in good enough condition to take it or for small domestic properties they often work out more expensive than. Apply some bitumen adhesive to the exposed surface and fold back the segments.