How to repair a flat roof.
How to repair flat roof felt.
Follow the 10 steps below in order to felt a flat roof.
These roofs work well but you do need to inspect them on occasion for cracks and other signs of damage.
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.
Flat roofs which are mostly level are common on older homes and in arid environments.
This repair uses a solvent bas.
Where the flat roof abuts a wall there will be some form of sealing flashing usually a zinc or zinc substitute strip.
The surface may also suffer from dips or hollows.
Felt flat roof repair.
As with most temporary flat roof repair work a paint on solution can fix leaks.
Multiplying these two together will give you the square footage of the roof.
Edging can also lift or old flashings against the wall could leak.
Diy temporary asphalt roof repair this is often a paint on fix from a tin or heat applied flashing tape as seen in the video about repairing lead in the felt roof repair section.
You will then need to measure the length and width of the roof.
Permanent flat roof repair this can either be a small patch of torched on roofing felt or a layer on top of the asphalt roof and carried out relatively.
If all else fails fit a repair patch over the repaired overlap but make sure that there is plenty of adhesive along the seam to fill the difference in height between the levels of adjacent strips of felt.
You can either measure the roof from the ground or by standing on a ladder and actually going up on the roof.