Felt is laid on a flat roof to help keep the roofing system waterproof.
Flat roof roofing felt.
Step by step guide for felting a flat roof.
This guide will use the more durable 30 roofing felt although you can use 15 felt.
Here are simple steps to get you started.
Check to ensure the roof is in good enough condition to walk over.
While laying felt is not an easy job it can be done by anyone who has the patience to deal with it.
Roof felt adhesive e g.
However it wasn t particularly long lasting or durable so torch on felt was created.
The substance itself is made from bitumen which comes from the distillation of crude oil that has been either mixed with sand or crushed limestone.
Step 1 prep work.
Felt roofing also known as tar paper is traditionally installed using hot bitumen to create a secure bond between the roof and the felt.
Ideal for an apex flat or pent roof shed felt and roofing membrane are durable and perfect for a newly built structure or to re cover existing roofing material.
Built up roofs are installed using several layers of a special type of roofing felt that has been asphalt impregnated and embedded in bitumen applied with a hot mop.
Roofing felt is one of the more popular and traditional methods of creating a flat roof.
30 pound roofing felt also known as 30 roofing felt plywood planks.
The hot applied asphalt or coal tar pitch blends with the bitumen soaked roof felt and creates a monolithic roof membrane.