Re Felting A Flat Porch Roof

Roofing felt also called tar paper lays under the shingles of your roof to help keep water out of your home.

Re felting a flat porch roof.

This small felt roof was to a front porch before the new roof goes on of course y. Laying the felt in overlapping layers creates a water barrier in the event that. While laying felt is not an easy job it can be done by anyone who has the patience to deal with it. Felt is laid on a flat roof to help keep the roofing system waterproof.

The best time to lay a felt roof using cold applied adhesive is when the weather is warm but this means that working on a flat roof can be exhausting work with the sun s heat and the heat reflected from the felt already laid. You must remove any rotted pieces of wood on the roof and replace them with your plywood. You can either measure the roof from the ground or by standing on a ladder and actually going. The rolls of felt are quite heavy and to avoid damage must be handled with care.

Step by step guide for felting a flat roof step 1. Check to ensure the roof is in good enough condition to walk over. Here are simple steps to get you started. It s a 1960s house and looking at my neighbours porch i d guess that originally it was a flat concrete porch roof that has since been built up and clad with upvc so it is now approx 10 deep high and a flat felt roof.