Refelting A Flat Roof Shed

The real beauty of installing a professional quality roofing felt to a shed roof is the utter lack of specialist tools required unlike other high performance roof coverings.

Refelting a flat roof shed.

The original fascia barge boards will then be refitted. A hammer a craft knife preferably with a hooked blade but not essential an old 2 brush and a flat pry bar as seen in my roofing tools section will help. You will follow the same process as in step 2 for the last layer. The first step in felting a shed roof either angled or flat is calculating the exact.

Since you will have overlap. This will help the two layers adhere to each other. Thus you will repeat the earlier steps. A conventional roll of felt is enough for 432 square feet.

We will then re felt with either our standard duty or premium duty felt as shown below. We offer a re felting service for sheds summerhouses and workshops. Clean and prepare the. Before adding the second layer though spread a thin layer of adhesive on the first layer using your trowel.

Buy the roof felt. Start rolling the first layer of felt out from the bottom of one side of the roof. Apply another layer of adhesive to the top for maximum waterproofing. The key to weatherproofing your flat roof is adding a total of 3 layers.

The process of felting a shed roof step 1. The existing fascia barge boards will be taken off and the old felt removed. You can cover the surface of the felt with gravel for added strength. You can hammer in the nails along the bottom edge of the roof at wider intervals around one every 30cm.

Afterward roll the felt away from you lengthwise along the lower edge about 10 feet 120 in. As you roll it out make sure that it remains flat. Begin at the bottom right or bottom left of the roof. Tools and materials budget grade shed roofing felt felting clout nails ladder hammer screwdriver stanley knife an occasional extra pair of hands.