Flat Roof Felt Corners

Begin laying out your roofing felt by starting at one corner.

Flat roof felt corners. Step 1 prep work. You will then need to measure the length and width of the roof. The original builder rot him put a 30cm parapit around it with one brick removed to allow the water to escape. Small sheds usually require about 100 to 150 clout nails.

Lay the roll of roofing felt on the corner and let it overhang by three inches on each side. Start with 10 of felt tacked in the first 2 with the underside facing you to the fascia batten fold at 2 back up to the roof edge fold over the roof edge lay the last 6 on the roof stuck with tar adhesive. Complete the finish of a flat roof installation with permaroof kerb trim edging. While laying felt is not an easy job it can be done by anyone who has the patience to deal with it.

Check to ensure the roof is in good enough condition to walk over. You can either measure the roof from the ground or by standing on a ladder and actually going up on the roof. Do that all round tucking corners to involved to explain. Multiplying these two together will give you the square footage of the roof.

Here are simple steps to get you started. Follow the 10 steps below in order to felt a flat roof. If you re looking for premium quality industry standard cost effective edging our unique line of products will give your flat roof a smart professional look while preventing damp and condensation from infiltrating your roof. If you bend nice crisp corners and nail carefully you ll only leave a tiny hole to caulk at the corner photo 3.

Start at one of the upper corners of the felt and continue along the perimeter. No new flat roof installation is complete without the detail work. So i have 4 inturnal corners and a chute to felt. I am re roofing my porch.

Find everything you need to give your flat roof a visually pleasing finish with our full range of roof edge trims. Space each nail apart by about 30 to 36 inches 76 to 91 cm along the side of the felt closest to the roof s peak and 12 inch 30 5 cm along the side closest to the ground. Roll it out along the edge keeping a three inch overhang. Step 3 secure felt to roof.

You mean starting the edges. If you re flashing a masonry chimney nail the flashing to the roof as far up the flashing as possible. 1 5mtr x 1 5mtr with a felted flat roof. How do you make a corner without cutting the felt and weakening the proofing or folding it and making a total bodge.

Remember to place the flashing under the weather barrier on the dormer. Felt is laid on a flat roof to help keep the roofing system waterproof.