This Old House Flat Roof Repair

How to remove repair and install a flat roof.

This old house flat roof repair.

Flat roofs usually come with a 10 to 20 year warranty but can last 25 years if you build the roofs right and maintain them using commonsense rules. Your contractor can then use them for exact match patch repairs. A bundle or two of new shingles stored flat in the garage comes in handy if your new roof gets damaged later. In this video this old house general contractor tom silva shows a foolproof way to build a leak free shower.

Pull off the old rubber roofing from the cut area. How to prevent ice dams. How to patch a leaking rubber roof. How to fix a leaking rooftop vent pipe.

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This is a long video but it will show you how to do it. After the roof work is done ask him to walk around the house with a magnetic sweeper to pick up stray nails. Pros and cons for flat roof materials. Begin by removing the shingles down to the wood sheathing and slip a strip of adhesive ice and water barrier available where roofing repair products are sold under the soffit main roof joint.

This repair uses a solvent bas. Locate the source of the leak on the roof then use a utility knife to slice through the rubber roof around the suspected trouble spot. See below for a shopp. Pro tip for low sloped roofs.

All three types of flat roofing cost 250 to 350 per square 100 square feet but prices vary according to region and size of the roof. Depending on how the roofs join you may have to cut a slot to work it in far enough. 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.