I have noticed in my garage that the roof leaks in a few places. Not sure
how long its been like that as its a newly purchased house. Seller said he
had no problems with the garage and kept an old car he was working on it in
(which appeared not to have moved for a while).

Its a normal build-on garage on a 1970's house with a felt roof. At the
moment I can't afford to redo the complete roof (and suspect it would be an
overkill for a few leaks to start with) What's the best way of patching it
up?

I have seen this stuff around - Flexacryl Roof Repair Compound
(http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...74225&ts=77036) anyone used
it with much success. Ideally I would like to cover the whole roof but that
stuff appears to not cover too well which would cost £100. Maybe I will
just have to hunt down where each leak is?

I have seen this stuff around - Flexacryl Roof Repair Compound
(http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...74225&ts=77036) anyone used
it with much success. Ideally I would like to cover the whole roof but that
stuff appears to not cover too well which would cost £100. Maybe I will
just have to hunt down where each leak is?

There`s a place you can get the rubber membrane (EDPM ?) - probably
cost ~£130-£150 to do the whole roof. I recently had to reinstall from
scratch on this PC so don`t have the link to hand i`m afraid, but they
were UK based and had some decent instructions on how to go about it.

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On Wed, 9 Nov 2005 23:00:45 -0000, "Rob Convery"
wrote:

I have noticed in my garage that the roof leaks in a few places. Not sure
how long its been like that as its a newly purchased house. Seller said he
had no problems with the garage and kept an old car he was working on it in
(which appeared not to have moved for a while).

Its a normal build-on garage on a 1970's house with a felt roof. At the
moment I can't afford to redo the complete roof (and suspect it would be an
overkill for a few leaks to start with) What's the best way of patching it
up?

I have seen this stuff around - Flexacryl Roof Repair Compound
(http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...74225&ts=77036) anyone used
it with much success. Ideally I would like to cover the whole roof but that
stuff appears to not cover too well which would cost £100. Maybe I will
just have to hunt down where each leak is?

Depends what is causing the leak. Sometimes a single hole can cause
water to drip from multiple places.

If it's just a seam that's separated then you can stick it down with
bitumen. Likewise, small, defined holes can be patched with roofing
felt and bitumen.

The first thing to do is get up there and have a look. The roof may be
completely shot away or may have a single hole. Until you look you
won't know.

sponix

"Rob Convery" wrote in message
...
I have noticed in my garage that the roof leaks in a few places. Not sure
how long its been like that as its a newly purchased house. Seller said he
had no problems with the garage and kept an old car he was working on it in
(which appeared not to have moved for a while).

Its a normal build-on garage on a 1970's house with a felt roof. At the
moment I can't afford to redo the complete roof (and suspect it would be
an overkill for a few leaks to start with) What's the best way of patching
it up?

There isn't a best way to patch a flat roof that has started to leak in more
than one place. The simple action of gaining access to it to repair the
present leaks, assuming you can find them, will almost certainly start
others. Once a flat roof has reached that stage, it really needs to be
replaced.

Colin Bignell

"Rob Convery" wrote in message
...
I have noticed in my garage that the roof leaks in a few places. Not sure
how long its been like that as its a newly purchased house. Seller said he
had no problems with the garage and kept an old car he was working on it in
(which appeared not to have moved for a while).

Its a normal build-on garage on a 1970's house with a felt roof. At the
moment I can't afford to redo the complete roof (and suspect it would be
an overkill for a few leaks to start with) What's the best way of patching
it up?

I have seen this stuff around - Flexacryl Roof Repair Compound
(http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...74225&ts=77036) anyone
used it with much success. Ideally I would like to cover the whole roof
but that stuff appears to not cover too well which would cost £100. Maybe
I will just have to hunt down where each leak is?
Check its not leaking from just a seam between two sheets of felt ? My
garage was, looked like it was never bonded in the first place. I prised the
seams apart, dried the water out, cleaned it up a bit (meths ?) and painted
on paintable roofing bitumen type stuff and resealed. Put stones back on top
and leaking stopped. I worked from a sheet of board on the roof so as to not
push the stones through the rest of the felt whilst I worked.