Ive just noticed that an entire strip of felt has blown off my 10ft
shed roof. Its the strip on the apex of the shed. There does not
appear to be underlay. So bare boards are exposed and getting wet.

Should i use "Torch on" or traditional felt with nails.




All imput appreciated



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Ive just noticed that an entire strip of felt has blown off my 10ft
shed roof. Its the strip on the apex of the shed. There does not
appear to be underlay. So bare boards are exposed and getting wet.

Should i use "Torch on" or traditional felt with nails.

Happened to me last year. I just nailed a new strip of felt to it, in a
fetching, non-matching green. And swore that I'd re-felt the whole shed this
summer. Yah, right! ;-)

Maybe once the garage is finished!!

On 3 Nov, 11:23, wrote:

Should *i use "Torch on" or traditional felt with nails.

Neither. The self-stick stuff is generally better than Torch-on (but
you have to be right first time!) and I'd use the non-sticky but now
fibre-reinforced felts for going over an apex. That stuff isn't your
grandad's old crack-prone felt.

Really though, I'd probably get a strip of the rigid bituminous
(Ondoline?) ridge capping.

On 3 Nov, 12:09, Andy Dingley wrote:
On 3 Nov, 11:23, wrote:

Should *i use "Torch on" or traditional felt with nails.

Neither. The self-stick stuff is generally better than Torch-on (but
you have to be right first time!) and I'd use the non-sticky but now
fibre-reinforced felts for going over an apex. That stuff isn't your
grandad's old crack-prone felt.

Really though, I'd probably get a strip of the rigid bituminous
(Ondoline?) ridge capping.

If the ridge felt is coming off, what is the state of the rest of
it ? Having recently roofed a new shed with Onduline - and I 've used
felt extensively over the years - I would suggest you look at just
covering the existing roof with it. Very easy to apply (an afternoon's
work), no glues, etc. and no more expensive than felt.

Rob

On Nov 3, 12:42*pm, robgraham wrote:
On 3 Nov, 12:09, Andy Dingley wrote:

On 3 Nov, 11:23, wrote:

Should *i use "Torch on" or traditional felt with nails.

Neither. The self-stick stuff is generally better than Torch-on (but
you have to be right first time!) and I'd use the non-sticky but now
fibre-reinforced felts for going over an apex. That stuff isn't your
grandad's old crack-prone felt.

Really though, I'd probably get a strip of the rigid bituminous
(Ondoline?) ridge capping.

If the ridge felt is coming off, what is the state of the rest of
it ? *Having recently roofed a new shed with Onduline - and I 've used
felt extensively over the years - I would suggest you look at just
covering the existing roof with it. Very easy to apply (an afternoon's
work), no glues, etc. and no more expensive than felt.

Rob

Where did you find onduline at that price? When I looked I went with
good quality felt as much cheaper.

To the OP, the other option is to stick felt down using cold bitumen
glue (about £5-6 a gallon iirc). You get no holes with this.


NT

NT wrote:
On Nov 3, 12:42 pm, robgraham wrote:
On 3 Nov, 12:09, Andy Dingley wrote:

On 3 Nov, 11:23, wrote:

Should i use "Torch on" or traditional felt with nails.

Neither. The self-stick stuff is generally better than Torch-on (but
you have to be right first time!) and I'd use the non-sticky but now
fibre-reinforced felts for going over an apex. That stuff isn't your
grandad's old crack-prone felt.

Really though, I'd probably get a strip of the rigid bituminous
(Ondoline?) ridge capping.

If the ridge felt is coming off, what is the state of the rest of
it ? Having recently roofed a new shed with Onduline - and I 've used
felt extensively over the years - I would suggest you look at just
covering the existing roof with it. Very easy to apply (an
afternoon's work), no glues, etc. and no more expensive than felt.

Rob

Where did you find onduline at that price? When I looked I went with
good quality felt as much cheaper.

To the OP, the other option is to stick felt down using cold bitumen
glue (about £5-6 a gallon iirc). You get no holes with this.

Holes caused by nails in shed felt are self sealing surely?


--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

On Nov 4, 12:21*am, "The Medway Handyman"
wrote:
NT wrote:
On Nov 3, 12:42 pm, robgraham wrote:
On 3 Nov, 12:09, Andy Dingley wrote:

On 3 Nov, 11:23, wrote:

Should i use "Torch on" or traditional felt with nails.

Neither. The self-stick stuff is generally better than Torch-on (but
you have to be right first time!) and I'd use the non-sticky but now
fibre-reinforced felts for going over an apex. That stuff isn't your
grandad's old crack-prone felt.

Really though, I'd probably get a strip of the rigid bituminous
(Ondoline?) ridge capping.

If the ridge felt is coming off, what is the state of the rest of
it ? Having recently roofed a new shed with Onduline - and I 've used
felt extensively over the years - I would suggest you look at just
covering the existing roof with it. Very easy to apply (an
afternoon's work), no glues, etc. and no more expensive than felt.

Rob

Where did you find onduline at that price? When I looked I went with
good quality felt as much cheaper.

To the OP, the other option is to stick felt down using cold bitumen
glue (about £5-6 a gallon iirc). You get no holes with this.

Holes caused by nails in shed felt are self sealing surely?

I guess it depends on whether the nails all stay down or not. The
holes on mine arent all watertight, hence I put them where it doesnt
matter.


NT