Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Smallhold Farming and Rural Living => Property, Buildings, Equipment and Alternative Energy => Topic started by: compostqueen on April 15, 2016, 13:25
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I hope someone can advise :)
My fairly recently replaced shed roof has sprung a leak. I replaced it from scratch year before last, and made a good job using top quality felt and assisted by a careful chap. I did the overlaps as per perceived wisdom, correct tacks and spacings, but despite that it's now leaking
I climbed up to have a look but i'm darned if I can see where it's leaking. It looks fine
I wondered in view of it still looking fine if I could paint over it with bitumen repair etc. Or what? To strip it all off seems overkill.
Anyone :unsure:
Thanks :)
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Bitumen paint over the joints might do the job. This is what we had to do with our garage roof when we re-felted last year. It was in the YouTube advice we watched, so might help with the shed
Good luck!! ☺
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Is there possibly a crack along the ridge? That's what happened on mine so hubby attached a length of guttering(upside down😉) to the ridge. Been fine since
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I will try that Sunny ☺
It's not a ridge one, it's a wotsit? Erm, pent! I think it's called
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I will try that Sunny ☺
It's not a ridge one, it's a wotsit? Erm, pent! I think it's called
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You need to paint a stripe about six inches wide spanning the two pieces of bitumen. I had a think, and it may be that rain is coming in through a nail hole, so putting a dob over any other nail head while you are up there might be good
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Thanks Sunny ☺ I could spit! 😊 it looks so darned neat and tidy. Just when you think all is well :wub: Another job to add to the burgeoning to-do list 😑 I have left a bowl in the shed to catch the drips
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have you thought about putting clear fibre glass over the felt, it lasts many, many more years than felt, I got this advise of a builder relative who hasn't changed his garage roof in 15 years! thanks to this lol
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It's not blowing in between the roof and the walls is it?