New Skylight Installation in a Warm Flat Roof
New glass skylights being fixed into new warm flat roofs using a liquid roofing system as the waterproofing.
London Flat Roofing. 154c Fleet Road, Hampstead, London NW3 2QX
New glass skylights being fixed into new warm flat roofs using a liquid roofing system as the waterproofing.
This roof was particularly dirty. We had to jet wash it off and then use a fungicidal wash before it was ready to paint with the solar reflective paint. Minor repairs to the asphalt were made using a liquid roofing system.
This old lead flashing is coming away from the asphalt. When the sun heats the old asphalt it softens, and the weight of the lead pulls from under and starts to slide down into the gutter.
Please can you give me a cost to replace the flat roofs in the photos I’ve sent, one is my roof and one is my neighbours.
When I first talked to the customer about the three roofs you see in the photos below, I was asked what material I would use, my answer was “Let the roof choose”! The roof and the customer’s circumstances should choose the roof covering.
100 years ago asphalt was the way forwards, revolutionizing the way we laid new flat roofs, and it was a good material. London is covered with old asphalt roofs, and today the problem we have with them is the cost of replacing them.
First we clean the old asphalt roof then we work on the old asphalt up-stands you can see we have replaced them with wood and straitened them out this will make the new flat roof look better but also make it easier for us to apply the SD650 liquid roofing system.
Here I show you some of the problems with asphalt flat roofs and felt flat roofs. These old roofs have blisters forming in them because of water vapour getting trapped under them.
You must maintain your flat roof as blockages of the drainage system can cause big problems. Leaking flat roofs are often caused by water backing up and overflowing. Even new flat roofs sometimes leak, as the pressure of the water build up finds the smallest of problems with the roof. This is why we like using the liquid roofing system for new flat roofs, as they don’t have any joints that can leak.
Replacement of an old flat asphalt roof using insulation covered with EPDM, a skylight and a new insulated tank box. We had to have a tin roof over the roof for this project, because we knew the roof would be open for longer than a day. The new flat roof will be insulted to the new building regulations. New flat roofs today have to be insulated to a very high standard today.