EPDM Rubber Roofing

EPDM Rubber Shrink

EPDM Rubber Shrink

Unless Europe has some miracle EPDM I don’t know about after 4 decades as a journeyman roofer; the walls, roof and chimney flashing will all fail within a decade. The rubber will shrink and pull off the walls, a product that Firestone, Versico aka Goodyear and Carlisle EPDM roofs mandate at walls is called RUSS strip and you didn’t install it.

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Old Mineral Felt Roof

Enquiry Regarding Old Mineral Felt Roof

I have converted the garage into a games room and the ceiling has damp patches and the fuse has blown for the lighting. The roof has a drainage hole in one corner which is not very effective , as I have previously seen water pooling on top of the roof.  I would also like better insulation in the roof as there is a lot of heat loss and wind that comes through the ceiling light fittings.

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Solar Reflective Paint Asphalt

Insulating a Flat Roof With Tapered Insulation

Not only are we insulating this old felt roof, but we are also reversing the way the water drains on the roof; one side of the roof is going to be built up so that all the water drains in the opposite direction. In the attached photos you can see we’ve started to set up some of the insulation, and we’re working out just how this jigsaw puzzle goes together.

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