Laying A Rubber Roof

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Laying a rubber roof.

Before doing anything with your rubber roof take the time to thoroughly clean the roof. The rolls are applied to a completely cleaned stripped roof deck that has been coated in adhesive. Installing an epdm rubber roof. Also apply the contact adhesive to the back of the rubber membrane.

Rubber can withstand high winds and even hail up to three inches in diameter. Many rubber roofs laid down in the 1970s are still in use today. Classicbond rubber roofing epdm whether you are a roofing professional or home owner and looking for a flat rubber roofing material that is both sustainable. Step 1 clean off the roof.

This is still the case for the primary or base roof. Step 3 apply adhesive. Another large advantage of rubber is that if the roof ever does have a leak repairs are fast easy and extremely inexpensive. This will extend the roof deck so that.

Install the drip batten wherever a gutter is present. Then using the paint roller roll on the adhesive onto the roof deck covering about a four foot section. One piece rubber roof fully adhered. We are going to adhere the rubber roof in small sections roughly four foot sections until we work our way across the entire roof.

This is the type of system i like to install best one of the key strengths of a rubber roof is the lack of joints and therefore potential leaks epdm rubber membrane can be cut to virtually any size from one piece without joins up to 15m x 30m. Rubber shingles can be used in addition to a flat rubber roof to improve the appearance. Start by placing the new rubber roof roll on one end of the roof. How to install a classicbond one piece epdm rubber roof roof deck preparation.

Be sure the roof surface is clean free of dust dirt rust oil grease and loose material. The rolls are cut to fit then unrolled across the roof and smoothed out to avoid air bubbles. Apply contact adhesive to roof perimeter apply a thin coat of contact adhesive to the roof deck perimeter approximately 150mm width and any vertical upstands. For many years the only way you could cover a flat roof was with rolled rubber roofing.

Step 2 roll out rubber membrane.