Greetings, can anyone tell me the correct procedure for laying roofing felt onto a flat roof. We have just had our patio roof recovered with 3 layers of roofing felt and its leaking.
In England hot (or cold) bitumen tar is spread onto the roof and the rolls of felt are rolled out onto it. Usually 3 layers are applied finishing in what we call Green Mineral felt. The guy who did this work here in Holland simply rolled out the felt and flashed a gas burner over the back of the roofing felt as he did so. Would this be a enough to make it watertight and is it the correct way to do things?
jim
In England hot (or cold) bitumen tar is spread onto the roof and the rolls of felt are rolled out onto it. Usually 3 layers are applied finishing in what we call Green Mineral felt. The guy who did this work here in Holland simply rolled out the felt and flashed a gas burner over the back of the roofing felt as he did so. Would this be a enough to make it watertight and is it the correct way to do things?
jim
