Garden Shed Roof

JoeJoe · 2017-10-22T19:05:06+00:00

Our shed has a single layer of felt on its sloped roof nailed in place with battens nailed over along the edges. The shed is free-standing. It has now developed a leak. My plan is to recover it with new felt - preferably two layers (or more - as many as I can get out of the role). I may be missing a trick, but I cannot see any roofing felt on Screwfix's website. All I see are underlay felt. Is that the same thing? Alternatively, corrugated plastic sheets seem to be pretty cheap, so it got me thinking... What would using those instead involve? I see that I will need screws (as in or similar). But, what would stop the water from running down the underside of the sheet though? Would I need one of these as well? TIA.

Oct 22, 2017 21 Replies

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tabbypurr 8 years ago

A patch done well enough can last for years. Eg apply bitumen, apply scrap cloth, apply bitumen, sprinkle on sand. Synthetic fibres last better than natural.

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JoeJoe 8 years ago

Thanks all for the advice - much appreciated!

I had a look again at the corrugated felt-like sheets, and although they looked much better than felt, it worked out at ~£100 for the job. Since we are not planning to stay in this house for more than 5ish years, I bought a role of better-quality felt (they claim it would last 15 years), a tin of adhesive + nail, and

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