Gluing roofing felt

Don't use either, get a tin of Ruberoid lap adhesive or similar. Do not get it on your clothes or skin, it stains.

|Hi | | |I want to glue 2 strips of roofing felt where they overlap, as theyre |on a very shallow sloped roof. Is deckbond ok for this? Or less likely, |exterior no more nails type adhesives? This is for shed roof, not |house. | |I realise gluing felt with a 4" overlap on a very low pitch roof is not |ideal, but I can either do this and come back and reroof in several |years, or reroof completely now, plus I've already got the bits to do |the glue job, plus access time will be tight, so the quick option makes |more sense this time.

I used bitumen out of a tin, spread with a sweeping brush. Held with galvanised clout nails. Still waterproof after many years.

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You nailed the bitumen down? I'm bloody glad we don't get wind like that round here!

|The message |from Dave Fawthrop contains these words: | |> I used bitumen out of a tin, spread with a sweeping brush. Held with |> galvanised clout nails. Still waterproof after many years. | |You nailed the bitumen down? I'm bloody glad we don't get wind like that |round here!

Oversnipping is a curse of usenet :-(

You don't live in Kent then? ;->

Seriously, I just re-felted the shed after the wind ripped the entire centre strip off - For a small shed (2.5x1.5m ish) I used 3/4 gallon of black goop, *and* clout nails every 3" (closer at the sides of the roof). Goop is cheap and nails are cheap, so I figured - what the hell...

Cheers

Tim

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Used to. Kemsing then Otford.