Felt shingles are an easier option to felt on apex roofs. They are nailed and adhesive used under the lower edges to keep them flat. They tend to be more expensive than sheet felt but guarantees last usually 15 years.
Richard
Second that, EPDM excellent stuff:)...
+1, when I helped a friend put up his (apparently) decent shed.
From the description it sounded as if the OP already had the single layer of shed felt, and was looking for a more effective fix...
You can get a silver reflective finish for that purpose:
When we moved in here there was a pent roof 12x8 shed in a fairly poor state of repair. I was able to rescue some non rotten bits of roof and floor to fix the rotten corner, but then had to put in a new ply floor and OSB roof deck. I did a couple of layers of 2mm torch-on underlay, and a 4mm torch-on cap sheet. I expect the rest of the shed will collapse under it before the roof fails!
I just add more layers, I can see no particularly good reason for removing old felt unless it's really disintegrating and flapping. I make sure the new layer is well fixed down and doesn't depend on the layer below to hold it down.
A friends luxury shed* costing thousands only came with a single layer of felt. There are different grades of roofing felt and some are advertised as having a much longer life than the cheap stuff.
I have seen sheds where the felting has been installed incorrectly, with the overlap the wrong way so that when water runs down the slope it gets under the felt.
The OP isn't clear what is leaking and his question about wrapping the shed in felt seems to be strange wording. Even with cheap sheds the walls don't tend to "leak". There may be open gaps where the wood has warped and the shed may be very draughty but seldom let in water.
Yes we had to buy extra to make the edges rounded rather than sharp as this isoften where it tends to crack. Brian
I lap up to the ridge. Work from the downwind side and use 2 battens per run with the second securing the lap. Not so easy to do the gutter drip but much less likely to fail due to wind lift.
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Can I put in a word for Onduline corrugated bitumen sheeting? Can be nailed or screwed over what is already existing. Not that expensive. Range of colours. It cost me just over £100 to cover the roof of a
6x8ft shed. Available from Wickes, free delivery, probably elsewhere, too.
The only way it does not depend on the layer below is if you nail through it, and that automatically makes it less water tight.
Its probably a moot point, it was a reply to a 12 year old thread, so they will likely never find it again being post 557,726 out of a total
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