How To Fold Felt Roof Corners
Begin laying out your roofing felt by starting at one corner.
How to fold felt roof corners. Let it stand for about 30 minutes and then using galvanized nails and your hammer nail down the first layer. 1 5mtr x 1 5mtr with a felted flat roof. How to fold inner corners. The original builder rot him put a 30cm parapit around it with one brick removed to allow the water to escape.
Roll the felt so that it overhangs the edge by 2 inches. Small sheds usually require about 100 to 150 clout nails. You might need battens as well to secure the felt at the edges and up down the eaves if it s a pitched roof. How to felt a shed roof laying out the felt.
Hur gummiduken skall vikas vid innerhörn. I am re roofing my porch. So i have 4 inturnal corners and a chute to felt. Roll the felt out onto the roof and adjust it to accommodate for the overhang at the front back and lower edge.
Lay the roll of roofing felt on the corner and let it overhang by three inches on each side. Lay down felt and secure to roof. Roll your felt out on the roof and cut it to fit with a utility knife. How do you make a corner without cutting the felt and weakening the proofing or folding it and making a total bodge.
Space each nail apart by about 30 to 36 inches 76 to 91 cm along the side of the felt closest to the roof s peak and 12 inch 30 5 cm along the side closest to the ground. Step 3 secure felt to roof. Move the roll of felt which you ve now severed from the strip on the roof up and out of your way. Once you get to the edge of the roof or when the roll runs out start nailing the felt.
First decide how much overhang you need at the lowest edge of the roof to prevent rain water dripping onto the underside of the roof. Continue rolling out the felt until you reach the roof hip on the other end. Roll it out along the edge keeping a three inch overhang. If you don t the felt might end up in your neighbour s garden.