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Date Posted: Thu, Nov 14 2002, 6:48am
Author: Maryanne
Subject: Flat roof repair- torching it - rubberizing HELP

Good day. I have a 2 sf flat roof above my kitchen that has begun to leak. the black paper is all buckled. i think i can do this myself, but i don't understand torch down. can't i just scrap all this paper off? do i have to go to the wood, or just a few layers down (i know there's a lot of that black muck stuff on it as well). then i want to rubber(ize) it. i'm getting what I believe are outrageous estimates to do this work. is there a definite site i can go to or some reading material on step-by-step?
thank you kindly for any help you can offer.

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[> Re: Flat roof repair- torching it - rubberizing HELP -- A Roofer, Sun, Nov 17 2002, 6:32am

You have gotten a bunch of estimates and you think they are all outrageous? You mean there is a conspiracy among all roofing contractors to rip you off? Why didn't you tell me what the estimates came in at for this? Would I have been astonished that you would find them to be outrageous? I might have told you to continue shopping?

What paper? Torchdown has a cap sheet nailed down to the deck then the torchdown is torched onto the cap sheet. Do you own a torch? You can ruin torchdown if you get it too hot with the torch. Yes, you should go to the wood! Replace all the scuppers. The most important thing is that you repair the deck once you get to the wood where I'm pretty sure you'll find water damage. If it had only one layer on it I could say go over it but not with how you make it sound. Is it possible that under the top layers there might be a hot mop roof under all this? I think you should pay someone to do it right! Make sure they state everything they will do in writing and give a WRITTEN workmanship warranty. Its a pretty good rule that the most defined proposals get the best work. I don't think you should do this yourself.

Tim Soth / A Roofer


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[> [> Re: Flat roof repair- torching it - rubberizing HELP -- homedude, Tue, Nov 19 2002, 3:15pm

Two years ago I hired out my low pitch dormer roof. 30 x 24, 1/12 pitch. Had rolled roofing, one layer. Leaked like a sieve. I looked at torch-down asphalt, but liked the durability of EPDM. I went with full adhesion fibre re-inforced 1/16" thick EPDM. This was a two day job for 2 pros. Strip of 1 layer rolled, clean the deck, attach substrate ( a spongy wood/paper board to provide support and impact give/resistance) and glue and stick two 12' wide passes of EPDM. Only had 1 protrusion to go around. Total cost was $3500. Not cheap, but a professional job that will last at least 10-15 years and is way easier to patch ( i.e. more EPDM and some rubber cement ) than torch-down asphalt ( i.e. tar and pray ). Looking back I could have done the EPDM myself, but the artwork was the metal flashing to secure it at the edges where it is most vulnerable. That was best left to pros with more patience with metal forming than I. Good Luck!


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[> Re: Flat roof repair- torching it - rubberizing HELP -- johanna (not happy), Mon, Feb 19 2007, 1:14am

I have a new torched roof ( 3 months old) on a work in progress room addition that I just noticed is leaking since I had insulation installed. I already fired the contractor due to his shoddy work and need to know what I can do to repair that roof.


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[> [> Re: Flat roof repair- torching it - rubberizing HELP -- Regina Moorer, Tue, Feb 27 2007, 5:12am

Is $400.00 dollars too much money to charge somebody to buy supplies of a vinel coating and putting the roof on too much money.


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