Repairing Ripped Roofing Felt

This will cost around 460 510 made up of.

Repairing ripped roofing felt. You can fix tears in your roofing felt by putting a patch of new felt underneath. You can purchase self adhesive flashing which in small pieces should adhere well to the felt and should be suitable for the heat and cold experienced as roofing underlayment. Labour costs may then cost around 150 to 250 per day per worker. Felt shingles will weatherproof your roof cardboard will insulate.

Basic felt solutions cost around 50 per square metre for the material itself and more high end materials such as modern grp a form of fibreglass going up to 90 per square metre. Felt details for various roof slopes amp. If it s a small hole patch the felt then duct tape a piece of cardboard same size as hole onto the roof from the inside. The rips are small enough that this should be sufficient if you run into a larger rip you may need to choose a different method or support the flashing as it may fall off due to its weight if it s larger than a few square inches.

But make sure you check the instructions and leave enough time for the sealant to dry before sticking the new patch down. However given the nature of flat roof repair costs it can sometimes make sense to replace the entire roof. Where wind driven rain is working under the roof and causing leaks then the felt will need to be replaced. To replace a small section of roofing felt involves stripping the tiles from the roof and replacing felt between two joists.