scots_lass
Senior Member
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- Small village in Fife
A bit of builders plastic sheeting tacked down with galvanised nails will do a temporary repair. Make sure the join is under the top piece of felt as said. Sorted.
The Shed is Shedding...
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Davidc
Guru
- Location
- Somerset UK
Felt and the right felt nails are the only effective cure.
Phone round shed firms and roofing suppliers and ask if they have any short offcuts of the right length.
When you've found some go round to pick it up - don't pay for delivery and use a bit of girlie behaviour to get more discount and a volunteer to fix it for you. if not then just find someone you know who's more confident at DIY than you are to do it.
Don't let DIY supermarket chains rip you off!
Phone round shed firms and roofing suppliers and ask if they have any short offcuts of the right length.
When you've found some go round to pick it up - don't pay for delivery and use a bit of girlie behaviour to get more discount and a volunteer to fix it for you. if not then just find someone you know who's more confident at DIY than you are to do it.
Don't let DIY supermarket chains rip you off!
S_t_e_v_e
Veteran
- Location
- Derbyshire
Last summer I bought some roofing felt from Wilkinsons which was the cheapest around here... and a packet of galvanised roofing nails.
There is heavy grade felt for houses, flat roofs etc. Then there is shed roofing felt which is thinner, B+Q do sell it, but for sheds is ideal and costs half the price of the thick stuff. A box of galvanised thump head nails will set you back another couple of quid.
and it's easier to get in place - but it does tear
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punkypossum
Donut Devil
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- My own little planet...
Hmph...felt it is then by the sounds of it, but thanks for all the advice! There is a local shed building place near me, run by integrate as a charity....Might see if they got any left overs I could have in return for a donation....
As for saving the old stuff, it was literally torn to shreds, where it had been ripped off the nails, so in the bin it went.
If this rain ever stops, I'll have a go - if you dont hear from me again, I've fallen off the ladder! I HATE LADDERS!!!
As for saving the old stuff, it was literally torn to shreds, where it had been ripped off the nails, so in the bin it went.
If this rain ever stops, I'll have a go - if you dont hear from me again, I've fallen off the ladder! I HATE LADDERS!!!
Over The Hill
Guru
- Location
- Ridden off into the sunset
How tall is your shed punky?
Will you be 3 feet off the ground?
Re felt, best to roll it along the slope (start at the bottom) but you can go down the roof if you ovelap a good amount.
Get the same nails as the old ones, they will be the right length, there is about 3 sizes.
Cut the felt to size with an overlap at the end. Then bring the felt indoors overnight to warm up a bit. In the cold it is stiffer an shrinks. Warm it is softer and stretched. bring each bit out in turn and nail them down right away. On a sunny day is best.
Nail about 5cm gaps around the edge and 30cm squares all over to hold it down if you do not glue it.
This is all assuming it is a sloping roof! if it is flat then you need to seal the joins and stick it all down. and is quite a different job.
Will you be 3 feet off the ground?
Re felt, best to roll it along the slope (start at the bottom) but you can go down the roof if you ovelap a good amount.
Get the same nails as the old ones, they will be the right length, there is about 3 sizes.
Cut the felt to size with an overlap at the end. Then bring the felt indoors overnight to warm up a bit. In the cold it is stiffer an shrinks. Warm it is softer and stretched. bring each bit out in turn and nail them down right away. On a sunny day is best.
Nail about 5cm gaps around the edge and 30cm squares all over to hold it down if you do not glue it.
This is all assuming it is a sloping roof! if it is flat then you need to seal the joins and stick it all down. and is quite a different job.
snorri
Legendary Member
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- East coast, up a bit.
mickle
innit
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I have spare felt and nails from a recent shed re-do.
I also have a small ten year old girl who is excellent at climbing around on shed roofs and handy with a hammer.
She's expensive though.
I also have a small ten year old girl who is excellent at climbing around on shed roofs and handy with a hammer.
She's expensive though.
It depends how long you want it to last. I have used quite successfully some Bitumen type paint to waterproof a shed roof temporarily. But to be honest, it's so easy to do a half decent job just by tacking down some felt. B & Q and the like, aren't very competitive on prices and I would be looking at an alternative source (e.g. local building supply companies) for cheaper felt.
I would not use felt, you only want to do this repair once don't you? I ripped off my shed felt before erecting the thing!
Buy some EPDM rubber (Firestone preferably), bond it to your wood in one piece with contact adhesive. If you want to save £20-25 in adhesive, then drape it over and clamp it around the perimeter but make sure that there is no opportunity for wind penetration. I have spare but it's costly to send as it weighs 1.5kg per sq/m, so, unless you are near Leeds ring around for a local supplier.
There is "paint on" product that I know will work, it's called Aquashield and is on the Brittania Paints website it's a fibrous paint, horrible to work with but leaves a good, light grey, uniform finish. However, if it was my shed I'd be using EPDM, it has no seams to fail and will outlast your shed.
Buy some EPDM rubber (Firestone preferably), bond it to your wood in one piece with contact adhesive. If you want to save £20-25 in adhesive, then drape it over and clamp it around the perimeter but make sure that there is no opportunity for wind penetration. I have spare but it's costly to send as it weighs 1.5kg per sq/m, so, unless you are near Leeds ring around for a local supplier.
There is "paint on" product that I know will work, it's called Aquashield and is on the Brittania Paints website it's a fibrous paint, horrible to work with but leaves a good, light grey, uniform finish. However, if it was my shed I'd be using EPDM, it has no seams to fail and will outlast your shed.
Headgardener
Armchair Cyclist
slowmotion
Quite dreadful
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- lost somewhere
Paint, gloop, and other "wonder-coatings" are only as good as the substrate. They all work in an ideal world, but if you have a dodgy, rotten, timber roof, el-cheapo roofing felt with a few overlapping nailed seams will win by a mile.
....unless the roof is flat, as someone so wisely pointed out...
....unless the roof is flat, as someone so wisely pointed out...
