Ensure that all surfaces are clean dry and free from oil grease dirt and organic growth.
How to use roofing felt adhesive.
Porous surfaces should be treated with bitumen primer and allowed to dry thoroughly.
I pay about 27 for 4mm sbs torch on usually 1.
Where are you getting cheap torchable.
I do always use garage grade felt though as its much better quality than the.
I d like to avoid using adhesive if possible who wouldn t to refelt my 8 x 5 gable roof shed.
Wickes felt is only 13 for the.
Bostik bituminous felt adhesive for roofs is a cold applied solvent borne bituminous adhesive for bonding all types of roofing felt.
Taking the time to properly prepare the sheathing will make all the difference in how quickly and easily the felt paper is installed.
I should have said felt glue cost more than just torch on felt.
No need for adhesive 90 of sheds have none just get a good lap on the felt.
When the roof is dry use a paint roller to apply waterproof paint or primer to the surface to be the adhesive for the felt.
The rolls of felt are quite heavy and to avoid damage must be handled with care.
If you want a quick fix just torch on a top coat over whatever is there.
The cementone feltfix bituminous roof felt adhesive is a solvent based bitumen product primarily designed to bond roof felt to roof substrates such as concrete existing felt and metal among others.
It should not be used over tar based products.
It can also be used as a roof gritting adhesive for bonding mineral chippings to bituminous substrates.
It is suitable for use over asphalt felt and metal.
Installing the roofing felt does take care but can go very quickly.
These thick layers of roofing felt are installed by heating the back of the felt with a butane torch and then carefully applying it to the roof.
The best time to lay a felt roof using cold applied adhesive is when the weather is warm but this means that working on a flat roof can be exhausting work with the sun s heat and the heat reflected from the felt already laid.
Roofing felt adhesive solvent based adhesive for bonding successive layers of roofing membranes and to bond overlaps on single layer installations that are nailed to timber.
Chukka63 7 dec 2009 2.
