How To Fix A Flat Roof In The Winter

Ensure the area to be repaired is completely dry.

How to fix a flat roof in the winter.

Be careful since being on the roof can be dangerous especially during icy winters. Position an extension ladder at one edge of the roof. Go above the leaking area and search around it trying to determine how the water could flow down the roof and into the rooms below. You nail shingles to the roof of course but each shingle has a tar strip on it that causes it to stick to the shingle that overlaps it.

A propane torch can be used to warm up the surface of the roof as the felt tend to dry and brittle in winter and needs to be warmed up before repairing. Locate the source of the leak. For a flat roof. Flat roofs must be installed on a very specific mild slope so that the water can drain off properly and if the drains and scuppers aren t cleared regularly this increases the chance of a leak.

Examine the roof s slope above the area you measured. In the wintertime ice has no problem building up under the roof membrane shingles and gutters. Get a sturdy ladder and climb onto your roof. Look for areas where the tar have separated or cracked from the roof.

The ice builds back up when it reaches the wall line where the house is heated and it creates an interior drip. Proper ventilation rain and ice shields along with installing a drip edge will help prevent this problem. Because work is limited during the winter season contractors compete for work and lower their prices to get the job. A flat roof is no more or less likely to leak than a pitched roof it all comes down to the design and the competence with which it is installed.

Open a container of wet application roof mastic with a screwdriver and carry the container and a wooden applicator to the roof. 3 start at the.