Old Roof Felt

Grab loose pieces of felt and pull them off the roof with your hands.

Old roof felt.

I d like to match the new roof to the old one but i can t find a source anywhere. The existing house has a metal tile roof with a stamped pattern. No 15 felt and no. Felt is often used on wood shingle shake roofs and there is quite a bit of overlap.

Felt roofing underlayment is typically available in two types. Roofing shingles and materials plus factory certified roofers including ratings from real homeowners from north america s largest roofing manufacturer. 4 or 5 years ago it cost us 6k ish for a 13 x 4 m 52 sq m flat roof in fibre glass. Actually i attended a roof seminar 10 yrs ago or so and they stressed removing the old felt their theory was the old felt acts like a dry sponge and removes the good properties from the new application.

Apply pressure and chisel away at it until it comes loose. Felt roofing underlayment is one of the oldest types of roofing underlayment. Sources for old roofing products photo by courtesy of anr roofing. For pieces that aren t coming loose press a putty knife underneath it.

Item 656632 model 0903000. Im not sure i buy into this thinking the whole way. Metre felt roof with fibre glass. Including removal of old felt and failed decking installation of 100 mm celotext between ceiling rafters new deck in 22mm osb3 and the glass fibre covering.

The home we re buying has two layers of composition shingles and the seller assures us that the new layer is only 1 year old. Remove old felt from the roof with your hands and a putty knife. As mentioned if you are replacing a roof the felt is likely to come off as part of the strip off. It s created by saturating paper or fiberglass mat with asphalt.

I m building an addition to an early 1930s one story home with a hip roof. Gaf shingle mate 36 in x 144 ft 400 sq ft felt roof underlayment. Residential and commercial roofing shingles slate roof ventilation roof underlayments asphaltic and tpo roof membranes. Roofing felt isn t always necessary when using shingles.

For more than 25 years organizations such as the national roofing contractors association nrca and the canadian asphalt shingle manufacturer s association casma have included roofing felt in their roofing and waterproofing recommendations. In the industry go overs.