How To Remove Roofing Felt

My arm is covered in roof felt adhesive after re felting one of my shed roofs this afternoon.

How to remove roofing felt.

Lengths remove the backing and adhere the sticky side to the roof sheathing along eave edges. You must remove any rotted pieces of wood on the roof and replace them with your plywood planks. For pieces that aren t coming loose press a putty knife underneath it. On a flat roof it is possible you ll need to remove gutters.

Remove the gutters from the perimeter of the roof. Step 4 cut ice and water barrier to about 8 ft. Remove old felt from the roof with your hands and a putty knife. Don t be intimidated by the toughest part of re roofing the tear off.

We ll also show you how to button up the roof by applying new ice and water barrier and felt paper. Clean the roof with a push broom and remove or pound in any remaining fasteners. This is done to ensure a flat surface for the roof felt. Is there a way of insulating my loft replacing the felt without removing all the tiles as this will cost 5500.

Also you will need to remove any old felt on the roof as well as any nails or roof staples. Some flat roofing may not have standard gutters but many will. Pull out nails that are holding felt to the roof using the sharp end of a claw. Apply pressure and chisel away at it until it comes loose.

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