How To Repair A Hole In Roof Felt

If a leak is difficult to find enlist a helper and go up on the roof with a garden hose.

How to repair a hole in roof felt. To make even minor roof repairs you must have an ordinary ladder and a roof ladder. Isolate areas when you run the hose. Screw the batten in place nailing may dislodge tiles. Instead of replacing the felt roof we decided to use a product call.

The ladder to the roof should have a stand off bracket so it rests against the wall rather than the guttering. Use the putty knife or your finger to spread the caulk around to cover the hole. Use a caulking gun to apply caulk to seal any holes that appear in the roof. Make sure the caulk is rated for the temperatures and apply it liberally so you don t create a water pocket.

Alternately get more roofing felt and a tube of roofing caulk and glue felt patches over the rips with the caulk. We had a problem with our shed workshop flat felt roof leaking and needed a quick repair. From inside cut across the lowest part of the damage from rafter to rafter cut a piece of slaters felt 50 100mm wider than the rafter rafter size and taper this both sides slide the tapered edge into the cut and pin the sides to the rafters using lengths of batten. A common problem is when roofing felt on a roof with an enclosed soffit disintegrates around the eaves of a roof.

The wheels allow it to be pushed up the roof without dislodging loose tiles. Start low soaking the area just above where the leak appears in the house. Repairing felt around the eaves.