Quickest Easiest Cheapest Flat Roof Install - only Hammer, knife, trowel, tin snips - DIY Home Owner

This is the fastest, easiest, and Cheapest Flat Roof installation you can do yourself. If you only knew how easy it is to install a flat roof membrane, you would think twice about hiring a roofing contractor. The most challenging part is getting the materials onto the roof.
You only need a hammer, knife, trowel, and tin snips, and you can install a flat roof membrane within 2 hours.
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Chapters:
0:00 Making Roofing Contractors Mad
1:11 Flashing on a flat roof
1:21 Removing old drip edges
1:48 Demonstrating Peel and Stick base
2:45 How to cut drip edge for corner
5:22 Installing the cap sheet
9:20 Use Karnak Trowel Grade for adhesives

[CherryClayton]

This is how you teach a course on home maintenance class. Salute to you, Professor's . Basics 101..

[-mejor-que-nostradamus-]

You Are A Good Man And
A Good Teacher,
Other People Who Do Roof
Service Will Get Angry With You
For This Video.
Amén.

[monkeyboy]

This video helped me repair the roof on my home. Thank you very much.

[sandrabraga]

Thanks Not everyone have 10.000 thousand dollars to fix a flat roof.
Thanks for your help. 👍💖

[loktom]

If it does the job and doesn't leak, it's a good job well done 👏.

[MrPcl]

Great videos, I’m learning a lot and so are the people on the flight along with me. Passengers around me were very impressed with your videos as well. Keep up the great work!

[captainronwertz]

You Sir, are an excellent teacher/instructor. Thank you for sharing your skill, knowledge and cautions. I feel very confident to proceed with my new low slope roof. Again, thank you sir.

[ko.ko]

WOW! Thankyou! kind sir ! for your time and for thinking of others and explaining everything in detail 😇

[lizzapaolia]

Great video. Definitely saving thousands of dollars. Thank you for sharing your videos 🙏

[bottlefed]

Hello all, Just wanted to add my experience on this method.
Way before this video back in 1998 I had a leaking built up tar and gravel roof on a slightly pitched addition to my house. I removed the entire old roof back to the rafters and installed sheathing, then I installed a cap a layer of peel and stick roll roofing ( I think it was a GAF product) and then a final layer of sand coated roll roofing. Since it was my own house I followed the instructions carefully and took my time rolling the surface with a 100 lb roller to ensure good adhesion.
Well here we are in 2022 and the roof is still in great shape, hardly even find any sand in the gutter when I clean them.

[armedmariner]

Brother - you are my hero. I mean it. I was wondering how I was going to do a small flat roof off the end of my house and now I know!

[koragraceful]

So thankful to learn this! We have not been able to find any roofer willing to patch a small 3x5 foot roof so this should do the trick!

[chnapz]

Hi Doc ! I just wanted to thank you and your wife so much for all your videos which I have looked at over and over before actually believing I could do this. I have just finished my flat re-roofing project here in NB, Canada on a 9 ft x 18ft double sloped flat roof. I bought the GAF liberty cap sheet at home depot. They did not sell the base so I contacted a local commercial roofing supplier and bought some Elastoplex SA Y Polyglass as a base sheet.
My challenge was to start on each end of my roof to overlap my way up to the peak to lay my final cap sheet.
I also followed your advice and found myself a wonderful wife who helped me carry the rolls up the stairs (I'm a skinny dude lol), I cant carry them by myself. If you want I can share photos of my project to show anybody can do this. I'm a barber and I never thought I would tackle a project like this.
Today it's raining, and it' great to see that the drip edge is working, no more leaks.
THANK YOU for sharing a thing or two with us, bla bla bla
Pat

[rafaeldelagrana]

Thank you, you’ve been a great help to me, just repaired my flat roof saved a whole bunch of money the job came out great I am thankful.

[Chubbycat]

Thanks for the vids. After owning a home and having leak problems, I've found it interesting ever since (finding/stopping leaks).

[markschlechte]

Great video, I like how you provide commentary video on the actual video along with a brief 'hands on' commentary piece. I need to fix my porch which is leaking with just shingles and I think this will help me tackle it.

[JamesMarriott-vn]

Absolutely brilliant. I think you have just saved me a fortune. As I live in England, I need to check this out and see if we have the same materials here. Thank you.

[crusher-]

absolutely awesome video. great job sir. My next roof job will be this type. Thank you and keep'em coming.

[grominwithrob]

That is spot on with the drip edge. I used to do HVAC and we did all our own duct work and plenums. We also made drip edge on our benders for the roofers across the street. We made large flanges so lots of bonding area. The roofers loved it and used it as an demonstration piece when explaining why you should go with their bid. They were not wrong, they were the best because they ALWAYS did it right. More cost effective when you do a good job that generated buisness and never have to deal with the expense of a come back. 👍👍👍👍

[wanonalanier]

Hi Doc! I just wanted to let you know that I have been watching you and you're precious wife doing these videos, and it gave me the courage to do a flat roof on a sandbag dog househere on my farm. 😊
My dog house is almost finished and I will be putting a rubber flat roof on. It is a 34' X 24' and I am building it by myself. 😂 But I am used to working hard. I will send a picture when I am finished.