How to Repair a Flat Roof with Liquid Roof

Roger repairs a troublesome flat roof that's had several failed fix attempts.

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[redpeony]

We were short 40, 000 trades people before Brexit, now it's just ridiculous. The Pros are No shows. I have to become a Jill of all trades, so these vids are life savers.

[lnostdal]

Great vid. I got to say it amazes me that people build roofs like these in a country where it rains 350 days of the year.

[dpowers]

Super helpful, a nightmare contractor left my roof unbolted for three months and it literally ripped in half and blew into the neighbors yard, This video really helped me get some time to patch it up until i rebild it. Used all of these tips and made it through a really heavy winter. Thank you so much.

[johnsmiths]

I'm loving the white pipework on the building next door going into the soil stack timed at 0.50 into the video

[KilliKonKarnage]

Brilliant stuff just what I needed. Been almost 10yrs on a felt roof. Might even put this on top of those sheds!

[gregoryclark]

I like how seriously you do your work. I would feel confident if you repaired my roof.

[peterhanson]

Amazing what a good plumber can put his hand to nowadays. Great job as always. Now I know what to do with my flat roof. Thanks 🙏

[denty]

These cold applied certainly have their place, but they will never outlast asphalt. Cracking video Rodger

[brianwood]

Lovely job Roger, be nice to revisit in 5 years time, just to see how it's doing and is the client happy with it?

[walter.bellini]

Roger what a delight you are!
I have been watching and enjoying your wonderful informative videos
You have a way of delivering information in a way that is easy to understand, and you arrange things so that you build our knowledge
Thank you

[danettewilliams]

Thank You from the flat roof state of New Mexico USA

[Chris-mtth]

Roof repairs don't cost anything, it's on the house. 😎

[rajivvashm]

Roger, great video (again !). Perfect solution for the flat section on my loft Dorma. Yep, the roofers said complete rip and start again; (& yet these materials can't cost more than few hundred pounds) - top man.

[peterwood]

Around three years ago, we tried a product out on flat roofs called Polyurcoat, there were lots of problems. All we did for weeks on end, was to go back and fix each roof, with Rinus shield.

[raymondmontgomery]

Thank you for the video. Not sure what the product actually is but i am thinking we would have a hard time closing any quotes with all that is needed...Not a fan of elastomerics but for some roofs that don't really need to extend their service life so many years out i guess it is an OK fix. Our company has used pretty much everything out there over the last 25 years. We use only one products after 8 years of success and not callbacks. There is a Liquid butyl rubber made by epdm coatings. What we like about it is that it does not need a primer for any of the roof types we have applied it over that goes for metal, BUR, epdm, foam but NOT silicone. Also it is a one coat application so we close much more business with this product because we come in as the lowest bid! It is a solvent product so primarily the reason it last all the years. I guess every product has a particular use but as a roofing company we want to use a product that will last and has a history of success. Looking forward to your future videos thank You

[lazylad]

Concrete roofs are known for problems. Bitumen won't stick and paint cracks. That blue stuff looks decent👍👍

[KendalSmithy]

Interesting because just today I recoated a concrete garage roof. Last year I did it with one coat of Evercryl Grey but ran out and finished it with Bostik Flexacryl Grey. Since then the Evercryl had cracked in a few places and begun to peel where I had coated it too thinly over the previous layer of bitumen. But the Bostik Flexacryl was still good, so today I put a second coat of Bostik's Flexacryl over the whole roof. I'll be checking it again next year to see how it stands up to another British winter.

[iantarncarpentry]

Nicely done Roger. Proper job, that roof shouldn’t leak now!

[sirbillmumptono.b.e.]

Many thanks ... just what I was searching for. Every angle covered ... nicely explained etc.

[tom-dnmd]

Right, fair play for having a go as a hands on fella. Few points. Wet on wet rule of thumb 2kg per m2, fleece, 1kg per m2. Laying the fleece over the first layer of liquid, you must fully embed the fleece (missed in the video) take your roller and dry roll the fleece till you see the liquid coming through it. Then apply the top layer. If you don't do this the roof will debond and come up in winds, likely to happen here unfortunately. Secondly mouse holes in the felt laps. Patch to have 150mm laps onto area. Don't use the fiber as it's for difficult details only. Cut a square of fleece amd do 2 layer wet on wet as above. 3rd rule. Go to a manufacturer such as Bauder and ask them to spec the roof. The guarentee is insurance backed and covers products and workmanship for 20years minimum. Roofing is full of have a goes and pretenders. Go to a commercial contractor that's doing large scale projects, they will do your roof and do it properly. We are such a contractor.