Mar 24
Rubber Roofing Is This What You Need For Your Roof?
Rubber baby buggy bumpers. I’m rubber you’re glue, what you say bounces off me and sticks to you. Rubber ducky you’re the one. Rubber roofing. What? Rubber roofing? Stop pulling my leg, rubber roofing indeed. Yes there is. If rubber keeps rain and weather off a person when worn as a rain coat or rain boots, why not use rubber to keep water and the elements out of a house as a roof?
Number one with a rubber roof is a myth. It’s perfectly fine to install rubber roofing over an existing roof. After all, it saves time from removing the old roof and in areas where the old roof is intact there’s double protection. Wrong! Whatever the other reasons, no roofing manufacturer will honor a warranty of a roof that has not been installed on a completely clean surface. Removing the old roof is a necessary step one, even with a rubber roof.
Rubber roofs are easy to self install. They come in a variety of styles of both rolls and shingles. An ideal material for large flat roofs, rubber roofing will last for years, and won’t split or crack. Rubber roofing breathes and expands in response to weather changes, so it experiences less stress than other roofing materials. In fact the first rubber roof, has been performing in Wisconsin since 1980. That’s nearly three decades.
Adhesive is used to attach both roll and shingle rubber roofing to the roof. Ensure that the roof is as clean as possible with nothing protruding which could pierce the rubber. The surface must be dry and free of oils or dirt. So make sure to blow or sweep away and dirt.
Once the base is clean, the rubber roof should be rolled out onto the area being covered and cut to fit over vents and pipes. It’s a mistake to apply adhesive before the rubber roofing is cut and shaped. Think about it, you’ll understand why. When it has been fit then apply adhesive to about one half the roof at a time, rolling it back to apply the adhesive. Apply it evenly with a roller, then give it time to become tacky.
The roofing will be nearly impossible to lift once it’s stuck. So once the adhesive has set carefully roll the rubber roofing into place. Let the first half dry for about an hour before repeating the process with the second half.
The home or building now has a rubber roof. Imagine that.
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