No matter how costly and durable the roof of the house is blocked, sooner or later time comes to think about repair. At the present time, a huge number of different roofing materials have been on sale, but price does not always mean quality.
Durable, reliably durable and inexpensive - all these words can accurately convey the characteristics inherent in a wooden roof covered with a roofing felt. The guarantee of good quality of laying this material is observance of all, even the most insignificant and small nuances. In the event that roofing material is chosen for covering roofing, compliance with the requirements is particularly relevant. Therefore, it is necessary to approach with full responsibility the choice of the material used in the process of roof overlapping. The ruberoid is one of the easiest and easiest ways to cover a roof. This is the main reason why he so quickly gained popularity.
Scope and varieties
Ruberoid is one of the actively used materials for overlapping, as well as protection against moisture ingress on many construction sites. It is often used for repairs to repair worn roofs of buildings, waterproofing certain elements of the house. Also often ruberoid is used for waterproofing wooden floors.
A wide spreading of roofing felt was due to low cost and good indicators of protection from wind and moisture. Making overlapping roof with the help of ruberoid, apply several types of material:
- Rubemast.
- Steklorrueroid.
- Euroruberoid.
The ruberoid is made from very dense cardboard or fiberglass, impregnated with a low-melting bitumen. The top layer is impregnated with refractory bitumen, and then covered with a special protective powder. Rubemast is also produced on the same basis, but it is impregnated with an astringent bitumen. This material is better tolerated by cracking during temperature changes and is more plastic in use. Steklorrueroid in its composition resembles rubemast, but instead of compact cardboard in production, glass cloth is used. And polyester is used as the basis of the eurorebearer.
Benefits of Ruberoid
Among the main advantages of all types of roofing felt are the following qualities:
- strength;
- lightness and ductility;
- durability;
- easy-to-install installation work on the roof of a non-standard shape.
Possessing these indicators, the roofing material has positively proved itself in the repair work and roof overlap entirely. When overlapping the roof should not be ignored by simple, but very important rules for roofing:
- Mounting of roofing material must be done on windless days, preferably in the warm season. It is also necessary to follow the rules of unfolding roofing felt on the roof.
- The ruberoid must be spread over a previously prepared clean surface, which must first be cleaned of various small objects. If unevenness is detected during operation, they should be leveled with a polymer mixture and then the roofing material should be fixed to the roof.
- The base of the roof must be primed.
- The places of all joints, as well as near each water channel, must be carefully treated with a special waterproofing mastic. The greatest attention should be paid to the processing of the joints of the parapet.
- To accumulate water quietly flowed from under the joints of the roofing material, it is desirable to install a aerator on the roof.
Methods of fixing sheets of roofing material
The ruberoid is usually covered with two methods, using edge welding or mechanical fastening. If the first method is used for fastening, the lower part of the roofing material should be warmed up properly. For these purposes, experienced roofers use a gas burner. After reheating, the roll is rolled out and pressed down to the roof surface. The prepared strips of ruberoid are overlapped. Next, you need to weld the seams of the strips. To mount the roofing material, using a mechanical method on a wooden basis on the roof, it is necessary to prepare the hammer in advance and what to fasten: screws and nails, dowels.
Any of the types of roofing material described above has a special fastening made of plastic or sheet metal, it is precisely this that makes it possible to securely fix the layers of the laid roofing material. The fastener is distributed, depending on the strength and plasticity of the selected type of roofing coating. For a finer roofing material it is necessary to fasten using a small step, and for a thicker one, the gap between the fasteners can be increased by 3-4 cm. In the process of the mechanical method, it is much easier to avoid the appearance of tears and unnecessary bends in the most vulnerable places.
Basics of installation
Covering the roof with a roofing felt is the simplest and most inexpensive way of covering roofing. When fulfilling all technological requirements, it is possible to make a beautiful roof, which, by its qualities and indices, will not yield much more expensive coating, for example, from galvanized sheet steel. The cost of overlapping the roof in the first option is significantly different. Another feature of the roofing felt is that it can be spread on a flat roof of multi-storey buildings, without any bias, what to do is unreal with other popular roofing materials.
The slope of the roof of the building is directly related to the number of necessary layers of roofing material. If the angle of the roof is 45 degrees or more, you need to lay two or three layers of roofing material. And when laying roofing material on the roof with an angle of 20 degrees - you need to add one more layer. At small inclines of a roof it is recommended to lay up to 4 layers of roofing material. For flat surfaces, apply 5 layers.
When laying the inner layers of the roof, ruberoid of grade M (with a fine coating) is applied, while for external laying, a ruberoid of grade K or P (with large and scaly powder) is used.
To fix the roofing material to the roof, and also to fix the adjacent rows and additional layers, use cold and hot mastics.
When installing coatings with a roofing material, it is allowed to use both cold and hot mastics, but when laying roofing felts it is recommended to use only hot mastics. To cover the roofing material with concrete, it is necessary to use bitumen-polymer substances, which ensure reliable adhesion of concrete to the ruberoid. Advantages with the technology of laying roofing paper are the speed and ease of installation, the convenience of the installation and the durability of the roof, as well as the simplicity of the process. All the actions can be done with their own hands, without resorting to the help of professional roofers.
Safety during laying
Working independently, it is extremely important to adhere to the technology of laying and, of course, do not forget about measures of your own safety:
- work on the roof is necessary in gloves and protective suit;
- moving along the roof surface should be neat, not missing the edge of the roof;
- so as not to fall down, when working not a roof, you need to use a safety wire.
Roofing with a roofing felt is not very difficult, for independent work it is not necessary to have many years of practice and a significant amount of knowledge acquired in the field of construction. In order to block the roof itself, it is sufficient to observe precautions and the correct application of the stowage technology. Do not forget about weather conditions, the correct number of layers of roofing material and carefully choose the type of suitable mastic. The popularity of ruberoid is explained by all the listed advantages of this material. In addition, the repair work is much easier than complete laying.
How to lay and fasten ruberoid professionals, you can see the video.
Once very popular, roofing felt and now is used as a roofing material. And, although such a roof in its elegance can not be compared, for example, with a coating of metal, but has its own undeniable trump cards - the simplicity of the coating process and the minimum costs required for this. How to properly roof a roofing paper, if you know all the features and sequence of its packing?
Kinds and properties of roofing material
Ruberoid is a multi-layer material based on plastic: its cardboard base is covered with astringent bitumen-polymer coating, and on top is applied also the top layer, which performs not only decorative functions, but also provides sufficient abrasive strength.
This technology gives the roofing felt the following positive properties:
- Ease of installation, because the material is available in rolls, which are convenient to manipulate on the roof.
- Sufficient flexibility makes it possible to use ruberoid with abrupt changes in the configuration of the coating.
- The presence of a protective layer provides resistance to solar radiation.
- The material has excellent moisture resistance, water resistance and stability from the accumulation of static electricity (the latter, by the way, can not boast the same metal).
At the same time, due to the presence of cardboard base (even if with appropriate impregnation), the material does not have good mechanical strength, so in most cases it is stacked in several layers. It is also worth noting the fire hazard of roofing felt.
To answer the question - how to properly build a roofing felt roof, you must first understand the characteristics of the material.
For cover, a "K" roofing felt is suitable, and subsequent markings indicate the characteristics of the external coating fractions:
- K is coarse-grained; It is applied in the absence of sharp turns of a roof and kinks of a roll. Suitable for flat roofs - sheds, outbuildings, etc .;
- M - fine-grained, is considered the most universal and qualitative;
- П - scaly of mica; in connection with the increase in weight of one running meter, for the production of such ruberoid light cardboard is used, so its mechanical characteristics are somewhat lower.
For a multilayer roof, the topcoat is always taken with a grade K ruberoid. In this case, the density of the material (the following digits of the marking) should be maximum.
It is also produced euroruberoid. Since its thickness is greater, the number of laying layers can be reduced. In addition, some brands of euroruberoid (from foreign producers) have a surface ornament. On the durability of the coating this will not be particularly affected, but its aesthetic qualities will increase. It is worth mentioning and glass ruberoid: appeared relatively recently, this roofing material differs significantly less sensitivity to external temperature changes.
The length of the roll of material according to GOST is 15 m. The standard sheet width is 1 m (with a possible plus tolerance of up to 25 ... 50 mm), but there are also sheets with a width of 750 mm. Thus, calculate the expense of roofing material for roofing is not particularly difficult.
How to build a roofing felt on the roof
In budgetary versions of its laying, ruberoid is used mainly in the construction of cottages built with the predominant use of wood. How to properly lay roofing material on a wooden roof?
The process begins with the following preparatory work:
- Aligning the starting material - roll at least a day before the start of laying should be rolled out and let it lie around. By the way, all works must be carried out in dry and moderately warm weather: at an air temperature of less than 10 0 C, the material can be deformed, and at a temperature above 30 0 С, bitumen mastic, included in the roofing material, will lose its high viscosity.
- Cleaning of the original surface, removal of protrusions and plastering of depressions. The flooring should be primed using weatherproof compounds. Particularly carefully rubbed all the superficial seams.
- Rolls of roofing paper are covered by the size of the roof. In this case, the minimum dimensions of the overlap of adjacent rolls of 100 ... 150 mm are adopted.
- The bitumen mastic is applied on the completely dried flooring. It can be heated: the technology of application depends on the manufacturer recommended for this brand of roofing material. Read the information about.
We install roofing material on a wooden roof
The laying process should begin with the lowered sections of the roof: overhangs, places for the subsequent placement of gutters, etc. At the same time, if the density of the roofing material exceeds 4 kg / m, then the laying is allowed to be performed using a single layer. The choice of the direction of laying - longitudinal or transverse - does not matter much.
Which side of the roofing paper? At the end sections of the coating the material must be laid up, because otherwise the quality of gluing will deteriorate. In the same way, they enter the hot way of laying, with melting bituminous mastic. When multilayer laying of roofing material in a cold way, the application of a top coat is mandatory only for the upper layer: in this case, the conditions for natural ventilation of the coating improve. Each next layer of ruberoid is laid with a shift of 150 ... 200 mm relative to the previous one.
To ensure uniform and tight adherence, it is necessary that the bituminous adhesive protrudes beyond the surface of the roll by at least 5 mm when applied. Its excess is removed with a sharp knife after the connection is fully ready.
Here there are a number of nuances in view of the fact that the roof will be horizontal:
- Filling the initial surface of the floor is carried out by dissolving the bitumen in the gasoline solution, and all the cracks, unevennesses and clearances are poured into the finished composition, the layer of the primer should not be more than 50 mm;
- Apply only hot styling, and warm not only the roll itself, but also the flooring;
- The ruberoid is laid in two layers, the second - in a direction perpendicular to the first. The top layer must be placed upside-down;
- The ends of the coating are additionally fixed with slate nails. For moderate climatic zones, the top coating can be smeared with bituminous mastic.
Watch the video on how to properly lay ruberoid on the roof:
Abundance of modern roofing materials and various additional elements allows you to easily perform roofing work yourself, without resorting to the help of professionals whose services are quite expensive. In addition, the availability of the Internet and a large number of reference literature greatly facilitates this process. Despite the development of new materials, traditional ones also continue to be used and, for this very reason, the question of how to cover the roof with a ruberoid by hand remains relevant, to this day.
The main stages of work
Any construction is necessary start with the preparation necessary materials and drawing up a work plan. Otherwise, you can forget about the insignificant at first glance details that will bring to nothing all diligence. In addition, the plan allows you to carry out work in stages, which significantly reduces errors and violations of the ordering of the material, which can lead to the need to start the whole process anew.
The main stages of roofing:
- Carrying out the necessary calculations and the acquisition of material.
- Surface preparation roofs.
- Stacking ruberoid
- Additional sealing sections of the roof with increased risk of leakage.
It should immediately be clarified that for the roofing works with roofing material will require at least two people and a number of additional equipment, as well as tools:
- Qualitative knife, quite often use several office or homemade shoe knives to get a smooth cut.
- Roulette, for measuring pieces of material.
- Burner, is needed for fusing individual parts of roofing material.
- Special rink, which will allow to glue joints of roofing material after their heating.
All these tools are sold in any construction shop, and the rink and burner can be rented without spending money on their purchase. Although, if the finance allows you to better purchase this equipment, as it can be useful when you need to repair the roof of the house.
Selection and acquisition of ruberoid
From the correct choice of material depends not only on the operational life of the roof as a whole, but also on the ease of carrying out work in particular. A wide variety of roofing felt is produced, which is marked with a special designation.
For laying on the roof a roofing paper with initial letters RK is needed., which means "Ruberoid Roofing", the next letter shows the top layer fraction. For a roof, a coarse-grained material is usually used - RKK 350.
The numbers in the abbreviation indicate cardboard density, which was used as a basis for pouring bituminous masses. If the roof is covered in several layers, then for internal works use RKK350, and for the outer layer RKK400, which has an additional layer of asbogal. This material provides maximum resistance to negative environmental factors, and also increases protection against mechanical and physical influences.
Another important point in choosing a material is its weight, especially if the roofing changes, and the system of lag and rafters has already been built. The weight of the material must be selected so that the rafters withstand it. It should be borne in mind that in winter, in addition to the weight of the material itself, the weight of snow is also added, which increases in spring during the meltdown.
Preparation of rafters and roof coverings
The next stage of construction in the question of how to cover the roof with a ruberoid with their own hands is the preparation of the rafters and the foundation system.
System rafters for roofing felt should be in increments of no more than 15 cmto ensure a minimum sagging of the flexible material. An ideal solution is considered an option cover the entire roof with sheet material type of plywood or chipboard, the cheapest option use sheets of hardboard, but they can warp under the influence of a variable temperature.
The continuous coating will minimize the possible loads on the soft roofing material not only in winter, but also in case of falling on the roof of heavy and sharp objects, for example tree branches during a gusty wind or a large hail. A rigid bedding will give the roof a more aesthetic appearance, excluding the deflection of the roofing felt between the elements of the crate.
In some cases, the roofing material is laid not on a wooden roof, but on a concrete slope. As a rule, such work is carried out in the case of restoration or replacement of the old coating with a new one. It is necessary to carefully clean the old cover material, removing it from the roof. If the material was based on a resin, it is easier to heat, and individual fractions can simply be melted. When large cracks occur in concrete, pits and other defects must be carefully repaired before laying a new roofing.
Immediate laying of roofing material
The material is laid in several layers, and the steeper the roof slope, the fewer layers are needed to ensure a good waterproofing. This is due to the fact that at a steep roof during the precipitation on it does not stay water, completely and quickly flowing to the ground or into water intake channels. On average, for roofs with a ramp slope of 450, two layers are enough, but for a roof with an angle of 15-200 it is necessary to lay at least 3-4 layers of material, with an angle decrease it is recommended to use an additional waterproofing membrane.
Three traditional methods are used for laying ruberoid. How to pack, each for himself decides for himself. However, regardless of the choice of the method of laying, it is made so that on all sides of the roof there is lancing of the roofing material by at least 30 cm. These remains are needed to turn the roofing material under the edge of the ramp and establish it on the pediment.
The first method, which is the most common, provides for the laying of ruberoid stripes along the roof slope. The first strip to lie down with the release, to the pediment, from which the wind blows the main part of the year, then all subsequent strips are stacked from 10-15 cm by going over each other.
Quite often, the roof has a fairly large area and the length of one strip is not enough to cover two skates at once. In this case, the segments are used so that each of them overcomes the skate by 25-30 cm. After laying the main material on the roof ridge, an additional strip is applied over the entire length of the ridge that will hang on each ramp.
The second method is called stacking, people say the Christmas tree. Begin laying strips from the edge of the slope gradually shifting to the ridge. The overlap of individual bands should also be at least 10-15 centimeters. The roof of the roof is closed with a single sheet at once in both directions. 
The third way. It is used in multilayer coatings or in the case when sheets of roofing paper have a non-standard cut. This method implies the laying of the first layer along the slope, and the subsequent one across. The parameters of material releases in the direction of the pediments and the edge of the slope, as well as overlapping of the ridge, are performed, as in the first two methods.
When laying roofing material on a holistic surface It must be impregnated with a special rubber bituminous mastic, which will improve the coupling of the roofing and the substrate. If several layers are laid, then they are placed with an offset, so that the joints of different layers do not fall on one line.
Individual sheets of material are glued together by heating the roofing material with mastic. To understand when the roofing material achieves the necessary temperature, a polyethylene film is applied to it in the production process, which begins to lighten, and then completely burns during the exposure to the flame from the burner.
As soon as the film starts to burn, the ruberoid is ready for gluing. If you keep him under fire for too long he can burn through, which will lead to damage to the whole segment. The heated material is carefully pressed against the surface of the entire roof using a hand roller or an old rag rolled up in a roll so as not to get burned. Subsequent heated layers are laid only after the cooling of the previous ones.
When laying roofing material on the wooden roof, its individual sheets are not bonded by gluing, but with the help of laths that are hammered into rafters and lags. Planks can be made in advance from metal or wood. Wooden slats are not durable, and after 5 years, water can be deformed and cracked by external factors. This is what determines the popularity of metal fasteners, especially if it is made of aluminum or galvanized iron, which is not afraid of corrosion.
Considering the need to fasten the ruberoid with rigid slats, you should customize the sheets of material in advance, in order for joints to have a rigid structure that will allow installing fasteners.
The main element of any house is the roof. It has several main functions:
- protection of the house against atmospheric precipitation;
- aesthetics of the structure;
- addition of the general design of the structure.
To the questions connected with a roofing, it is necessary to concern attentively and responsibly. For proper roofing of roofing material on the roof, it is important to study its characteristics, as well as to find out the technological features of this process.
Material Advantages
The ruberoid is ideal for creating a soft roof. With its help, you can protect the walls from rain in a short period of time. The average lifetime of such a coating is 30-40 years. In the modern construction market, there are several varieties of ruberoid, differing in operational and technical characteristics.
Varieties
- Insulating traditional material.It is a cardboard that is treated on both sides with a quality bitumen coating.
- Minuses:
- this material does not involve any additives, so its strength is low.
- ruberoid is unstable to mechanical deformations.
- Minuses:
- Euroruberoid. This material has replaced the traditional roofing felt, in demand in modern construction.
- It has distinctive technical characteristics from traditional material:
- strength;
- flexibility;
- long operational period;
- resistance to changes in temperature, humidity.
- The upper part of this material is covered with a special coating (basalt or granite), the lower layer has a thin antiadhesive film. When laying this material, the film is a temperature regulator.
- It has distinctive technical characteristics from traditional material:
- Self-adhesive roofing material is a new type of roofing. Its adhesive capacity increases with increasing solar heat, it is possible to lay it on the surface in a short time, saving material resources.
Algorithm for laying the material on the roof
Cover the ruberoid roof with their own hands to the force even for beginners, you just need to strictly follow the instructions.
- At the first stage, preparatory work is carried out. From the surface on which the roofing material will be deposited, remove construction debris, dust, dirt. In the presence of sharp differences, the surface is leveled with a screed with a thickness of up to 1 cm (the work is done using a hydro or laser level). Drain the ruberoid on a dry surface.
- Then put the mastic on the roof. The operation is carried out using a roller or brush, depending on the volume of the roof.
Advice! It is not necessary to hurry to lay a roofing material, at first the mastic should "grasp" the surface. Manufacturers indicate the time of "setting" on the packages of products, it varies depending on the humidity of the air, the temperature in the room.
- Before spreading the ruberoid, we deploy it for a day. If there is no free space for this, the roll is completely rewound.
- After complete drying of the mastic, proceed to the procedure of laying the roofing material. For a durable coating, it is advisable to use two layers of ruberoid. First, take a cover without crumb for the primary stretch, for the second layer you will need a material with stone crumb.
- Begin the work from the bottom, making the upper sheets overlapping the lower ones. Such a method will protect the seams from water ingress.
- The final stage of laying is gluing the roofing material to the roof surface. Using a gas burner, ruberoid with mastic is heated. The heated section is fixed to the mastic, rolled by a roller. If there are dents on the surface, the roller will not be able to perfectly roll the surface, the roofing covering will be spoiled after a short time.
- If there are chimneys, shafts, pipes on the roof, cut the ruberoid around them so that the pieces overlap.
Attention ! The sheets of material must be firmly glued to the edge of the roof, otherwise they will be torn off by the wind. Fix the sheets can be wooden or metal slats.
Covering the roof of the garage in the home
Many owners of vehicles are thinking about how to put roofing material on the roof of the garage.
The choice of this material is easy to explain by its distinctive characteristics:
- strength and reliability;
- excellent waterproofing characteristics;
- an acceptable cost;
- simplicity of packing by the hands.
In order to properly cover the roof with a roofing material, you need to stock up tools with tools:
- rolls of lining ruberoid;
- rolls of material with coarse-grained powder;
- slate nails;
- mounting foam;
- an ax;
- chisel;
- with a knife;
- bitumen;
- roofing mastic.
Algorithm of actions
- First you need to remove the old coating from the garage roof. You can not put a new roofing felt on top of the old one, such a coating will not last long. It is desirable to completely remove the old coating, using a sharpened ax. "Problem" areas are removed with a chisel or chisel.
- If the old coating is flat, then you can change the coating only in certain areas. The ruberoid is heated with a gas burner until it softens, then press the material in the repair area.
- From the slots, the size of which exceeds 0.5 cm, get rid of the mounting foam. After its solidification, all excess foam is removed, the slit is treated with cement mortar. Small slots are eliminated by special roofing mastic.
- Before starting, put ruberoid on a wooden roof, sweep away dirt, dust, rubbish from it. The wet roof is pre-dried. The filling is performed in one of three ways:
- in one layer;
- two layers;
- in three layers.
- Sheets of material are nailed to the roof with slate nails, get rid of blisters and folds. With full respect for technology, a new coating of roofing material will last at least 15 years to its owner.
How to mount a ruberoid
Before you start laying, check the quality of the material. The presence of light spots on the cut indicates an uneven impregnation of the substrate with bitumen. This material can not be used to repair the roof. Roof of roofing material is suitable for gable roofs, which have an angle of inclination of not more than 30 degrees. With an inclination of less than 15 degrees, three soy materials are laid. More steep roofing systems are covered with two layers of ruberoid.
What materials and tools are required for the work
Mounting material on the roof is allowed in several different ways:
Adhesive for special mastic. Use cold bituminous mastic, obtaining a monolithic coating. The mastic is applied to the surface with a brush or roller. Fastening of double-sided ruberoid is performed on cold mastic. To prepare 10 kg of material you will need:
- 3 kg of heated bitumen;
- 7 kg of organic solvent (gasoline, diesel fuel).
The mixture is thoroughly mixed. The resulting homogeneous mixture is cooled.
In addition to mastic, bitumen special glue is used. With the help of mastic and bituminous glue, the sheets are fastened together, as well as to the roof.
For the fastening of the material with mastic, the following tools and materials are needed:
- brush or roller;
- bitumen glue or mastic;
- hand roller;
- roofing tape (sealing chimneys, ventilation systems);
- blowtorch.
Fastening with nails.There is a variant of the mechanical laying of the coating with the help of wooden racks and nails. It is used in cases where the material is applied to a wooden crate (the roof has an inclination angle of more than 15 degrees). It will be safer to nail pieces of material than to glue them. Lay out on the entire surface of the first layer, on top with a reserve overlay second sheet. Then tight nails nail the reiki. After that, lay the third layer, placing the edges on wooden slats. Fix the material on the beams with nails. All the seams, which are located above these slats, completely covered with roofing felt, then fixed with nails.
The following materials and tools will be required for mechanical laying of roofing material:
- nails;
- a hammer;
- plastic buttons;
- reiki.
Fastening material using a gas burner.
- The lower layer is heated with a gas burner, glued to the roof surface. To prevent the appearance of condensation, treat the surface with a hand roller.
- This method is suitable for flat roofs. It is necessary to cut the roll material with an economic knife into pieces of the required length.
Advice! To simplify the actions, the ruberoid is pre-moistened with warm water.
- Sheets are laid on the roof surface, heated with a torch, pressed tightly.
Technology of covering the wooden roof
The action algorithm for covering the wooden roof is as follows:
- When creating a simple roof, the material is spread over the surface of the wooden crate. This crate must be flat and rigid.
- Slopes of the covering are fastened with fake nails.
Advice! To add extra strength, you can use a metal tape.
Perhaps no one will argue that the roof can be called the main element of the house. It performs a huge number of very different functions. It is necessary not only to protect housing from a variety of precipitation, but also acts as an important component in the design of the building. It is for this reason that the construction and repair of the roof should be approached responsibly. ruberoid with their own hands? This will be discussed in the review.
Benefits of Ruberoid
Why is this material considered one of the best? It is traditional in the event that it is planned to make a soft roof. In addition, the roofing material perfectly copes with a variety of tasks that are assigned to it. The material quickly fits and effectively protects the structure from precipitation. In addition, ruberoid is characterized by durability. He can serve for about 40 years. And sometimes this term increases.
What coatings can I use?
Before answering the question about that, with their own hands, it is necessary to understand what kinds of material exist. At the present stage, this coverage overflowed the construction market. You can use the traditional option, but you can also buy completely new material. We are talking about euroruberoid, or, as it is called correctly, a polymer-bitumen membrane, directed. So, you need to know what material to use to answer the question of how to cover the roof with a ruberoid with your hands.
Traditional material
Traditional insulation coating. This is an ordinary cardboard, pretreated on all sides with dense bituminous material. There is an additive in it. This is a bitumen modifier. Because of it, ruberoid does not have high strength. But the coating, based on fiberglass, is more resistant.
The use of euroruberoid
This kind of building material replaced the traditional roofing felt. At the present stage, this coating is widely used in construction works of almost any kind. In its structure, the material resembles traditional material. However, technological features of production differ. Accordingly, different mechanical and physical parameters (flexibility, strength, resistance to high temperatures, durability).
When creating the top layer, a special coating (granite or basalt) is used. The lower layer is covered with a thin antiadhesive film. It is precisely this that makes it impossible to glue together the material rolled into a roll. To all other things, answering the question about how to cover the roof with a ruberoid with your own hands, it should be noted that this film acts as a kind of regulator. Its melting signals that the bitumen has warmed to the required temperature.
The quality of the material is indicated by its weight. It is he who is able to demonstrate how much bitumen is present in the coating. The more weight, the better the product.
New generation of coatings
The question of how to cover the roof of the garage with roofing paper by hand, is quite relevant. And for this purpose you can use a completely new kind of traditional material. It is a self-adhesive coating. He is referred to the new generation. Adhesive parameters of this material will begin to activate during the arrival of solar heat. Due to this, it is possible to perform works aimed at laying the coating, quickly, without putting much effort. Accordingly, the time will be largely saved. And the question of how to cover the roof of the garage with roofing paper by hand, will cease to torment.
Basic rules of laying the material
Everyone is able to perform work aimed at laying roofing felt on the roof. Gold hands for this have absolutely no need. You can do the work alone. But it is necessary to comply with the basic rules. In addition, you should familiarize yourself with certain subtleties that can significantly affect the result of work.
Alignment of the working surface
How to cover a wooden roof with a ruberoid with your own hands? First of all, the foundation must be prepared. To do this, remove from it all that is superfluous (garbage, building materials, dirt, dust). The surface will need to be leveled. Great differences, dents should not be. Wooden roof can be made even by using additional bars or racks. In doing so, you should use a laser or hydraulic level. But wooden roofs usually do not require a serious leveling. If the surface is not made of wood, then a screed should be used to level it. Its thickness should not be more than 1 cm.
It is advisable to set beacons using a string. This "level" will considerably simplify the work on leveling the roof. It should also be borne in mind that the surface on which the work is done should be completely dry.
Application of mastic before laying
How to properly cover the roof with roofing paper with your own hands? After leveling, apply mastic. This operation can be performed with a brush or roller. Much depends on the size of the roof. Do not hurry and immediately proceed with the laying of the main material. Wait a bit. The applied mastic must dry, grasp the surface. The time that may be required for this is indicated directly on the bank with the building material. But it can be adjusted, guided by the air temperature and humidity.
So that the question of how to cover a pitched roof with a ruberoid by one's own hands (or some other surface) did not cause problems, we must prepare the material. To do this, he must lie in the unfolded form for a day. If this is not possible, then before laying it is necessary to rewind the roll in the other direction.
Stacking phase
Once the mastic is dry, you can start laying the material. To get a high-quality coating, you will need 2 layers. The first can be done with the help of an eluting material without crumbs. For the second one, you need to use a ruberoid with a stone crumb. Start work from the bottom. This is very important, since the upper sheets must overflow the lower ones. Such a coating will help protect the seams from moisture ingress. The next layer should be laid, shifting it to half the sheet. In this situation, the seams of the lower layer will be in the middle of the upper layer.
The final part of the work
At the final stage, you need to use a gas burner. Using it, heat the roofing material and mastic. Do this followed by sections, each of which should not exceed 35 cm. During warm-up, the film must be white and burn, which is fixed on the material. This will signal that the coating is ready. Warm up the heated material to the mastic and roll it with a special roller. If there are deep pits on the surface, then it will not work out qualitatively with a roller on this place. Accordingly, later the roofing will be ruined by the fault of condensate formation. That is why it is important to level the surface before laying the material.
Some things to consider
On the roofs usually there are pipes, shafts, chimneys. Around them, the material should be cut so that the pieces can be overlapped. If this can not be done, then it is necessary to cover this piece, using several strips of ruberoid. You need to know this if you, for example, want to answer the question of how to cover the roof of a bath with a ruberoid with your own hands.
It is necessary to carefully glue the material to the edge of the surface. Otherwise, it can be torn off by the wind. In order to ensure high reliability, it is necessary to fix the ruberoid using metal or
Conclusion
Now you know how the roof is covered with roofing felt. It will not be difficult to do this. Correctly perform all the stages of work. Only in this case the roof will become elegant, and the roofing will serve as a protection against precipitation.