Shed roof re-felt
Discussion
I have a shed. My shed is about 7 years old and this winter it has started to leak like a basket.
How hard is it to re-felt it? Easy Saturday afternoon job to be rewarded with much beer on a Saturday night for a job well done and Brownie points earned; or potential banana skin and much swearing and gnashing of teeth?
It's a simple 8x6 jobbie with a standard apex roof, fascia boards are sound front and rear as are the bits of 1" x 0.5" battens holding down the felt. Do I just undo the battens, lift the old felt, sort out any drama underneath (expecting nothing)replace new felt (cut to size) and batten down again?
How much is it likely cost in materials and should I replace the battens with new?
How hard is it to re-felt it? Easy Saturday afternoon job to be rewarded with much beer on a Saturday night for a job well done and Brownie points earned; or potential banana skin and much swearing and gnashing of teeth?
It's a simple 8x6 jobbie with a standard apex roof, fascia boards are sound front and rear as are the bits of 1" x 0.5" battens holding down the felt. Do I just undo the battens, lift the old felt, sort out any drama underneath (expecting nothing)replace new felt (cut to size) and batten down again?
How much is it likely cost in materials and should I replace the battens with new?
Not a difficult job.
May need to stick felt down with a glue similar to baby poo.
Start from bottom and work upwards. Nail top edge and overlap with next layer of felt gluing over the nail heads on previous row. Top row goes over the apex and glued on both sides of shed, not nailed. Nail battons on to end to tidy up.
Have some new stanly blades and leave a little long to trim in situ. Becareful as it can tear easily but you can patch it with the glue but not to aesthically pleasing.
May need to stick felt down with a glue similar to baby poo.
Start from bottom and work upwards. Nail top edge and overlap with next layer of felt gluing over the nail heads on previous row. Top row goes over the apex and glued on both sides of shed, not nailed. Nail battons on to end to tidy up.
Have some new stanly blades and leave a little long to trim in situ. Becareful as it can tear easily but you can patch it with the glue but not to aesthically pleasing.
Liszt said:
Not a difficult job.
May need to stick felt down with a glue similar to baby poo.
Start from bottom and work upwards. Nail top edge and overlap with next layer of felt gluing over the nail heads on previous row. Top row goes over the apex and glued on both sides of shed, not nailed. Nail battons on to end to tidy up.
Have some new stanly blades and leave a little long to trim in situ. Becareful as it can tear easily but you can patch it with the glue but not to aesthically pleasing.
One piece of felt to cover the lot, no?May need to stick felt down with a glue similar to baby poo.
Start from bottom and work upwards. Nail top edge and overlap with next layer of felt gluing over the nail heads on previous row. Top row goes over the apex and glued on both sides of shed, not nailed. Nail battons on to end to tidy up.
Have some new stanly blades and leave a little long to trim in situ. Becareful as it can tear easily but you can patch it with the glue but not to aesthically pleasing.
What do you apply the glue with? Brush?
Tyre Smoke said:
Liszt said:
Not a difficult job.
May need to stick felt down with a glue similar to baby poo.
Start from bottom and work upwards. Nail top edge and overlap with next layer of felt gluing over the nail heads on previous row. Top row goes over the apex and glued on both sides of shed, not nailed. Nail battons on to end to tidy up.
Have some new stanly blades and leave a little long to trim in situ. Becareful as it can tear easily but you can patch it with the glue but not to aesthically pleasing.
One piece of felt to cover the lot, no?May need to stick felt down with a glue similar to baby poo.
Start from bottom and work upwards. Nail top edge and overlap with next layer of felt gluing over the nail heads on previous row. Top row goes over the apex and glued on both sides of shed, not nailed. Nail battons on to end to tidy up.
Have some new stanly blades and leave a little long to trim in situ. Becareful as it can tear easily but you can patch it with the glue but not to aesthically pleasing.
What do you apply the glue with? Brush?
Very easy, but gets a bit more difficult if you cant access all sides of the shed (for example, when I did mine in the summer, two sides were right against the fence, so had to lie on the shed roof and lean over the edge, all the while the shed was leaning preacriously to the side!).
ETA. If its leaking, the wood underneath the old felt could well be rotten, but you'll obviously see when the old felt comes off - big bit of chip board to replace it and jobs a good'un.
ETA. If its leaking, the wood underneath the old felt could well be rotten, but you'll obviously see when the old felt comes off - big bit of chip board to replace it and jobs a good'un.
Edited by pokethepope on Monday 9th November 15:55
Tyre Smoke said:
Wood underneath is all good because I can see the underside from inside the shed. The problem I can forsee is one long side is up against the fence which could be a problem.
Local shed people say about £60 to re-felt so might let them do it - and still celebrate a job well done!!
Nil points! At least have a go. Half the fun is in the doing, bashing your thumb with a hammer, getting the adhesive over everything, standing on a clout nail etc.Local shed people say about £60 to re-felt so might let them do it - and still celebrate a job well done!!
Very disappointed
Tyre Smoke said:
One piece of felt to cover the lot, no?
Logically yes, but I was astonished to find when building my (even smaller) shed that I was given two narrow strips of felt and had to have a join. The thing needs to be waterproof - so WHY do we use something that has a join and falls apart every few years? It's stupid.
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