Re-felting a shed roof question

[LaserTam]

My shed needs re-felting, it has split in a couple of areas. My question is - should I remove all of the existing felt and start from scratch, or could I leave it on there for extra protection (maybe removing the old tacks)?

[cjs]

I would strip it off and start afresh. Allow the roof panels to dry out first. Buy some decent felt, not the cheap 'Shed' felt, good felt will last a lot longer.

[Simpo Two]

I'm surprised there isn't some kind of plastic product that will last effectively for ever.

[Mr GrimNasty]

EPDM (rubber pond liner is a cheaper way to do the same thing).

Edited by Mr GrimNasty on Monday 11th October 09:51

[FamilyGuy]

Mr GrimNasty said:

EPDM (rubber pond liner is a cheaper way to do the same thing).

Edited by Mr GrimNasty on Monday 11th October 09:51

Thanks for the tip! I've a shed to sort out too. Any tips on where to buy it?

[Laurel Green]

FamilyGuy said:

Mr GrimNasty said:

EPDM (rubber pond liner is a cheaper way to do the same thing).

Edited by Mr GrimNasty on Monday 11th October 09:51

Thanks for the tip! I've a shed to sort out too. Any tips on where to buy it?

From what I remember, liners do not like UV - makes them brittle.

[mrmaggit]

Laurel Green said:

FamilyGuy said:

Mr GrimNasty said:

EPDM (rubber pond liner is a cheaper way to do the same thing).

Edited by Mr GrimNasty on Monday 11th October 09:51

Thanks for the tip! I've a shed to sort out too. Any tips on where to buy it?

From what I remember, liners do not like UV - makes them brittle.

Polythene goes brittle in sunlight, Butyl does not, which is wjat good pond liners should be made from.

[Podie]

Strip the old stuff off it. Buy decent felt, and some of that nasty tar-like stuff. Slap that on, then the felt, and tack in place - leaving a decent overlap.

[Simpo Two]

Podie said:

some of that nasty tar-like stuff.

Bitumen varnish, like you see on the bottom of narrow boats?

[Busamav]

If the shed is at all visible from the house , you may consider roofing it with felt "shingles "
( like a tile shape ).

Costs a tad more but looks so much better and doesnt take too long to do .

[james_tigerwoods]

Did mine this weekend- The plan was to spend an hour just redoing the apex, but the whole roof felt had split and covering up the bad bits would have taken too long - so it was stripped back, tacks removed and the felt put back on with plenty of overlap and a whole piece on the apex.

3 hours later, I finished.

In the dark.

During:



After:



I may* paint it soon

* I probably won't, in all honesty....

[Pickled Piper]

Normal shed roofing felt from B&Q or similar, get some large roofing tacks and Bob's your uncle. Get a good grade of roofing felt and it will be far better than the thin stuff that probably came with the shed. Remove all existing felt and tacks, make good any woodwork and refelt from lowetst part of roof upwards.

Very easy and very satisfying job. i've done a couple.

pp

[LaserTam]

Thanks for the replies guys.

As for letting it dry, not sure that will be neccessary, water is not ingressing at the moment, just looks like it might do soon (shed is over 8 years old, so not bad considering).

As for the tiles, nice idea but roof isn't visible from the house and has a low pitch anyway.

So, decent felt sounds like the answer - just need to pick a sunny day/weekend.

[rfisher]

Sheds - right.

OT but shed related.

I've got a gap between the side of the house and the fence that will squeeze in a 7' x 5' shed.

Question is; how heavy is such a shed if I build it in the garden then shimmy it into place maybe on rollers?

There wouldn't be any room to get to the outside if I tried to erect (ooo err etc) it in place.

[kriggi]

Richard - Why not build the shed by bolting the sides and roof together but not to the base and felt it. The get a mate to go inside the shed with you lift it up off the base, move base to required position then back inside the shed and walk it onto shed base and screw down!

[rfisher]

kriggi said:

Richard - Why not build the shed by bolting the sides and roof together but not to the base and felt it. The get a mate to go inside the shed with you lift it up off the base, move base to required position then back inside the shed and walk it onto shed base and screw down!

Excellent.

For some reason I've got the theme tune for Dad's Army running through my head at the thought of 2 blokes inside a shed trying to blindly walk it down the side of the house.

There are so many way that could go wrong.

Gotta give it a go.

[james_tigerwoods]

rfisher said:

kriggi said:

Richard - Why not build the shed by bolting the sides and roof together but not to the base and felt it. The get a mate to go inside the shed with you lift it up off the base, move base to required position then back inside the shed and walk it onto shed base and screw down!

Excellent.

For some reason I've got the theme tune for Dad's Army running through my head at the thought of 2 blokes inside a shed trying to blindly walk it down the side of the house.

There are so many way that could go wrong.

Gotta give it a go.

And film it, please film it.