Replacing Roofing Felt From Inside

Replacing felt with breathable membrane from inside loft.

Replacing roofing felt from inside. It s about a 2 mtr length and two rafter spaces wide. Start by stapling a row in the middle of the new roofing felt section. Of original roof with felt. You may be able to patch from inside with felt and felt adhesive.

Discussion in roofing and guttering. Of all major home repairs installing new roofing is arguably as important as it gets. There are a few small rips in the felt about 5cm or 10cm long. As the tiles are in a good state i don t have any leaks at present but i rather fix the problem before it becomes an issue.

Where wind driven rain is working under the roof and causing leaks then the felt will need to be replaced. Is it feasable to restore the missing felt from the inside without removing roof tiles. I have noticed that the roof underlay is damaged in a section can i just replace this section with some new roofing underlay which i can purchase from screwfix. I rather not have to get all the tiles removed to repair them.

Handyandy dec 2 2010 4. Step 9 of 11 step 9. Handyandy really mr. The felt on my roof under the tiles has split and perished.

Though a new roof isn t all that glamorous you ll understand its importance in a big way should an old roof fail allowing water to destroy the inside of your home from the attic insulation down through the painstakingly remodeled kitchen right on through to the basement family room with big screen tv. Cut the batons back out the way and replace the damaged felt with a breathable felt. To replace a small section of roofing felt involves stripping the tiles from the roof and replacing felt between two joists. In the course of the water leaking through my roof onto the ceiling of a room i have been told that the roof felt underneath the concrete roof tiles is obviously the original felt ie 1970s and has gone brittle and awful with age and will need replacing entirely.

Cut the replacement roof felt based on the measurements from step 7. I don t want to remove the tiles and replace the felt from the outside so i am thinking that as it is such a small area then from the inside i could cut away the felt in the empty area between the. The tiles are the fairly common large concrete type and the roof has 4 x2 rafters and standard 1 battens. I have a normal uk type cold roof with interlocking tiles over the roofing felt.

Place the replacement felt over the exposed area of the roof and secure using the arrow htx50 professional hammer tacker and 1 2 t50 staples.