rubber roofing

[Haynie]

The wife just piled onto the honey-do list. She wants a covered patio. We have the patio it is the cover that needs doing. I liked the fiber glass idea because it would let in light. She wants it to be a "real roof". The roof will need to be pretty flat and I know from experience that this type of roof WILL leak eventually. Not only that a "real roof" will totally trap the heat. When it gets to be a hundred and sux outside (I spelled it, how I feel about it) the patio will trap a lot of heat in traditional shingles. I have been contemplating a white EPDM.

I have never installed a rubber roof. Has anyone here done it? Is it something the average Joe can do?

 

[commercialbuilder]

We used them all the time in commercial buildings we built. You will want to use the glue down application and not the ballasted type. It needs to be glued to an insulation board that is screwed down to a plywood decking and not glued directly to the plywood. The insulation board can be ordered with a taper built in if you need to get extra slope in the roof and you will need a band of wood around the perimeter the same height as the insulation to anchor the flashing and gutter too. You can check the websites of any of the rubber suppliers and get information on how to install and the details you need.

 

[tbroye]

It's required in Commercial application in Sacramento and maybe the whole of California. We had re-roof our church which has low slope that had been done in tar and gravel for the past 50+ years. We had have old roof stripped and had to use EPDM roofing because of energy conservation. We did get a choice of color and picked a light tan. Looks good, because of the Architectural area we are in we had to install Oge profile gutters which cost more. Don't know how much energy we are to save and building are as energy efficient as a 427 chevy with 6-2 and a wild cam. This place was built in 1958 with tilt up concrete wall an Jalousie windows which leak air like crazy. At least the roof will not leak in my life time.

 

[Haynie]

I was watching videos with this stuff last night. Some were placed right on the plywood and others were put on the insulation. The Firestone brand showed it being installed both ways. It does not look that difficult but there were a lot of parts to the process. Heading for the big city this weekend so can see what they have at the box stores.