Re: shed roof felting

On May 1, 7:18*pm, Dave <daven...@btopenworld.com> wrote:
> I have to re felt our wooden shed roof.
>
> Local builders merchants have sent me down the road of roofing felt and
> felt adhesive. It is a 5 by 7 foot shed in a corner of the garden. I can
> get access, with difficulty to most sides of it.
>
> Any hints or tips on what not to do?
>
> I have never worked with felt before and now the weather has warmed up,
> I might just go for it next week.
>
> Dave

We use something locally called 'rubberoid' or similar.
It's usually a roll of roofing sorta gritty on one side and smooth on
t'other.'Last lot I got was about half metre wide IIRC.
We usually glue the overlaps and use large headed galvanised 'roofing
nails'. Also on one roof used nails with large tin 'washers'; where
high winds had torn some previous roofing off the very low angle shed
roof.
Our shed number one similar size to the OPs lasted some 20 years
before needing repairs in this pretty severe eastern Canadian climate.
All our three existing sheds and a previous and a 20 by 12 foot cabin
built by a pond, have been on wooden posts set into the ground. And
built mainly from left-over and salvaged materials. The inspiration
for our Number 2, for example, was that someone gave us a bunch of
sheets of used plywood. That shed contains, among other things, our
four summer wheels and tyres for pickup truck. Time now to get the
winter tyres off! May 1st is the deadline unless extended by
governemnt order during a particularly long hard winter!
After some years of use on mainly bare winter roads time next fall to
buy a new set of four studded winter tyres. Can't put them on vehicle
til end of October if recall regulations correctly though! Probably
about $700 balanced, installed incl. sales tax for four light truck
tyres, we reckon. That includes some pro-rated road insurance if tyres
get damaged etc. Never had to use it but nice to have with some of the
winter damaged road potholes!