Repairing Ripped Roofing Felt

The roof repair costs in this article are correct as of 2020.

Repairing ripped roofing felt.

Many roofs function quite well without any roofing felt so small tears and damage to roofing felt are not in themselves reasons to spend money on repairing it. To make even minor roof repairs you must have an ordinary ladder and a roof ladder. Start by looking at the overall condition of the flat roof covering. Missing tiles or damaged flashing can allow water into your roof space causing lasting damage and long term problems.

Repairing torn roof felt inside the attic. Repairing felt roofs a guide to flat roof repairs. There are a few small rips in the felt about 5cm or 10cm long. Any help or advice would be appreciated.

The old saying is that you should fix the roof when the sun is shining but whatever the weather is doing if you need to repair your roof the time to do it is now. I have a normal uk type cold roof with interlocking tiles over the roofing felt. The ladder to the roof should have a stand off bracket so it rests against the wall rather than the guttering. I rather not have to get all the tiles removed to repair them.

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. A small part of the roof felt is torn inside the attic there is a draft coming through from the wind blowing is there a quick and easy way to fix this. If it looks a mess and is torn split or has otherwise deteriorated over a large part of the total area consider replacing the whole roof. Whilst small localised repairs to a generally serviceable flat roof are.