Hi All,
I'm needing to repair a flat rubber roof on a garage. The garage is detached and I'm only renting it so I want to keep the repair as inexpensive as possible.
Here are the details.
1) The roof appears to be rubber and it's in relatively good shape and well adhered everywhere except on one edge of roof where the water pools (the lower side).
2) The loose edge had some vines / plants growing out of it which are responsible for the damage. I've removed all the plants and will thoroughly clean the area.
3) The rubber roofing is placed directly on masonry / cement.
4) There is a hole in the masonry where the water pools that would make a great drain for the roof since I can place some PVC pipe to catch the runoff from that hole and direct it into a gutter. Currently the hole has been patched with some excess rubber, but the water eventually finds it's way into the garage.
Here are some questions:
1) What's the best glue or roofing cement to use to reglue the loose edges of rubber roofing back on the cleaned up roof? If they're available at Home depot that would be great.
2) What's the best way to to fashion a drain pipe out of PVC? I need to cement the PVC pipe into the hole so that it's water tight (the hole diameter is larger than the PVC pipe). THere are so many options at Home Depot that I'm at a loss for what to use. SHould I use caulk or some product that can be squeezed from a caulk gun? Or opt for a dry cement / concrete type product?
Thanks for any help - I'll get some pictures tomorrow morning if that would help.
I'm needing to repair a flat rubber roof on a garage. The garage is detached and I'm only renting it so I want to keep the repair as inexpensive as possible.
Here are the details.
1) The roof appears to be rubber and it's in relatively good shape and well adhered everywhere except on one edge of roof where the water pools (the lower side).
2) The loose edge had some vines / plants growing out of it which are responsible for the damage. I've removed all the plants and will thoroughly clean the area.
3) The rubber roofing is placed directly on masonry / cement.
4) There is a hole in the masonry where the water pools that would make a great drain for the roof since I can place some PVC pipe to catch the runoff from that hole and direct it into a gutter. Currently the hole has been patched with some excess rubber, but the water eventually finds it's way into the garage.
Here are some questions:
1) What's the best glue or roofing cement to use to reglue the loose edges of rubber roofing back on the cleaned up roof? If they're available at Home depot that would be great.
2) What's the best way to to fashion a drain pipe out of PVC? I need to cement the PVC pipe into the hole so that it's water tight (the hole diameter is larger than the PVC pipe). THere are so many options at Home Depot that I'm at a loss for what to use. SHould I use caulk or some product that can be squeezed from a caulk gun? Or opt for a dry cement / concrete type product?
Thanks for any help - I'll get some pictures tomorrow morning if that would help.