Hi, I need advice. I own the top floor of a 4 story apartment building in Boston's North End and the roof leaks into my apartment. I am meeting with the condo assn to discuss replacing the roof. We have a gravel roof and want to convert to a rubber roof and then build a roof deck on it.
We know that we can only have one more layer of roof on top of the one we have, but the rubber roof would make three layers, so we'd be within code.
The condo assn wants to install 1/3 of the rubber roof now but only over the area that is leaking to stop it from leaking. The other 2/3rds of the roof would be installed in the spring. This seems to be a bad idea to me. I worry that the two parts of the roof won't match up, or the first part will buckle or tear and we won't know about it for years, or some other catastrophe.
My other question is- do we need anything special because we are installing a roof deck over it? Is a rubber roof by itself sufficient? Do we need new insulation?
As you can see, I am failrly clueless and would appreciate any help.
Thank you!
We know that we can only have one more layer of roof on top of the one we have, but the rubber roof would make three layers, so we'd be within code.
The condo assn wants to install 1/3 of the rubber roof now but only over the area that is leaking to stop it from leaking. The other 2/3rds of the roof would be installed in the spring. This seems to be a bad idea to me. I worry that the two parts of the roof won't match up, or the first part will buckle or tear and we won't know about it for years, or some other catastrophe.
My other question is- do we need anything special because we are installing a roof deck over it? Is a rubber roof by itself sufficient? Do we need new insulation?
As you can see, I am failrly clueless and would appreciate any help.
Thank you!