since it is just a cabin, and the roof is already down, get a 5 gallon bucket of roof tar and wherever the roof covering is torn put the roof cement under all the torn seams about 6 inches and then nail back down with roofing nails...the original roof was not put down correctly...but that will be a solid fix till you can put a new roof on if you want...
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Ok thanks!
Thin is the way to go... Very much a newbie! It's about 60 degrees F here - should I warm cement at all?
Ayuh,... So long as it's kept Dry, it'll last along time,...So replace OSB eventually?
High Desert California. Very Dry except Monsoons
Repair went well thanks to all. I took a combination approach after reading some notes on roof restoration. The Tar paper was destroyed under the Rolled Roofing area.
I decided to:
1) Cut out a square area and dispose of old mater.
2) Patch in new tar paper into to the cut out with Tar Glue and roofing nails around all edges.
3) New section of roll roofing with Tar glue under the edges then nailed down.
4) Tar Glue on all edges then 4" roofing mesh over top of joins (edges).
5) Then I added more Tar Glue on top of mesh daubing with my roof brush until saturated with tar.
6) Finally sprinkling some Desert sand on top of the mesh as suggested.
This took an afternoon. I found some left over Tar Paper and Rolled Roofing which kept the price down to a minimum. I plan to keep on top of it as a I have seen many roofs out there looking very poorly and resorting to tarpaulins.
Here's some photos:
The final repair:
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Close up:
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I feel very happy with the result and believe it will probably out last the rest of the roof. I think the mesh could do with another layer of tar Glue.
Within a few days of the repair we had a heavy downpour!
Thanks again for all of your help!
I decided to:
1) Cut out a square area and dispose of old mater.
2) Patch in new tar paper into to the cut out with Tar Glue and roofing nails around all edges.
3) New section of roll roofing with Tar glue under the edges then nailed down.
4) Tar Glue on all edges then 4" roofing mesh over top of joins (edges).
5) Then I added more Tar Glue on top of mesh daubing with my roof brush until saturated with tar.
6) Finally sprinkling some Desert sand on top of the mesh as suggested.
This took an afternoon. I found some left over Tar Paper and Rolled Roofing which kept the price down to a minimum. I plan to keep on top of it as a I have seen many roofs out there looking very poorly and resorting to tarpaulins.
Here's some photos:
The final repair:
Close up:
I feel very happy with the result and believe it will probably out last the rest of the roof. I think the mesh could do with another layer of tar Glue.
Within a few days of the repair we had a heavy downpour!
Thanks again for all of your help!
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