How to Easily Felt a Shed Roof The Right Way- DIY
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 มิ.ย. 2024
- Hi Guys and welcome to my Video.
I had to re-felt my Shed Roof so I though I'd share with you the process I went through and the materials I used.
Materials and Cost:
1 x Bag of 12 mm Clout Nails = £3.00
1 x Roof pro Black Solvent-based adhesive 5000ml - £17.50
1 x Tub of Ronseal Fence Life = £10.00
2 x Rolls of Polyester Based Roof pro Black Torch-on cap sheets = £86.00
5 Pack of Treated Feather Edged Fence Boards = £12.00
Total Cost = £128.50
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You earned a thumbs up the instant you appeared at the back of the shed with a wave! Understanding how to make a relatively dry subject entertaining is a great skill. Good work!
Many thanks. This has been the best explanation for fixing my shed roof. Now waiting for dry weather!
Great video, thank you! Storm Eunice just blew my conservatory roof felt off, so I'll be giving this a go later!
That sucks mate and yea we're having Fence issues here lol. Best of luck
Some comments from a roofer.
Overall i would say a job well done. But yes, it is really a DIY homemade solution which lacks some details compared to doing it the correct way (which doesn´t have to mean more expensive, just better).
As many others have already said, usually you use a torch to weld the two pieces together. But it certainly works to use an adhesive just as you did, it´s not as strong as welding it but as i said it works. Some suggestions:
* Add edge sheets, these can be bought in DIY-style from various hardware stores. Buy (for this shed) 2 2m pieces and just overlap them and nail/screw them down (don't nail/screw the overlap section). If the sheets are too long, just cut them with shears but always overlap them.
As it is now the water just drains down and drips from the endboard on the underside, this will lead to that the bottom side of the wood will start to suck up the water. In time even a treated board will rotten.
* Gutters. Not necessary but there are several reasons for why you could use it (ie. draining the water to the sides instead of watering the whole ground or eg. saving rainwater and so on)
* Wooden studs on the sides, cut at 45 degrees. Nail these to the roofboards, and then cover them with the felt just as you did. This will lead the water straigth down instead of dripping down on the sides (same results will happen as mentioned above about the edge sheets). Remember to cover the bottom of the studs as well. The reason for all this covering- or directing water is due to capillary action = the wood will draw up the water. Personally i would also cover the studs with sheets (these can also be bought in some stores, or ask someone to created them for you. It isn´t expensive and it is worth the cost).
* Applying the felt. First of all, the material is still what i would consider "cheap". But it works for a shed.
Overall this is more or less the only thing i reacted on. The DIY solution you did is ok and a nice work for someone not working as a roofer...but...the nails on the overlapping felt. Just no, no and no. You just nailed holes throught the waterproofing. This is one of the most common things i see when i get to homeowners that has done their own roofing. Ok, i get it. You want the felt to stick...but...there is a reason for why it is called adhesive. It is supposed to be an alternative for welding, so it pretty much speaks for itself they have thougth about this being a similar alternative. It really has to stick together, and ofcourse it does.
So what you do is that you apply the adhesive like you did, you then ROLL it together firmly so that you actually bond the materials. Do not just push your hands like you did. Roll the area carefully over and over, check for glitches etc. Let it dry/harden for some time (read instructions for time directions), then check for any areas that aren't perfectly bonded.
So just some small suggestions (and there are more, but as for a DIY solution this would be perfect). Yet again, well done overall.
Stfu
@@richardb2620 What a nice reply! Really constructive. But i suppose you are one of those guys who can't read instructions, your brain gets tired after more than two sentences?
So just to make sure, you nail the under layers but the final over lap layer u just stick using the adhesive right?
Thanks for the advice buddy. Appreciate you giving up your time to help out others who might want to try this. Top man.
Thanks for making this video. I've never really done repairs/DIY before, but I was able to reattach the top layer of felt to my shed today (which had presumably been torn off by wind) - and it's been a day of filthy weather again, so I'm especially grateful to have been able to do the job myself using some of the principles you outlined in the video. From a complete and total novice, you did indeed give me the confidence to have a go myself - so thanks again.
That's great news buddy I'm super glad the vid helped you. Well done mate.
I want to live in this shed. It's so beautifully made.
Looks fantastic. Great tip about the roofing felt. I wish I had seen this before I bought my rolls of felt!
Great video, i'm all set to tackle the shed roof now, thanks.
Thanks for the video and the TradeTorch tip. I am building a shed which is really long and decided this would be the stuff I would use. A couple of things first. The felt you have used is a torch on. That plastic backing is effectively melted away when heated so when you did the overlap you should have removed it as the adhesive is now stuck to the plastic and not the felt. What I did was remove all of the plastic backing completely. I then applied the roofing adhesive to the entire OSB board roof and the put the felt on top. I did this by putting the roll on the roof and then paint the adhesive ahead of the roll and slowly unrolled it. I then added the clout nails. I then painted more adhesive for the next strip and put it down. I used a seam roller and a heat gun to melt the backing from the outside pushing down with the seam roller when it got soft to seal the edge. I also used the heat gun on the over hang so the felt was softer to bend. The heat gun was a tenner from Aldi I think. This system is actually a two sheet solution. There is an underlay for it as well for the same price.
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Great video and step by step instructions.
Clear and concise. I followed your method and it worked brilliantly. Cheers.
Awesome. Well done buddy 🫡
Just the video I was looking for to give me confidence in having a go myself. many thanks
Nice one mate, glad it helped. Best of luck!
My father-in-law's shed had the cheap stuff on, which has recently blown away. I've been tasked to fix it (having never done it before!) so your video was a godsend! An excellent, straightforward tutorial!
Nice one mate. Hope it worked out for you.
Thanks for producing such a Great video! Really useful
superb video, absolutely brilliant
thanks!
Great video, nice and easy to understand. Thank you and great job 👍🏼
Excellent video. Well explained. I particularly liked that you included the materials and cost. I feel I can tackle my own shed now! Thank you so much for sharing this.
Marlen Carvalho no problem buddy. You can do it!
Just what I was looking for. Thank you for making this. :)
Nice job, thanks for putting in the material cost.
Brilliant video tutorial, thank you.
Great Video, made the job simple and tight.
Perfect presentation, very helpful.
Thanks for the video. It has just helped me decide to go for the exact same type of materials for my own garden shed.
Superb mate, really glad the vid helped and good luck!
Thankyou. Nice and straightforward x
I am not a great DIYer, but I have Ronseal sealed & re-felted my shed roof in exactly the manner you outline in your video - I copied all processes & materials precisely. I am incredibly pleased with myself and it looks good. It has had one test so far when it rained, and all seems now to be dry in the shed. It took me a week but that does not matter as the job is completed.
Thanks very very much The Thorpester for your excellent advice - very much appreciated. David P
That's fantastic news buddy and well done you! Since I did mine, it's been battered by the weather and still looks and performs the same as it did when I first did it. Wish I could post pics to the comments.
@@TheThorpester Yes I wanted to add a couple of photos of my shed roof to my comment but did not how or IF you can do that on youtube? I live in Wolverton, Milton Keynes.
Thanks for the great video. I was given a couple of quotes of over £400 to refelt my shed roof. You gave me the confidence to do it myself, so I followed your step by step instructions and it's turned out fantastic. I am well pleased. Many thanks.
Fantastic and well done buddy!
Thanks for that, your tips helped a lot. I’ve just done mine and I felt great when I’d finished!
Well done buddy and thanks for stopping by!
Good job, great presentation, ..and the music works.
Fantastic job. Thank you.
Great job .Nice video, I am going to re roof my shed this week end .
Thank you for sharing an amazing video 👌
Great video, thanks and well done, that looks a top job!
Thanks. This video has been very useful. I'm in the process of building my shed from scratch and was about to use some cheap shed roof felt I got from my local DIY store, I see now that it's certainly worth the extra money so it doesn't end up like your old shed roof.
Nice one mate and no problem. Very best of luck with your build buddy!
Thanks for your video. It is very helpful.
Good call mate, i will use the same felt.Thanks
Great video man. Thanks for filming
Thank you, very good clear instructions 😊
Thank you mate. Hope you found it useful
Good job nicely explained, just what was looking :)
This is a fantastic video....very informative and will certainly help me when i apply my roof felt..
Thanks manys
No worries mate and thanks for watching/commenting. All the best!
NICE NEAT JOB LOOKS REALLY GOOD
Fair play mate brilliant video. Excellent!!
Thanks buddy
Excellent video. Very good at explaining all the processes ypu need to go through.
Thank you buddy and thanks for watching
@@TheThorpester My pleasure. Good luck in your endevours
Thank you very much for this. It was very well explained, and yes, a very good job. Congratulations! I hope mine turns out as well!
No problem buddy and best of luck!
Great job thanks for the blog
Really well presented thank you as i need my shed doing and now im confident to do it.
No problem buddy and all the best with it. You’ll be fine 🫡
Thank you, this is great.
Nice video. Looks a nice tidy job.
Excellent job very good video and great information too I will try later on this summer thank you brother
No problem buddy. Best of luck!
Excellent video.
Looks very nice 👍
Very good job roof shed felt last long time
This was such good video. I plan to do the same to my summerhouse next month. Thanks for this🙂
You're very welcome
GREAT JOB,
Fabulous job
Just wanted to let you know that this video gave me the confidence to re-felt my shed roof by myself. The shed itself probably won't last too many more years so I didn't want to have to pay someone to come and fix the roof. After watching this video I gave it a crack on my own and so far so good! Thanks a lot!
Nice one buddy. Really glad it helped. Now you've got an awesome roof, time to fix the Shed! Preserve and protect matey.
Thank you so much this video was very helpful wish us luck when we attempt this tomorrow 🙂
Good luck buddy. You have a few days of Sun Sun Sun so take your time!
Thank you, very helpful.
Nice work 🎉👍🏻
Nice Shed.
Really helpful, thank you! I've designed a solid shed but researching roofing is a nightmare - underlay or not bother, all the "pros" insisting it needs to be properly torched-on etc. Great to have a demo of the difference between the "Torch-On" and cheap felt but to see you can use TorchOn without a torch! Much more confident with my project now, cheers.
Nice one mate. If you have the tools to torch on etc then I would do that especially as you've designed the Shed yourself. Best way to go. For me, I just wanted a better roofing Felt that could be installed as usual and it has worked out fine.
Many thanks. Very helpful 👌 Had a gander at your other videos 👍🤩
Nice one buddy
Great video. Thanks mate.
No worries buddy
Nice job... ta for sharing :)
Nice one - thanks!
You did a really good job. Just what I needed, I'm going to go out and start preparing my shed for roof felting. Many thanks.
just discovered a bad leak on my shed roof your vid was good all i need now is a couple of dry days!
Nice one mate. Smash it!
Excellent video
Thank you buddy. All the best
Thanks for the help.
You’re very welcome 🫡
Nice job.
Excellent video. Good user friendly voice and approach. You will be an excellent teacher. Well done. Joginder -Principal of Nottingham Teaching College.
Well thank you very much Sir. Much appreciated. I love to Teach as I'm sure you do. Look after those pesky kids, they are our future!
Just built an outdoor bar, and this is exactly what I was looking for, seems relatively straightforward with top results, well done sir.
Nice one mate. If you have the tools, get the underlay and torch it on as intended. If not then do this :) Good luck.
@@TheThorpester finished the felt roof today, it looks really good, I haven't torched it on, bit it looks like it will last a good few years👍
@@durstbloor Fantastic! Bet it felt great when you finished. Top man.
@@TheThorpester yup, it's nice to admire something you have achieved, just got to wait until covid passes to have people round, take care bud and keep up the informal vids👍
@@durstbloor Nice one mate. Best wishes
Thank you sir.. gentleman
No problem, all the best buddy
Well done. I watched your video before doing the felt.
Nice one buddy...Mine's still up!
Helpful video, thanks. May I suggest using galvanised nails on the gable fascia boards, not 'regular wood nails'.
thankyou for this perfectly explained video. Even with the bits you forgot to record, it is still easy to follow and the best felt tutorial ive found. Just ordered the polyester backed felt you used, as i used normal mineral shed felt 2 and a half years ago and its leaking everywhere. By the way the sheds and aviaries i am doing are for my rabbits too lol.. so loved seeing your bun.
No problem buddy. I'm really glad it helped you. Look after them little rascals! They'll thank you for the nice cosy/dry habitats in their own little way :)
Thanks for the video, very helpful and easy to follow. 👍 I need to re-board my 5m x 3.6m roof with 12mm ply as the old boards have warped and leaked from the damaged felt. Would you recommend a preservative for the ply (despite it being covered)? Also, how much of the tar adhesive do you think I may need for the overlaps? I am using four 1m rolls compared with the three you used in your video. Thanks again
Thank you, very informative for me, I can get a builder to see to mine now without any fear of getting ripped off, and pay for his time and labour.(I'm a lady) ....You did a very good job (l wish you could do mine) ha-ha. Thanks for sharing just what l was looking for xx
No worries Jean. If you're getting a builder to do the job, they should do it better!
Hi - could you please provide full description of the roof felt and where it can be bought from; looks excellent. Very helpful video - thanks
Thank you. Really helpful. Just finished my own solo effort and it was a great success. My daughter tells me I am very manly 🤣
Haha awesome mate and you clearly are
Just wanted to say thanks I just did my shed roof after watching your video numerous times I used cromar wood treatment on the roof and iko super shed felt (polyester reinforced) and I used a high class sealant which I had instead of roof mastic, so pleased cant thank you enough cheers
Wow. Nice one buddy. Feels great when you finish eh?
it still looks perfect and even the day it was finished there was one of the wildest storms for months shed bone dry looks awesome
@@pavlos34shill32 Fantastic mate. Mine survived also! Good job.
Thanks a lot, you saved my shed. Plus, your video was very relaxing :) I used Pluvitec torch-on with a mineral layer (an Italian brand, sold here in Ireland). Expensive stuff but superb quality when compared to the typical rubbish they sell for roofing sheds. First I thought it might be too heavy, but it works a treat.
Awesome pal. Well done and glad I could help a bit
Tidy job 👍🏽👍🏽
If you're going to this expense (felt, paint, glue) you may as well get epdm rubber - goes on in one sheet and lasts 40+ years!
Good video 👍
Thanks buddy and you're clearly a top bloke!
Great video. I have the same junk felt on my workshop roof. After ten years it needs replacing.I was thinking of fiberglassing the whole thing . But having watched your video. It looks like lots less work.to do the quality felt job.
looks realy good stuff, great vidio, but where can u buy this from i can't seem to find it
I've used ordinary felt for 2 sheds I've built. But I always fully glue it down. Never had any problems 20yrs later. But admit what you're using is better quality. But I would still fully glue down
Sounds like you did a proper jobbie pal. Nice one and thanks for the glue tip 🫡
Nice 👍🏾
All nice. Did almost the same to my shed roof today using polyester heavy duty felt. Upgrade Your sheds hinges and locks. Add some padlocks and mask windows from inside so nobody can't see what's inside.
Nice one buddy and thanks for the tips!
Helped me get it done myself. Thanks.
Nice one buddy!
Thank you
You’re very welcome
How would you go about fixing felt onto hut that has two velox widows on roof?
I prefer screwing the ends on as it just makes it easier to remove them if it becomes necessary. Other than that it all looks fine. Lets see it in a few years! Very comprehensive and easy to follow.
Nearly been 2 years buddy and it looks the same :)
Really useful video thanks. Just about to build new shed and as you said supplied poor quality felt with it. Previously I’ve always double felted so if the top sheet gets blown off the under sheet remains waterproof
Nice one buddy. Glad you got something out of it. If mine was a new shed I'd probably borrow a torch and torch it on but to be honest, I haven't touched the shed roof since I did it and it's still exactly the same as it was at the end of this Video
I had a left over roof felt for a torch on flat roof. There's no rough top to it. Hoping its fine for the ridge position on shed. You don't stick down the heavier stuff apart from nailing.?
Thanks
Great video thanks :) I’m just about to do the same but to a larger area, got to do something in tier 4 lol 😂
You have really helped out in my plan and prep... you are a star :)
Couple of questions if you were to do it again would you put two pieces either side and then leave a foot either side at the top point and then add a smaller capping piece instead of using one large piece to go right over?( hope that makes sense? Lol )
Did you put anything over the nail heads like roofing sealant ?
Thanks again :)
Nice one mate. You'll be fine. I didn't put anything round the Nails and they seem fine but I suppose you could use the sealant as well making it a stronger seal. If my Shed had been an inch wider, I'd have had to use another strip. I got lucky in the measurements. If you have a heat gun or torch, definitely heat up the back of the strips as you're rolling it on although you don't need to. Mine's still exactly the same now as it was when I did it. I'm still really pleased with the job I did.
Hope it did keep water out. Good job well eone
Having had both my Wood & Garden shed ravaged by Storm Ciara today (the old felt has just lifted & peeled away on both) I was looking for some quality guidance on repair. This video provided it in spades. I now know what to use and how I’m going to get it sorted. Thanks mate!
No worries mate. I've lost 2 fence panels to Ciara already and it's still blowing! Shed's ok though. For now...
TheThorpester Thanks. Bit of a pain this storm. Never refelted a shed before, never needed to. I feel your pain. I moved to a rural village last year and the storm has taken out 1 fence panel (which survived intact) & a panel in my greenhouse. Luckily I managed to use the feather board panel to plug the hole in the shed or I’d have lost the lot. The felt lifting was just the icing on a crap cake.
Shed: greenhouse. Been a long day...
@@TelBot I hear you. The problem I have is that yes, I've fixed the Fence panels and made them strong again but I have no idea how to slide them in as they're 6ft (and a 1ft gravel board). I've tried many times in the past and failed so I'll have to wait till the neighbour is back to give me a hand!
Where did you get your felt from please ? Looks a great job .👏