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Trade: Kitchen & Bath
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Location: Millersville, PA
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Rubber Roof Pic
How does this rubber roof job look?
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Trade: Commercial Roofing Inspector/ Trainer
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Flowery Branch, GA
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Re: Rubber Roof Pic
Looks sloppy IMO. Good chance it will be watertight though. Some closeup shots of the details and terminations would tell more. When I see lap seal on the seam of non reinforced it makes me nervous. Is that just gobs of lap seal on the Tbar?
I just cant get a good look. |
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Re: Rubber Roof Pic
I thought it looked sloppy too but I can tend to be pretty critical so I thought I'd post a neutral question.
Yes, it is gobs of lap seal on the bar which really stinks because you can see it easily from the ground. The lap seal was new rubber going over existing, is there a better way it should have been done? Just curious. As long as it doesn't leak I won't bitch too much. |
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Re: Rubber Roof Pic
Was The seam Taped or Black Glued?
I think if that tbar were visible, I might consider a nice counterflashing. |
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Re: Rubber Roof Pic
That would be the absolute last system i would've put on that roof.Especially with it being visible from the groud.
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Re: Rubber Roof Pic
I think the seam was glued, not sure though, I wasn't watching them do it.
tarface-what system would you have used? The roof is not highly visible from the ground, just the part that goes up the chimney. |
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Trade: Roofing
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Re: Rubber Roof Pic
Looks like crap. Standard practice I guess.
But as long as it does'nt leak and I can't see it from my house. |
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Re: Rubber Roof Pic
I dont like term bar at all. surface mounted counterflashing looks 100 times better.
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Trade: Commercial Roofing Inspector/ Trainer
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Re: Rubber Roof Pic
I'd add a counterflashing
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Blissfield Maintenance
Trade: COMMERCIAL&RESIDENTIAL ROOFING& Repairs
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: MI
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Re: Rubber Roof Pic
Anice counter with some pewter or grey solar seal along the top would look nice .Yes it is a mess when you cutt your epdm [see top area] for tape i have my guys snap a line so its not jagged and chimm area could you have cutt out the old and the old stone to make it flat?I did one last yr like that and i cutt the stone out down to the wire then plywood was added for a smoother transition because it was noticeable from the deck.Now that i look at the chimm that was not possible but it still should of laid flatter.
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Re: Rubber Roof Pic
looks like ****
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Re: Rubber Roof Pic
Saddest part of all is I got a ref on this roofer by my usual and usually reliable method of asking at the supply house counter for "a good roofer, not concerned w/ price so much as quality". He was not cheap either.
tiny: the area against the chimney where the epdm is not laying flat isn't because of the rocks sticking out, it's just hanging loose away from the chimney. The piece they ripped off to replace was flat (and caulked neatly).
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Industrial and Commercial
Trade: Roofing
Join Date: Nov 2007
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Re: Rubber Roof Pic
One thing is for sure, that Termination Bar should NOT be caulked with lap caulk. It should have water stop behind it and a good urethane such as NP-1 or vulkem on top. That lap caulk wont last a year on that bar. It is not made for vertical surfaces. Thats why it is already running down the wall.
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Re: Rubber Roof Pic
Looks TERRIBLE.
I'd send that photo the manufacturer rep of the material and ask for an opinion. I hate to say it, but there is NO WAY I would have paid the last check until it was tuned up.
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Supercilious Roofer
Trade: Roofing
Join Date: Mar 2008
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Re: Rubber Roof Pic
Lap sealant is used on top of tbar. But not by the gallon.
A reglet metal should be installed over the bar and the roof will be fine. That is if the seam was done with glue or tape prior to caulking. |
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