You should be aware that using an incompatible material to repair, alter, or modify a roof may void your roof warranty. If your roof isunder warranty, you should read the warranty or call the technical department of the roofing manufacturer to make sure that it’s ok to use roofing cement...
The low pitch roof and lack of sealant at the stack caused the leak but I wonder if I need an inlet to vent the roof properly since we installed a ridge vent. If I had huge ice damns then I would just say yes, but last winter was bad and I just had ice at the edge of the ...
If bolts in your roof are not sealed correctly, these small gaps can allow rainwater to seep into your roof. With too much water damage, a roof is susceptible to weakening or collapse. However, using flashing and sealant on every rooftop attachment can guard against any such damage. Solar p...
A typical roof penetration such as that required by a vent stack will normally be flashed using a prefabricated boot, sheet metal stack flashing, or a lead sleeve. These materials don’t generally depend on sealant to remain leak-free. But they don’t work for all roof penetrations. Pitch ...
The back portion of our home is very low pitch around 4% I’m guessing. The repair was finished in November and here we are again with another leak. The Decra rep, last year, said it was ok to just repair it in the back even though they now say it shouldn’t be used on such ...
The type of sealant used in a pitch pocket depends on the type of roof system the pitch pocket is a part of. The sealant has to be compatible with the roofing material, or it will not bond properly and the seal will fail. Pitch pans onsingle-ply roofslikeEPDM,PVC, orTPO membranerequ...