Being a car owner and having a garage is a good thing. But, over time, the roof of this building may become unusable. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out repairs to the roof of the garage. How to do this is described below.
Do-it-yourself garage roof repair begins with determining the degree of wear of the coating and structure.
But first you should know that the roof is of two types:
- soft;
- Rigid.
Time and financial costs will depend on what type of roof will be used. We propose to consider the technology of repair work for the most popular types of roofing material.
- Soft roof
This refers to rolled materials roofing material, bikrost, stekloizol or steklobit. Basically, these are self-surfacing materials. For repairs, you will need a rope, a knife, a ladder, a roofing burner, a gas bottle and the material itself.
If the roof of the garage is leaking in one or more places, but small in area, selective repairs can be made. If the area of damage is large, it is better to completely replace the roof. This issue is resolved by examining the surface.
Start building a soft tile roof follows from the removal of the old coating and the sealing of all cracks and cracks. If necessary, fill in a new screed. After it dries, you can start laying the material. To do this, the roll is heated with a burner and gradually rolled out.
The work is done quickly. Each next strip is rolled overlapping with the previous one (from 15 cm to 1/3 of the roll width). A knife is used to cut the material. The roof is laid in several layers. If roofing material is used as the material, you will need to take care of the tar (resin).
Find a container to melt it in. All joints, seams and junctions are subsequently treated with the same resin or sealed mastic. With a partial repair, only the damaged area is cleaned and patched.
This type of roofing material is in most cases used for shed and flat roofs. The service life of a soft roof is about 8 years.
For such roofs, it is highly undesirable to have trees nearby. Wet foliage, accumulating on the roof, slows down the flow of water, promotes the appearance of moss and fungus.
Advice! When repairing a roof garage from a soft roof, you should worry about work clothes in advance, as this work is dirty. Resin doesn't wash well. Also, do not forget about safety precautions when working with combustible materials.
- Decking
Repairing a garage roof from corrugated board does not take much time.In principle, depending on the area of \u200b\u200bthe roof, one person can handle it.
To do this, you need the following tool:
- Roulette;
- Screwdriver;
- Electric jigsaw or circular saw.
First, determine the area required repair of a shed roof from corrugated board. Then the old material is removed. Examine the rafters for damage. Most often there is a need to replace the waterproofing. Therefore, the crate will change.
If everything is in order with this, you can proceed with the installation of corrugated board. Since the garage building is not large, the roof will consist of solid sheets. Start from any edge.
The upper corner of the sheet is fixed with a self-tapping screw. Do not screw it immediately "tightly". The next two sheets are laid and the coincidence of the ends of the sheets with the ridge line is checked. If everything is even, you can fix all the sheets.
When repairing a garage roof, it should be borne in mind that the corrugated board is overlapped, an overlap of one wave is enough. If the roof is large and one row is not enough, the next row is laid in a checkerboard pattern from the first.
It should be remembered that the corrugated board is fastened with self-tapping screws with a washer or a special cap so that water does not leak at the attachment points. The bottom and top of the sheet are screwed through the wave, the middle in a checkerboard pattern from them, overlap - up the wave.
This type of roofing material is used for pitched roofs. The service life of such a roof is 30-40 years. Currently popular due to good technical characteristics and ease of installation.
- metal tile
Metal tile is one of the types of corrugated board.
This material has several advantages:
- A light weight;
- Durability;
- Ease of transportation (not large sizes) and installation (one person can handle it).
But there are also disadvantages. It will be necessary when covering the roof with metal tiles, install snow retention and such roofs are very noisy, although if the garage is far from home, then what's the difference.
How to repair a garage roof using metal tiles? The sequence of work, tools and technology are the same as when using corrugated board.
The main feature is the impossibility of using roofing material as a waterproofing agent. This is due to the fact that the metal heats up in the sun and the roofing material can be damaged.
But now even without it in the store you can find a wide selection of materials intended for these purposes. The metal tile is attached to the roof with special galvanized self-tapping screws or ordinary ones, but with the use of rubber gaskets under the caps to avoid leakage at the attachment points.
Garage roof - repair, what else should you know?
Before starting work, the amount of material is calculated so as not to take too much.
Repair work on a soft roof should be carried out on a dry, warm day. In the rain, it is generally not recommended to open the roof. Only in emergency cases, but for garages such situations are rare.
The roof burner can be replaced with an ordinary blowtorch. But do not forget about the safety rules. There should be sand and water near the work site. Do not leave a canister of gasoline near a fire.
All work must be done with gloves. You can cut your hands with corrugated board and metal tiles, and when laying a soft roof, you can get burned.
From the foregoing, we can conclude: repairing garage roofs is not a difficult task, but a responsible one. In principle, any work cannot be done "slipshod", it is better not to take it at all.
The area of the roof of the garage is usually not large and even one person can handle the work. If you are a beginner and have any doubts, you can consult a specialist or watch videos on the Internet.
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