Trumpeterb
Apr 14, 2017Explorer
Roof repair
I was washing my rubber roof yesterday, a task that I had not yet done, and I noticed a soft spot in the front corner. As I examined that spot, I soon realized it was much worse that I expected. The...
Trumpeterb wrote:That is a big area, I was thinking if it was small enough and closer to the front cap you could fix it by adding plywood inside the front cabinets as this would hide the structural repair. It sounds like the rubber will have to be rolled back to remove the rot and replace with new decking. Good luck, many on here have replaced there entire roof so I think your repair is doable.Gjac wrote:
How close to the front cap is the soft spot and how big is the spot?
Soft spot (more like missing decking) is roughly 2 feet wide and 4 feet long. Located in the front corner. Starts getting soft maybe 2 feet back from the cap, but I am sore that whole corner up to the cap will need replaced. All of the rot occurs before the first seam in the roof decking.