Partial roof repair: what material to use...?
I posted in THIS THREAD REPLY about the bad and ugly on EternaBond not working for me and am recopying it below for subject context.
I cannot stand how bad it looks and want to cover it up. I am going to remove the skylight bubble and toilet vent to put down a 40"x46" piece of roof material "something." Basicallly, I want to remove the roof components, prep the roof and lay down a clean sheet of material to cover over that nasty looking roof.
What should that "something" material be?
I would consider using EternaBond as that roof material as it does adhere well to the existing roof, that is if they make a large enough piece. Is there another partial piece of roof material other than EB that I should consider?
I want to fill-in the red-lined area with a new piece of roof material:
From the other post for picture context, I give you the "ugly."
I read and heard that EternaBond (EB) is the cat;s meow and perhaps its true, but I doubt I will ever use it again. I wanted to try and reduce my roof sealing maintenance chores so I bought a roll. Read about how good preparation is key. I chose a nice sunny warm day and started around the rood bubble over the shower near the adjacent plumbing vent:
I scraped away all of the old caulking, THOROUGHLY cleaned and de-greased the the roof and bubble and carefully cut and laid down a layer of the EternaBond to try to make it look neat and good- forgive me the late day shadows:
I was kinda' proud of the job in cutting rounded corners, lapping it properly for proper overlay (starting at the rear.) All was good until I inspected it a couple of weeks later when I noticed that the ED did not stick at all to the plastic bubble!
I know that EB is a pressure activated tape so when I put on the bubble I was sure to place the tape over the flat part (not running it up the sides.) I used the thinner wheel roller (the one similar to a wide but serrated pizza cutter) and was sure to apply pressure around any of the bumped up fastener protrusions.
The EB was adhered pretty good to the roof but not at all to the plastic bubble. I had to do something because the area where the tape did not seal was creating a pool under it. I tried to remove the EB but the areas where it decide to stick was a nightmare to remove; the part on the bubble came off with no problem as there was absolutely no adhesion at all. I manually scrapped off as much as I could and put down good ole' reliable and pliable roof caulk seal...
...but it looks like arse!!
I cannot stand how bad it looks and want to cover it up. I am going to remove the skylight bubble and toilet vent to put down a 40"x46" piece of roof material "something." Basicallly, I want to remove the roof components, prep the roof and lay down a clean sheet of material to cover over that nasty looking roof.
What should that "something" material be?
I would consider using EternaBond as that roof material as it does adhere well to the existing roof, that is if they make a large enough piece. Is there another partial piece of roof material other than EB that I should consider?
I want to fill-in the red-lined area with a new piece of roof material:
From the other post for picture context, I give you the "ugly."
I read and heard that EternaBond (EB) is the cat;s meow and perhaps its true, but I doubt I will ever use it again. I wanted to try and reduce my roof sealing maintenance chores so I bought a roll. Read about how good preparation is key. I chose a nice sunny warm day and started around the rood bubble over the shower near the adjacent plumbing vent:
I scraped away all of the old caulking, THOROUGHLY cleaned and de-greased the the roof and bubble and carefully cut and laid down a layer of the EternaBond to try to make it look neat and good- forgive me the late day shadows:
I was kinda' proud of the job in cutting rounded corners, lapping it properly for proper overlay (starting at the rear.) All was good until I inspected it a couple of weeks later when I noticed that the ED did not stick at all to the plastic bubble!
I know that EB is a pressure activated tape so when I put on the bubble I was sure to place the tape over the flat part (not running it up the sides.) I used the thinner wheel roller (the one similar to a wide but serrated pizza cutter) and was sure to apply pressure around any of the bumped up fastener protrusions.
The EB was adhered pretty good to the roof but not at all to the plastic bubble. I had to do something because the area where the tape did not seal was creating a pool under it. I tried to remove the EB but the areas where it decide to stick was a nightmare to remove; the part on the bubble came off with no problem as there was absolutely no adhesion at all. I manually scrapped off as much as I could and put down good ole' reliable and pliable roof caulk seal...
...but it looks like arse!!
