Walk On Flat Roofs

The book now out of print was sponsored by the national research council of canada and it brought together information into one document from canadian.

Walk on flat roofs.

Keep weight spread out as much as possible to avoid any serious indentations. If you do need to walk on your flat roof avoid studded or solid soled boots. Max baker s marvelous book. Likewise avoid placing too much pressure on any one spot.

The snow really piles up on the rubber roof and as you can imagine every snow storm i have to go up there and shovel the snow off. Other flat roof membranes that you can walk on include. Hi i am a home owner in michigan. Many homes in new england have walk on flat roof decks with living space under them and 90 percent of these deck roofs leak ruining your rooms.

It means that for your personal safety and the safety of your roof it s best if you simply stay off your roof and only let a professional walk on it if absolutely necessary. Hot rubberized asphalt waterproofing cold applied polyurethane reinforced waterproofing cold applied rubberized waterproofing non reinforced and reinforced single ply roofing torch applied waterproofing. After all a deck is pretty much an unvented roof that you walk on. Almost every profile of metal roof is also possible with our myriad of mounting options.

With a variety of mounting methods available kee walk works on virtually any roof surface. Installation tips for walk on roofs installation is similar to other single plies and must be done by factory certified contractors. The rubber roof lasted about 10 years and has now shrunk and. Even flat roofs in high wind zones can be accommodated with free standing weighted bases.

I already said that didn t i. It is currently rubber. The membrane glues to almost any clean substrate with either a proprietary contact cement or a special water based adhesive applied with a notched trowel. We have a small flat walk out roof with a railing around two sides.

The other two sides have a shingle roof sloping down onto the rubber roof.