Although you may have read several questions that the rubber roof is perfectly fine if installed on existing tiles, the reality is that most of the rubber roof installed by car manufacturers not to honor the warranty on all roofs, which is not completely clean surface installed. So before starting the installation of rubber roof, you need to rip and dispose of existing shingles and put a new background of plywood, if the roof requires.
Advantages of self-Installed rubber roofing
self installed rubber roofing comes in a variety of styles, both rolls and tiles in different colors, but all are installed similarly. Self installed rubber roofing, if we put the roof for years to protect all types of weather and not subject to cracks or fissures. self installed rubber roof is an ideal material for large shell roofs.
As installed rubber roofing is flexible,can "breathe" with the roof expands and contracts due to temperature variations. For this reason, it is still installed rubber roofing experience much less stressful than traditional asphalt shingles, rubber roof and the first was installed in Wisconsin in 1980, still intact after almost three decades of implementation of the Wisconsin winter!
All self installed rubber roofing, shingles, including roll-style, at the roof with tape. Then takeitself must be as clean as possible, and have no roof protruding piece of rubber could, if not alone.
The glue used to secure the rubber roof installed if not installed properly on a wet, dusty or dirty surface, so that the oil and dirt should be water and dirt all cleaned up, leaf blowers was a roar from the roof remove dust.
The installation of rubber roofing
The roof should be rubber in the area to be unrolledFall and custom cut around any pipes or valves. The roof must be completely cut and shaped for the roof before the adhesive applied, and has been cut, the roof must be applied to the center and thin paste on the surface of the roof with a deep nap paint roller. The adhesive must be applied evenly in order to dry and then flat on the roof of a car tire installed and used the time to create.
When the glue for a few minutes, satrubber roof can be rolled up to the fixed roof surface. It 'important to correctly position the cover material because it is almost impossible to lift when it is connected to the adhesive on the roof. Be the installer first half of the roof to dry for an hour and repeat the whole process of the second half!