Replacing roofing felt

[600rob]

the felt under the tiles around the 1st/2nd tile up from the gutter on my garage roof has perished.

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• 600rob
• 28 Apr 2019

Can this be repaired with one of the newer membranes like this or should i use 1f felt?

Would it be best to remove and replace the damaged area of felt all the way up to where it overlaps with the next row? Or is there a different approach i can take.

Will be fitting plastic eaves trays aswell.
Thanks
Rob

 

[Makie]

You can replace it with a newer membrane.

You could cut the new felt so that you only replace the area that is damaged, just make sure to allow the minimum overlap (which I believe is 100mm on A1 protect)

 

[600rob]

Thanks.
What do you do if part of the damaged area passes under one of the timber battens?

Is if possible to tuck the repair section under the batten or is it necessary to remove the whole batten and fit the repair patch under it with a good amount of overlap?

 

[Vinty]

Cut a section of batten out making sure the ends are butting into the rafter centres.
Insert the patch and renail the section of batten back on.

 

[600rob]

Thanks all.
Wasnt sure if the memebrane was intended to be a repalcment for conventional felt or an addition to it.