Built up roofs or burs also called a tar and gravel roof is a well established and popular style of flat roof that is made up of alternating layers of roofing felt or fiberglass and asphalt that is applied with heat which combine to make a long lasting sturdy roofing system.
Gravel shake roof.
Windsor in antique brown about 200 per square.
Bur built up roof and membrane systems.
Meant to suggest the look of a cedar shake roof these shingles have a built in stagger revealing two thicker butt ends.
Zinc roofing 1 6 lb m ft 2 7 8 kg m 2 copper asphalt composite shingle 4 2 lb m ft 2 20 5 kg m 2 asphalt roll roofing 1 1 lb m ft 2 5 4 kg m 2 felt tar and gravel roofing 3 ply 4 8 lb m ft 2 23 4 kg m 2 felt tar and gravel roofing 4 ply 5 3 lb m ft 2 25 9 kg m 2 felt tar and gravel roofing 5 ply 6 1 lb m ft 2 29.
Whether mimicking thick wood shakes or courses of colored slate designer laminated shingles aren t limited to rectangles.
On my customers shake roof an adjuster found damage fro 97 shakes on the left elevation 91 shakes on the front elevation 41 on the right elevation and 67 on the rear.
When it comes to estimating the weight of an existing roof field verification of the in place construction is necessary.
The possibility of slipping and falling makes working on any roof dangerous but it s especially so if the roof rises more than 4 feet for every 12 feet of.
Traditional wood shakes were created by splitting logs wood along the grain.
Shakes or shake shingles have been used for roofing and siding for centuries.
The lifespan of a flat roof depends on the material covering it.
Cedar wood shakes have been used in america since colonial times having been the primary roofing system installed for hundreds of years.
Ways to work on a steeply pitched roof.
A built up roof for example will typically include the built up membrane itself with or without gravel as well as some kind of insulation and cover board which will vary in thickness from roof to roof.
Here alternating layers of roofing felt usually fiberglass and hot applied asphalt are combined to create a long lasting roof system.
I m trying to ask for a full roof replacement saying that it will almost be impossible to know which of the 296 shakes i replace are the same.