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Posted by Jakey on November 14, 2006, 10:16 pm
When I found some holes in my flat rubber roof, I just used a dab of
roofing cement. Works like a charm and cheap. But the leaks caused at edges
are tougher to try to track down ,especially if you get ice backup.
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> Ok, I have a slightly sloping rubber roof (12x12). It is an old roof,
> and it is now leaking both by
> the 'drain' (middle of the lower side of the roof), and next to the
> house (this roof covers a single 'addition' room that will be demoed in
> 3-5 years).
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>>From visually inspecting the
> areas, I cannot detect any obvious holes/tears. To further complicate
> things, when I look from the 'underside' of the roof (it leaks into an
> office with a suspended ceiling - so I removed some of
> the panels to try to find the leek, well can't do that (tar paper under
> rubber) so am trying
> to figure out an 'easy' way of doing this.
>
> I tryed to seal some of the seams with tape and also the EMPD(?) rubber
> paint - it is very expensive
> and difficult to work with (too thick).
>
> Ideally, there would be an inexpensive 'paint' that would simply plug
> all the holes when it dried -
> I mean there must be a _simple_ solution.
>
> Help me usenet gurus!
> Will
>
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