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No not the car, the poor quality original shed felt decided to take up residence in a corner of the garden during the night. It did well to last about eight years but I would like to replace it with a better quality roof covering, either felt or some other roofing material. It is a standard 8X6 pitched roof shed. Any legal advice appreciated.
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Fibreglass on OSB3 boarding preferably 18mm if the rest of the shed can take the weight of the board.
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>> Fibreglass on OSB3 boarding preferably 18mm if the rest of the shed can take the
>> weight of the board.
For a shed? Blimey expensive.
Two 5 quid rolls of felt and some nails every 8 years will do me.
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I don't know where you get it from at that price.
I bought two rolls at the weekend for our shed
B&Q Value Shed Felt £22.98 per roll
Pat
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>> I don't know where you get it from at that price.
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>> I bought two rolls at the weekend for our shed
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>> B&Q Value Shed Felt £22.98 per roll
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Or Wickes...
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For an 8x6 garden shed replace with one of the better quality green felts and it's sorted for another 10-15yrs.
I've just rebuilt an 8x6 shed and used this...
www.homebase.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10151&langId=110&catalogId=1500001201&productId=257014&rel_cmp=018020
Last edited by: Fenlander on Tue 25 Sep 12 at 11:25
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knock a couple of sheets of "Wriggly Tin" on it! - last the shed out, then your later post could be, "What sort of Shed Body would go with my 8x6 Tin roof?"
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I've got several sheds composed of little else but corrugated iron. The wooden posts have rotted into the ground, but the shed stays up supported on the metal alone.
You can get super-dooper felt at twice the price of ordinary, which does last longer.
But the secret is not in the grade of felt but the security of the wooden battens holding it down.
Don't rely on the roofing nails - you need sturdy rot-proofed wooden battens every two feet, running top to bottom, and the lower edge of the felt should turn under the eaves and be similarly secured with wood.
Shed roofs go when the wind gets under the edge of the felt and rips it off.
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This is the stuff bitumen corrugated green or black, did mine last year:
search.wickes.co.uk/search#ts=ajax&method=and&w=roofing%20sheets&isort=score
Last edited by: Fullchat on Tue 25 Sep 12 at 19:41
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Or metal roofing sheets at a similar price:
Choose your colour and style.
www.steelroofsheets.co.uk/products.php?cat=36
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>> This is the stuff bitumen corrugated green or black, did mine last year:
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Okay, okay :)
Try this:
www.wickes.co.uk/invt/240039
You will need the ridge pieces: www.wickes.co.uk/invt/240058 and the fixing nails.
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>> Okay, okay :)
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>> Try this:
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>> www.wickes.co.uk/invt/240039
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>> You will need the ridge pieces: www.wickes.co.uk/invt/240058 and the fixing nails.
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>> Try this:
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>> www.wickes.co.uk/invt/240039
That's what I thought it was, but wanted to make sure before replying.
That's similar or the same as we've got on 2 of our shed roofs. Been on there 10+ years now, and still as flexible as the day it was fitted, and more importantly leak tight - touches wood.
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More expensive than traditional felt, but much easier to fit, lasts longer and makes for an easier finishing on the edges/lips. If you are lazy you do even have to any cutting!
My only concern is that if the wooden roofing is in poor condition is that you need to put up internal battening to get a good fixing. (Screws rather than nails). If you are using screws make sure that the plastic fixing caps fit the screwheads.
Last edited by: pmh on Wed 26 Sep 12 at 12:04
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>> Try this:
>> www.wickes.co.uk/invt/240039
I used the green version of that on my new garage roof about ten years ago and it is still in perfect condition.
You can get translucent sheets in the same profile and so I used that for the middle third of the roof making it very light inside.
Only downside is you can't walk on the roof without damaging it unless you use something to spread the load.
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>> You can get super-dooper felt at twice the price of ordinary, which does last longer.
Is the sooper-dooper felt thicker and therefore less flexible?
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I think it has more fibre in it, so is more resistant to ripping, and perhaps more grit on the surface, so resists UV breakdown of bitumin better.
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Network rail left a roll out and it's on my shed roof nice thick stuff used for safe walking routes over tracks. :-)
You could get adventurous and slate the roof with old slates and nail them on with copper nails & fit ridge tiles.
Last edited by: Bigtee on Wed 26 Sep 12 at 20:05
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Shed roof advice please. - MD
