Removing A Concrete Flat Roof

For example using jackhammers to remove the old screed can crack the concrete roof underneath making the problem worse.

Removing a concrete flat roof.

The felt has failed at the junction with the house it was tucked under the upper storey cladding but has come away but as the house has has wide eaves it only leaks if the wind is blowing strongly from the north east while it s raining. It s a single storey structure attached to the main house with a flat concrete roof sealed with bitumen felt. This will give a good 15 20 years if done correctly. How to remove repair and install a flat roof.

There are 3 ways to do this type of roof. For example the florida based company hurricane proof systems offers a 7 inch 18 centimeter slab of concrete in three layers. And tie it into your hip roof. A solid slab of concrete capping the top of your house.

Of course this is probably because it will cost them a lot to remove the concrete safely and probably necessitate removing and reinstalling the new porch frontage. The 4 inch solid concrete roof was joined to a mirror image on the neighbours side. Then cut the rest of the roof away a bit at a time and slid it off the edge. Example of philip dalton s work of converting a concrete flat roof into a pitched roof.

Make sure you offset yo. This is a major undertaking and can seriously damage the roof if the people doing it don t know what they are doing. Prime the concrete with a bitumen primer then install a 3 layer felt system. The porch company s surveyor s answer is that the concrete porch can remain and that the new roof can be constructed around it.

Concrete rooftops are usually built on commercial buildings however flat concrete roofs and concrete shingles have been gaining popularity for use in constructing private homes. This is a long video but it will show you how to do it. Exact specifications vary but most concrete roofs are several inches thick. I put supports under the roof then used a petrol stihl saw to cut my roof away from the neighbours as close to the party wall as possible.

We have been using specialist techniques for sealing concrete roofs by injecting the cracks. Still even if this material does afford a much longer life than other choices it is as susceptible to the elements as any other material.