Repair of the soft roof of the garage: do it yourself. Do-it-yourself garage roof repair - the coating will be like new! Garage and house roof repair

The roof of a garage of any type needs timely repair, as leaks and other defects are a common occurrence during the operation of the premises. Before starting the repair, the scope of the necessary repair is determined, materials are selected and a set of works is carried out.

Garage roof leak repair

As a result of prolonged exposure to climatic factors, any structure loses its performance characteristics, which contributes to the appearance of cracks, leaks, and deformation in the roof. This is typical for roofs of any type, and in each case, certain materials, technologies and tools are used for repairs.

Leaks can also occur in winter time years due to partial thawing of ice and accumulation of water at the transition point of a warm roof to a cold one

For partial or complete repairs, the following materials and tools are often used, selected depending on the type of roof:

• cement mixture for concrete screed;
• bitumen or mastics based on it;
• roofing material, technonikol, hydroisol and other roll materials;
• assembly foam.

How to Repair a Concrete Garage Roof

The roof of concrete slabs is usually equipped with a slight slope towards the opposite wall from the exit from the garage. This is necessary to ensure rainfall and prevent the accumulation of large amounts of snow. There are also buildings with a flat roof, but in such cases, thorough waterproofing of the surface and the arrangement of rainwater removal are important.

If the roof of the garage has a slight slope, it must be waterproofed especially carefully.

Long-term operation of the garage box leads to gradual wear of the waterproofing layer, violation of the tightness of the seams and joints of the plates. As a result, leaks occur and repairs are required. Most often, water enters the room through cracks in the joints. To solve this problem, several effective methods, selected depending on the situation and the condition of the roof. The following problems and solutions are encountered:

• on a new roof made of concrete slabs, not equipped with waterproofing, they make concrete screed to level the surface, which will prevent the accumulation of moisture. After that, roofing material is melted onto the dried surface or bituminous mastic is applied. Liquid rubber is also effective. These materials treat the entire surface;

  Concrete screed eliminates all surface irregularities that could cause water to accumulate

• the roof covered with old roofing felt is cleaned of this material, cracks are found and covered with bituminous mastic. If necessary, you can treat the entire surface with a waterproofing compound;

  Roofing material is welded with a gas burner with overlapping sheets on top of each other

• A practical solution for an old or new garage roof is to prime concrete slabs and then apply roofing felt. To do this, the surface is cleaned of dirt and debris, dried, carefully treated with bituminous mastic, first with one layer, and after it dries, with the second. Next, the welded roofing material is fixed with a burner;

  For better sealing, the roof surface can be treated with two layers before welding. bituminous mastic

• applying liquid rubber is an expensive but effective measure for eliminating small cracks and waterproofing roofs made of concrete slabs. The tool is applied by spraying to the entire roof, but the high cost of the material makes it cost-effective only for processing large areas.

  Liquid rubber is usually used on roofs with a large area.

To apply any of the above repair technologies, you will need the following tools:

• building level;
• spatulas and hard brushes;
• rules of different lengths for leveling liquid rubber;
• industrial hair dryer or gas burner;
• metal brush;
• Master OK.

All tools must be reliable and safe, and when spraying liquid rubber or fusing roofing material, personal protective equipment must be used.

Video: repairing part of the concrete roof of the garage

Garage metal roof repair

A concrete, brick or metal garage may have a metal roof, but such material is susceptible to corrosion. As a result, rust, cracks and crevices appear through which moisture enters the room. Before carrying out repairs, determine the location of the cracks and the extent of the work required.

The metal roof of the garage is most often made of sheet metal with a thickness of 3-4 mm

A metal roof can be made from sheets of metal, the thickness of which is about 3–4 mm. Leaks form in different places, depending on which the method of repair work is determined. The main situations are:

• small cracks in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe junction of the roof and walls can be sealed with tow. The metal surface should be treated with waterproofing paint or liquid rubber to eliminate small gaps. All work is carried out on a dry surface;

  Liquid rubber is often used to waterproof large metal roofs.

• on a gable metal roof, holes can form at the junction of the planes. In this case, the welding method is the most effective, which requires special equipment, as well as sheets of metal a little larger than a hole. Such patches are welded in places where cracks form, eliminating leaks;

  Small sheets of metal are welded in places where cracks and through holes appear.

• leaks in the junction of walls and a metal roof can be neutralized with mounting foam, sealants for outdoor use. You can process the entire roof with rolled waterproofing materials.

  You can repair small defects in the roof of the garage from corrugated board using mounting foam

Roll materials are not suitable for eliminating large holes, but the welding method is optimal. To prevent leaks on the roof of the garage, it is worth laying roofing material, having previously treated the surface with bituminous mastic.

Video: applying bituminous mastic to a metal garage roof

How to repair the roof of the garage from corrugated board

A brick, concrete or metal garage may have a roof made of profiled sheets. The shape of the roof can be gable or flat with a slope. In any case, long-term operation, climatic conditions contribute to the appearance of holes, violation of the waterproofing layer. truss system It is often the basis of a roof made of corrugated board and therefore the roofing must reliably protect the room from leaks. In the event of defects in the profiled sheets, the roof is repaired.

The corrugated roof reliably protects the garage from precipitation until defects due to long-term operation appear in it

The main stages of corrugated roof repair are as follows:

Video: corrugated roof repair

A capital garage with a soft roof is especially prone to leaks and requires timely repair. This is due to the fact that the soft roof cover does not have high technical specifications and long service life. Soft roofing can be deformed as a result of strong climatic influences and mechanical damage.

With a large number of holes, cracks, leaks, a complete replacement of the coating is recommended. To do this, remove the old layer of material with an ax or other suitable tool, and then apply a new one. This method is suitable for replacing soft roof for a harder surface.

Old roofing is removed with an ax

For partial renovation and fixing small leaks use an ax, a knife, a trowel and a spatula. The technology of work is expressed as follows:

1. For partial repair of the roof of the garage, bituminous mastic and roofing material will be required. On the damaged area, a cross-shaped incision should be made, the edges of the old material should be bent and heated bitumen should be applied inside, and then a piece of roofing material should be laid, the size of which corresponds to the hole.

   On inner surface bitumen is applied to the damaged area and a piece of roofing material is laid

2. After laying such an internal patch, a layer of bituminous mastic is applied, and then the bent edges of the material are pressed. Then an external patch is cut out, the size of which should be 15–20 cm larger than the cut.
3. The patch is fixed with bituminous mastic, the edges are also coated with this composition, and sprinkled with sand on top.

   The outer patch should be 15–20 cm longer and wider than the damaged area.

If the soft roof of the garage is covered with a network of small cracks that form leaks, then it is best to treat the entire roof with completely bituminous mastic or liquid rubber. The first composition is applied with a brush in several layers after each previous one has dried, and liquid rubber is applied by spraying.

Video: garage soft roof repair

Repair materials

There are several basic universal types of materials for protecting the roof from leaks. They have a service life of more than 10 years, strength and resistance to mechanical stress. Such properties are typical for roll and coating waterproofing options, which are optimal for a garage.

To cover the garage, modern roll roofing materials are often used.

The use of TechnoNIKOL roll materials for roof repair

"TechnoNIKOL" is a roll material for waterproofing roofs various types. The structure of the canvas consists of several layers, and the bottom layer is bitumen, which melts during installation and ensures thorough fixation of the canvas. Such material is optimal for a concrete roof, but it can also be used on a wooden roof with a continuous crate.

Roll coating "TechnoNIKOL" consists of several layers, the lowest of which is bituminous

The method of applying this material on a concrete roof requires the following steps:

1. The surface is cleaned of dust and dirt, dried and leveled with a concrete screed. After the leveling layer has dried, work can continue.

   Before starting work, dirt and old coatings must be removed from the roof.

2. A bituminous primer is applied to the roof, which is necessary to improve the adhesion of the material to the roof surface and wait for the composition to dry. Next, a small part of the roll is rolled out from the corner of the roof and, using a gas burner or a building hair dryer, the lower part of the web is heated, rolling out the roll as needed.

   When mounted on pitched roofs ah should use safety ropes

3. After installation, each strip is rolled with a roller. This is necessary for a better fit of the material to the surface. Each subsequent strip must be laid with an overlap of about 8 cm on the previous one. Thus, the canvases are mounted in two or three layers. In the area of ​​​​the parapets, the lower layer is raised by 25 cm, and the upper layer by 5 cm. All junction areas are isolated with a special bituminous tape.

Video: installation of the TechnoNIKOL coating

Coating "Gidroizol" for the roof of the garage

Often, for waterproofing and preventing leakage of the roof of the garage, the bitumen-polymer composition "Gidroizol" is used. It does not require warming up before use, it easily eliminates cracks and small cracks in the surface. After drying, a solid coating is obtained, which has a service life of tens of years and withstands intense climatic influences. With the help of "Gidroizol" you can not only completely treat the surface, but also fill small gaps and cracks, eliminate holes in the roofing material, process visors and other areas of the garage roof.

Liquid "Gidroizol" is available in containers of different volumes

The technology of working with liquid "Gidroizol" has the following features:

1. The surface of a concrete or wooden roof is cleaned of dust and dirt, which enhances the adhesion of the composition.
2. A clean surface is primed with a primer based on Hydroisol and allowed to dry for 3 hours.
3. Before use, the composition should be diluted with Solvent in a ratio of 1:10.
4. The product can be applied to the surface with a roller, brush and other painting tools.

After treatment, the surface does not allow moisture to pass through, so "Gidroizol" is widely in demand for waterproofing

Rolled material "Gidroizol" allows you to completely process the roof of the garage and provide reliable protection from leaks. The material is a canvas rolled into a roll. High strength, easy installation, long service life and resistance to moisture make Hydroizol popular and effective for wooden or concrete roofs and metal coatings.

The rolled material "Gidroizol" consists of a bitumen-polymer binder, reinforced with fiberglass and treated on top with a special coarse-grained dressing

The main stages of the use of roll material:

1. First, they clean the surface, make a concrete screed on the slab roof and dry it.
2. During mechanical installation of the canvas on a pitched roof, the material is rolled out along the bottom of the roof and fixed with staples and a stapler. Subsequent sheets are laid with an overlap of about 10 cm on the lower ones, and the joints are coated with bituminous mastic.
3. The hot mounting method is optimal for flat roofs and is carried out according to the TechnoNIKOL waterproofing method. The roll is gradually rolled out over the surface, the lower part of the web is heated, pressing it with a roller.

Video: roof repair from corrugated board with liquid Hydroizol

Repair with roofing material

Roofing material is often used to update the waterproofing layer of the roof without dismantling the old coating. With the help of such material, it is possible to protect against leaks such as wooden roof with a continuous crate, and a slab concrete roof of the garage. At the same time, it is still recommended to remove the old layers of roofing material before installing a new sheet, which will provide good protection of the roof from moisture.

Bituminous roofing material is often used for roof waterproofing.

The method of processing the roof using roofing material is as follows:

1. The roof is cleaned of dust and dirt. With the help of mounting foam, roofing mastic or cement composition, all existing gaps are sealed.
2. The day before installation, rolls of roofing material must be rolled out and allowed to rest. If there is not enough space for layout, you can simply rewind the material in the opposite direction.
3. The roof surface should be primed. To do this, use one of the options for the compositions:
   
4. From the lower edge of the roof, laying of the lining roofing material begins with an overlap of sheets of 10–15 cm. Fastening is carried out using bitumen or mastic. At least 2 layers of lining material are required, the edges of which are tucked under the roof eaves and fixed with slate nails.
5. The top layer is created from roofing material with coarse sand powder. Cloths are fixed with an overlap, smearing all joints with mastic.

   For the top layer of a soft roof, a roofing material with sand dressing is used.

Video: roofing material on the roof of the garage

Repair of the roof of the garage with mastic

Manufacturers waterproofing materials represent a wide range of roofing mastics for roofing different type. Such products are viscous compounds based on polymers, bitumen, rubber, tar, butyl rubber. Liquid formulations allow you to eliminate small leaks in concrete, wood, metal roofs. Their application consists in a simple application of the product on a clean and dry surface with a brush or roller. Both full processing of a roof, and spot drawing in several layers after drying of each previous is possible.

Mastics are presented in an assortment of different manufacturers

Waterproofing mastics often serve as the basis for laying rolled materials. This ensures maximum protection of the roof from leaks so that repairs do not take a long time. It is possible to use mastics as an independent waterproofing, but always in several layers.

Video: the use of mastic for roof waterproofing

Repair with bitumen

A classic and simple material - bitumen - is in demand for the repair of concrete roofs. The tool is presented in the form of solid rectangular blocks of black color. The material must be placed in a metal container and heated to a temperature of 120 °C. The molten composition solidifies very quickly, but carefully eliminates all cracks. Therefore, the use of the tool requires skills and dexterity. It is recommended to melt the material in small portions, filling the cracks in turn. If the entire roof is processed completely, then the liquid is distributed over the surface with a T-shaped long stick.

Hard bitumen must be warmed up before use.

Video: making hot bituminous mastic

How to fix a roof leak from inside a garage

Small leaks in the roof or at the junction of the roof with the wall can sometimes be repaired from inside the garage. To do this, you need to examine the problem area, determine the size of the gap. Cracks up to 1 cm wide can be repaired with mounting foam. First, it is worth drying the place of leakage with a building hair dryer or in another suitable way.

Mounting foam can easily repair small cracks

If the gap is more than 1 cm wide, then it is worth using a cement composition. On the dried surface, the agent is laid with a spatula. It is possible to apply several layers after each previous one has dried. Such methods are relevant for repairing the concrete roof of the garage. It is possible to eliminate leaks in a metal roof by welding or laying waterproofing from the outside. If the coating is soft, then you can apply and mounting foam, but it is best to repair the roof from the outside.

Leaks occur on all types of garage roofs and require elimination of the causes. A modern selection of materials that are easy to use makes it easy to repair the roof with your own hands, without changing the old coating to a new one.

Why do garage owners have to deal with roofing repairs? Basically, in garage cooperatives, the buildings are connected into an integral array, in which moisture, temperature changes have almost no effect on the walls. Most often, the roof becomes unusable, which experiences all the “charms” of weather conditions.

Reasons why partial or complete roofing replacement is required, some. Main:

• Use of poor quality materials;
• Unprofessional installation of the coating;
• Negligence, poor knowledge of technology, violation of the preparatory stage of work;
• Untimely replacement of individual parts of the roof, which complicated the nature of the work.

Do-it-yourself garage roof repair

Do not delay with the start of repairs. The further you go, the more difficult it will be to fix the defect. Measure surface area, calculate required amount materials, purchase them with a small margin.

You can fix roof defects yourself. Take yourself an assistant - it will be more convenient. Learn the features of the installation of various coatings, consult with experts - and proceed.

Garage roof leaking. What to do

What to do if the roof in the garage leaks? First, you should determine how large the area of ​​​​leaks. It is necessary to understand the reason for their occurrence. If you own a garage in a co-op, try to negotiate with your neighbors to jointly replace the common roof if they have similar problems. You may be lucky and they will agree. But this is not always the case. Then repair the roof yourself.

Important: inspect the condition of the roof at least once every six months in order to notice the appearance of cracks or other defects in the coating in time.

Garage Roof Repair Materials

Roofing is of two types:

• Soft roofing (roofing material, steklobit, bikroelast, stekloizol);
• Rigid roofing (slate, metal tile, corrugated board).

Each type of material has both advantages and disadvantages.

Soft roof, with the use of self-welded materials, it is quite simple to perform, it costs less than a hard coating, the flooring is made quickly. But the service life does not exceed 7-8 years, because the surface does not tolerate temperature extremes, especially the scorching sun, and is afraid of dampness.

Metallic and slate coating more durable (from 10 years and above), less prone to mechanical damage, resistant to the vagaries of the weather. But moisture can lead to the formation rusty spots. Often the fault is the poor quality of the material or surface damage (scratches, chips) that occurred during the installation of the coating.

Repair of the roof of the garage with corrugated board. Issue price

Decking is used for pitched roofs in detached garages. The material is durable, high-quality, but even it sometimes needs repair.

You will need:

• Yardstick;
• Circular saw or electric jigsaw for cutting sheets;
• Screwdriver.

Repair stages:

1. Determine the scope of work (replacement area);
2. Damaged material is removed;
3. They check the state in which the rafters are currently located;
4. Most often, leaks appear due to damage to the waterproofing layer. It is necessary to lay a new one and replace the crate;
5. Next, begin to mount metal sheets. For a regular-sized garage, whole sheets are enough;
6. Work starts from the edge. Important: do not immediately fix the corner on top of the sheet. Lay the next two and check how evenly they are located (whether the lines of the ridge and the ends coincide). The sheets are fixed with self-tapping screws, which have a cap or nut that prevents water from entering the attachment points;
7. The material is overlapped, overlapping the adjacent sheet in one wave;
8. Self-tapping screws are screwed on top and bottom of the corrugated board through a wave, and in the middle of the sheet a checkerboard pattern is needed for greater connection strength.

The price of colored corrugated board with a polymer coating: 155 - 240 rubles. for 1 sq. meter. The cost depends on the type of coating, texture and manufacturer. Even if you have to replace most of the coverage in an ordinary garage measuring 5.5 x 3.7 m (S = 20.35 sq. M), then the issue price will be only 3155-4885 rubles). Plus self-tapping screws and a waterproofing layer (from 55 rubles per sq.m.). The cost is acceptable.

In most cases, it is necessary to change only individual sheets on which defects have appeared, which greatly reduces the cost of work.

Garage roof repair with ruberoid. Issue price

Shed and flat roofs often covered with ruberoid. This material is used for roofing works for decades and has gained popularity among garage owners due to its low cost and simple installation process. Selective repairs are also easy to do, especially if cracks are noticed in time.

How to repair such a garage roof? Not so long ago, more modern self-welded materials appeared on the market, but the principle of arranging and repairing a roof using them is the same as that of roofing material.

Devices and tools for work:

• Ordinary blowtorch or gas burner;
• Strong knife;
• Ladder;
• Strong rope;
• Bituminous mastic (for roofing material);
• Gas bottle.

Operating procedure:

1. It is necessary to remove the old coating, clean the surface of debris and carefully seal all the cracks with a special bituminous mastic. If necessary, make a new screed;
2. When the screed is completely dry, you can lay the roofing material;
3. Bituminous mastic is melted in a container up to 200 degrees below, lifted up with a rope and applied to the roof surface. Resin is the last century. It quickly dries out and leads to cracks;
4. The roll is heated with a blowtorch, unfolded and overlapped on the previous strip. Sunset leaves at least 15 cm, and sometimes a third of the width. The excess is cut off. Two layers are laid: one - along, the other - across;
5. Seams, joints are carefully coated to ensure tightness. You can use mastic;
6. To replace individual damaged areas, the procedure is the same. The damaged roofing material is cut out in the right place and the roof is “patched”.

How much does ruberoid cost? The price for 1 roll is about 370-390 rubles. Quantity of meters - in a roll - 15 sq.m. Mastic for gluing roofing material costs an average of 600 rubles. for a bucket of 9kg. Euroruberoid Stekloizol (roll 15 sq.m) -770 rubles, Bicroelast (15 sq.m. in a roll) - 322 rubles, Technoelast (roll 10 sq.m) - 1680 rubles. per sq.m.

Garage roof replacement

Firstly, determine what needs to be replaced: one roof covering to another or completely produce complete replacement roofs with the installation of new wooden lathing. It all depends on whether new wooden structures are needed for a different type of roofing material.

Bituminous tiles and ondulin require a continuous crate, and metal tiles and slate - discharged. Have you decided to change the slate coating to shingles? Then you will need to install additional wooden structures, which is associated with some difficulties and will cost more.

Replacing slate with a metal tile will be very simple. It will be more difficult to make a covering from corrugated board instead of shingles, because additional crate is required.

When installing a new roof take into account the mistakes that led to the need to replace the structure or roofing material. Replacing the roof of a garage is a rather complicated process, so be careful in your work and follow the installation technology of the coating.

• Work only in dry and warm weather. Such weather conditions should last approximately 2 days before the start of repair work;
• If you have chosen a soft roof, pay attention to whether there are trees near the garage. Leaves that fall on the roof will slow down the outflow of rainwater, begin to rot and lead to the development of fungi and the appearance of mosses;
• Follow the rules fire safety when installing a soft roof. Molten mastic has high temperature, therefore overalls and footwear - required condition for work;
• Two people need to cover the garage with roofing material. So much more convenient;
• Talk to neighbors, find out what their garage is covered with, and how the coating serves in the data climatic conditions. Read their recommendations.

Do-it-yourself garage roof repairs anyone who has patience and a minimum of skills can. You need to decide what is more important for you - ease of installation or durability of the coating. If the first option - then choose a regular or euroroofing material. If you want the coating to last much longer without repairing and replacing roof parts, pay attention to metal tiles and polymer-coated corrugated board.

There are several technologies by which do-it-yourself repair of the garage roof is carried out. The choice of a specific methodology for conducting restoration work depends on the level of wear of the roof, its type and directly on the type of motorhome.

The restoration of the roofing of a house for a car is currently carried out using three main technologies: soft materials, hot bitumen, tiles or profiled sheets. Most private garages are covered with inexpensive and at the same time durable materials - modern ondulin and shingles, corrugated board. You can easily choose the best method of “treating” the roof of a motorhome, focusing on the type of coating.

Regardless of the technology chosen, you will need to properly prepare the roof for repairs. Examine the roof, set the level of its operational wear, determine the roofing elements that need to be replaced without fail. In cases where the old coating as a whole is still quite suitable, remove only the problem areas by cutting them down with an ax. Subsequently, they can be replaced with new elements, significantly reducing the cost of repairs.

Preparing the roof for repairs

If the coating was made with roofing material or a similar material (a soft roof is equipped), swelling and cracks often appear on it over time. Such problem areas need to be dealt with even before the start of repair activities. This is easy to do: cut the defective sections crosswise with a well-sharpened knife; Bend the resulting triangles and clean out debris and dust from them.

When carrying out repairs, such areas with corrected flaws will need to be filled with bitumen. Below we will talk in more detail about how to properly perform such an operation. Thoroughly clean the roof surface, if necessary wash it with water. Now you can start restoration activities.

Bitumen is a popular material that provides high quality repair work carried out independently. Repairing the roof of the garage with it will require you to stock up on such equipment: a ladder, an old bucket without holes, gloves, gasoline and firewood, a rope, a metal hook, bricks.

Repair of the roof of the garage with bitumen

The technology of work is as follows:

1. Build a brazier for heating using bricks, and make a fire under it.
2. Put a bucket with bitumen poured into it on fire and wait until the material acquires the required plasticity.
3. Use the metal hook and rope to lift the bucket onto the roof.
4. Fill the defective sections of the roof with plastic material. You can use a wooden board to give the bitumen jet the desired direction.

When pouring, pay special attention to those places that you cut into preparatory stage. These areas must be filled out completely. Then, when it rains, water will not penetrate through the roof into the garage. The entire soft roof or only damaged areas can be filled with bitumen.

For a long time, domestic home craftsmen have been performing roofing repairs with the help of roofing material. It is treated with special mastic (bituminous) and placed on damaged areas of the coating. In general, the roof restoration technology using roofing material looks like this:

1. Cut out pieces of material according to the required geometric parameters.
2. Pour mastic inside the holes on the roof (it is also allowed to use molten resin).
3. Cover defective areas with pieces of roofing material.
4. Fill the patch with mastic.
5. Bend the holes cut crosswise, place another piece of roofing material on top of them (in size it must be slightly larger than the repaired area) and pour the mastic again.

Roofing felt can be updated and the entire area of ​​the roofing. In this case, you will need to fill the roof of the garage with tar. After that, lay sheets of roofing material on it (an overlap of 13-15 cm is required). Tar is recommended to be poured in parts. Then it will not have time to harden, and you can calmly repair the entire roof piece by piece.

Ruberoid for roofing repair

Sometimes bubbles form on the surface of the roofing material during installation. It's OK. Using a knife, cut them, and then press (as tightly as possible) the cut sections to the roof and apply another layer of tar on them.

If you want the roof of the garage to be completely protected from precipitation, it is recommended to lay two layers of roofing material. Then you will definitely get a very reliable coating that will not let a drop of water into the caravan. It is even easier to repair a garage roof with a bikrost. To carry out such a restoration, it is not necessary to purchase tar and mastic. Bicrost laying is carried out using a gas burner. The scheme is as follows:

1. Roll out a roll of material (about half a meter).
2. Heat the inside of the bicrost with a gas unit.
3. Press (you will need a special stick in the shape of the letter T) the heated material to the roof.
4. Stand with your feet on the newly laid area, roll out another 50 cm roll, repeat the steps for heating the bicrost and its installation.

Note! All subsequent strips of material should be laid with a 7–9 cm overlap. The cost of repairing with bikrost is significantly more expensive (3–4 times) than restoring the roof with bitumen or roofing material. But with its help you restore the roofing in just a couple of hours. Labor costs when using bikrost are minimal!

If your motorhome is protected from above with metal tiles or corrugated board, their repair is also quite simple. Not hard to replace separate element tiles or mount a new profiled sheet. True, when there is a need to completely replace the roofing, the cost of such work will be noticeable due to the high price of the coatings used.

Installation on the roof of new profiled sheets

The metal tile is mounted on the roof from the bottom up. For its installation, universal self-tapping screws with a special rubber gasket are used. Gaskets can be made independently. It's even easier to get them at a hardware store. Latches are provided on the lower and upper edges of the tile. With their help, you will carry out the installation of products (the operation is overlapped). It makes no sense to describe the procedure - everything is really simple.

You will have more trouble with the replacement of corrugated roofing. You'll have to stock up, a circular saw, a twisting device. Work according to the scheme below:

1. In the upper corner of the roof (choose any), you mount the profiled sheet (specialists advise you to lightly grab it with a screw to begin with).
2. Fasten two more products in series.
3. See if the edges of the sheets coincide with the line of the roofing ridge. Align them if necessary.
4. Fix roofing products tightly.

Pro tip! It is best to fix the middle of the profiled sheets in a checkerboard pattern, and their lower and upper parts - through the wave.

How to cover the roof of the garage?

If you decide to repair the roof of the garage, you need to decide on the materials. In total there are two types: soft and hard roofing. Each of them has its own merits. Here short description all commonly used types.

• Ruberoid.

Its main advantage is the relatively low price. But he also serves, as already mentioned, up to 10 years. In addition, it is very plastic and protects well from moisture. Best used on flat roofs.

With roofing felt, it may be difficult to determine the right amount. If the roof of the building is flat, then three or even four layers are necessary, since he will need to protect the roof from water that stagnates on its surface. With a significant slope, fewer layers are needed.

For a longer service life of the roofing material, it is desirable to carry out its installation in sunny weather.

• Decking.

It is very easy to work with this material, laying is fast. However, it has good strength and low cost. It will last long enough.

If the material used in the restoration of the roof does not need to withstand strong and frequent temperature changes and a lot of precipitation, it is advisable to use corrugated board. Thanks to the sheets different sizes It doesn't take long to cover.

But working with corrugated board is very careful, because damage to the polymer coating will inevitably lead to corrosion, which will negatively affect the life of the entire structure.

The corrugated board is installed on the crate, which is made of boards or beams, and a layer of waterproofing spreads under it. Thanks to such a system, the building will be reliably protected from leakage.

• Slate.

It is the most common material and is very popular, because it combines excellent quality for little money.

Covering the roof with a cipher is very similar to working with corrugated board: here it is also necessary to lay a layer of waterproofing under the crate of beams. Other than that, it also has waves.

A feature of working with slate is the need to prepare holes for roofing nails in advance, since fragile material can crack if you start screwing screws into it.

Major and minor repairs

To understand whether there is a need for repair, you need to inspect the surface. Everyone can carry out the manipulation, it is enough to climb up to the top of the garage. Repairs are minor and major.

Minor repair of the garage roof is needed when minor damage is detected, usually these are leaks, they appear due to hail, corrosion of the object's material and sheets torn off by the wind.

You can correct the situation yourself by using mastic to seal holes or by replacing some elements with new ones. But if you realized it too late and the area with defects is too large, then in this case a major overhaul is necessary.

Overhaul of garages is carried out quite rarely, when more than 40% of the roof area is damaged, and the better the work is done, the longer you can forget about such problems.

Roof repair is a time-consuming process that requires specialist knowledge and skills, choosing our Moscow masters for carrying out all repair steps, you provide reliability and a guarantee for the services received.

Leaking garage roof risks turning into not only damage to building structures and the need for major repairs. Water entering a building can damage stored tools, equipment, and materials. garage usually does not require special training and you can do it yourself.

Preparation for repair work

The roof is the most vulnerable place of construction, since it is exposed to the destructive atmospheric influences to the maximum extent. The resistance of a soft roof to external influences directly depends on the characteristics of the coating material. Most often, this is an affordable roofing material, but modern built-up materials can also be used to equip the garage roof.

At the preliminary stage of repairing the roofing with your own hands, you should carefully inspect the roof in order to determine the degree of damage to the flooring. If there are individual damages on the surface, you can limit yourself to local repairs of the corresponding sections of the roof decking. Serious wear of the coating is the reason for the replacement of the entire roofing carpet or the creation of a new outer layer of the roof from rolled material, mastic or liquid rubber.

If the garage has a roof with an inclination angle of 5 degrees, then the repaired roofing carpet made of rolled materials can be left as a waterproofing coating, a sheathing can be mounted on top of it and a roofing deck of suitable sheet material can be laid.

Depending on the results of the roof revision, a repair method is selected and the required amount of materials is purchased.

Before starting restoration soft cover do-it-yourself roofing, the entire surface of the flooring should be thoroughly cleaned of debris and all types of dirt, and dried mastic should be removed. In places of through holes in the coating, the outer layer is opened by means of a cross-shaped incision (“envelope”), the edges are folded back, dirt and moisture are removed from the base. Areas with heavily worn roofing material should be cut with an ax. Next, you need to dry the roofing well, paying special attention to exposed areas before local repairs - they are best dried using a building hair dryer or gas burner.

Preparatory and repair work it is necessary to carry out only in dry weather in the warm season - the air temperature should not be lower than 10 ° C.

Technology of local repair on the roof of the garage

To repair individual sections of the soft roof, you will need bituminous mastic and roofing material. In the opened prepared “envelope”, it is required to lay a piece of roofing material, cut exactly to the size of the envelope, after carefully smearing the hole with well-heated bitumen in order to exclude the possibility of moisture penetrating into the inner layers of the roofing carpet. A layer of bituminous mastic is applied over the laid inner patch and the bent edges of the “envelope” are pressed tightly. The outer patch should extend 15-20 cm beyond the edges of the repaired area. A cut off piece of roofing material of the required size is also glued with mastic. For maximum reliability, it is smeared with a layer of bitumen on top (special attention is paid to the edges adjacent to the roof), and sprinkled with a layer of sand. After the mastic dries, excess sand should be removed.

If a worn piece is cut out in the coating, the resulting cavity is filled with shreds of roofing material of appropriate sizes and heated bitumen. The external patch is laid according to the technology described above.

To ensure reliable adhesion of the patch to the existing roof deck, it is recommended to remove the outer protective layer of roofing felt, consisting of fine-grained mineral chips. To do this, you can use solar oil, which will soften the material, and a metal spatula.. The oil is applied with a brush or brush.

Restoration of the outer layer of the roof on the garage

If the roofing material has signs of general wear due to aging of the material under the influence of ultraviolet radiation, temperature changes and moisture, which is expressed in a frequent network of small cracks over the entire surface of the flooring, it can be restored with your own hands using:

• bituminous mastic;
• liquid rubber.

Bituminous mastic is used in a heated form. The repair compound is applied with a brush to roofing material. Mastic fills cracks and provides required level waterproofing material. This type repair does not require serious financial costs, it is available for do-it-yourself work, but it is important to observe safety precautions when working with heated resin. In addition, during the work, it is recommended to cover the surface already treated with mastic with a layer of sand, which will protect the bituminous material from the damaging effects of ultraviolet radiation and extend the life of the repaired roof.

Liquid rubber - a more technologically advanced and durable coating. The repair composition is a water-based bitumen-polymer emulsion. After drying, the material applied to the roofing acquires the properties of rubber and provides high-quality waterproofing of the surface. If working with two-component liquid rubber requires the use of special equipment, then an affordable cold one-component material can be applied by hand with a spatula, brush or roller. The coating successfully withstands temperature extremes, exposure to moisture, UV radiation, aggressive environments.

Replacing the soft roof covering

To update the outer covering of the soft roof of the garage, you can use traditional roofing felt or built-up roll material. The first option is cheaper, but the complexity of installation is higher. In the second case, you need to use a gas burner.

The roofing material is laid on top of a layer of heated bituminous mastic. The bituminous composition is applied to the prepared roof surface with a strip slightly exceeding the width of the roofing material. Roll material is rolled on top, while making sure that bubbles do not form. The overlap of the next strip should be 10-15 cm - it is for this width that it is required to smear the edge of the already laid coating with bitumen. Detected bubbles should be opened by making a small incision. Having removed the air from the area under the coating, the roofing material must be pressed tightly to the surface and smear the incision with bitumen.

Before laying, the roofing material should lie unfolded for a day.

The finished layer of flooring should be left to dry for 12 hours. Then the installation of the next layer of carpet is carried out - it should be done with a slight shift in order to avoid overlapping joints. In this case, the roof covering is able to provide the necessary degree of waterproofing. The number of layers of roofing material in the waterproofing carpet depends on the characteristics of the roof:

• 5 layers for flat roofs;
• 4 layers with a small slope (less than 15 degrees);
• 3 layers at a slope of 20-40 degrees;
• 2 layers on slopes from 45 degrees.

The lower layers of the carpet are made of fine-grained roofing material or roofing felt, and for the outer covering, rolled material with coarse-grained dressing is recommended, which is most resistant to external influences.

Installation of the built-up roof can also be done by hand. The cleaned and dried roof is primed with bitumen. Then the roll of material is rolled out to about half a meter, and the free end is thoroughly heated with a gas burner. It is important to heat the corners and edges of the coating well to prevent them from lagging behind the surface..

The heated piece of the deposited coating is pressed against the roof surface by a roller. Then the roll is rolled out again by 50-60 centimeters, and the wrong side of the material is well heated by the burner. Strips of material are mounted with an overlap of 7-8 centimeters. The roofing carpet must consist of at least two layers laid with offset joints. The work on the installation of the built-up roof should be carried out carefully and quickly. It is not recommended to walk on the finished coating until it has completely cooled down - this can lead to a violation of the waterproofing properties of the material.

The optimally chosen option for repairing the roofing of the garage will ensure the reliability of the roof of the building and protect property for a long time.