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  | 30 June 2012 05:17 |
| Sarge Photographer  Location United Kingdom County Durham |  Quote from FocusPhotosOk, put it this way. I don't know a single professional roofer that has ever used an adhesive. (other than bitumen) to stick felt, and I've never heard a good thing about the stuff. Adhesive or bitumen should not go hard or brittle, and nor should felt. All felt roofing products are oil based, and the only time they will go hard and brittle is if the sun gets to it and dries out the oil. This is when felt cracks and splits etc. This is also why there is a "finish" of sorts on all felt roofs, be it chippings, or solar reflective paint, or granules. The point of the finish is to protect the felt from the sun. Anyway, enough of boring you with technical crap! I hope the adhesive works out ok for you and does the job is suppose to do! Can't wait to see the finished studio. Fair point actually, i have not seen any pros use adhesive either, and to be quite honest its extremely messy (or at leats the way i work it will be lol). I know it would be better torching it on and this was my prefered method, but i will probably find this harder and more expensive than the adhesive. I did use adhesive on my old motorbike shed i built, but i also made the mistake of using cheap thin felt that started to tear after about 4 years. I will give it a go (the adhesive) and hopefully it will work out. After all its just to try and make the felt adhere more to the roof so the wind doesnt lift it in the middle, putting more strain on the nails, which could eventually cause more problems with the felt where the nail goes through. Quote from diipiiIt's a shed !!!!!! ?????? Er, not sure if this is a question or sarcastic comment lol. |
| 02 July 2012 18:37 |
| Sarge Photographer Location United Kingdom County Durham | 3/6/12 Busy few days (between showers). Managed to get the roof felt on. I used a quite thick and expensive felt that was put on using felt adhesive. This stuff is awfull stuff. Its about as thick as treacle, stinks of bituman and gets everywhere. Luckily I wore old clothes as they are ruined now. I bought 4 rolls that were 10mtr x 1mtr. Cut them at 7.5mtr to allow overlap. Then out 2 pieces per side. They overlapped each other by a couple of inches. I then cut the offcuts in half (giving 3x 2.5 mtr x 500mm). This was used to cover the overlap on the ridge. I then nailed all joints using large flat headed flet nails about 2-3 inches apart. This too forever as i had 4 rows of 7mtr to do. I just need to secure the edges better and make some decorative end pieces to go all the way around the shed.  Finished boarding the outside now too. I di still need to do under the eves, to block the gaps there, but this wont take long.  Its looking good and should be a great place to use as a studio. I still need to put the glazing in each window and put the door on too. I am in a position to paint in now, but the weather hasnt let off in about 2 or 3 months, with just a dry day (or couple of hours) here and there.  |
| 03 July 2012 03:44 |
| MattButlerPhoto Photographer  Location United Kingdom West Yorkshire Bradford | Are you insulating the walls? |
| 03 July 2012 05:32 |
| Sarge Photographer Location United Kingdom County Durham | Yes, i have got some fibre glass loft insulation i am going to put between the cavity of the wall and roof. I have used it before in my last shed and it worked great and only costs a fiver for a roll. I will be doing this in a month or so, when the weather turns and i have the money for the boards inside. |
 | 03 July 2012 17:20 |
| MG Photographer  Location United Kingdom Warwickshire | I used foil insulated plasterboard in my brick studio a few years go. I didnt use any cavity insulation at all.... Worked absolute wonders. It was around £8 a sheet of 8 x 4' |
 | 03 July 2012 18:05 |
| sjarcher Photographer  Location United Kingdom East Sussex Etchingham | looks good, dont forget to put a vapour barrier between the insulation and the plasterboard. stops condensation forming within the insulation. |
| 03 July 2012 18:11 |
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| Iconic Photographer  Location United Kingdom Lincolnshire Grimsby | shud have burned the felt on far less messy  or just nailed it |
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| 03 July 2012 18:24 |
| Sarge Photographer Location United Kingdom County Durham | Quote from MG I used foil insulated plasterboard in my brick studio a few years go. I didnt use any cavity insulation at all.... Worked absolute wonders. It was around £8 a sheet of 8 x 4' I thought about this, but not sure whether to use plasterboard or insulation and wooden boards. Price wise thats not too bad, when you look at the price of wooden boards. |
| 03 July 2012 18:25 |
| Sarge Photographer Location United Kingdom County Durham | Quote from sjarcher looks good, dont forget to put a vapour barrier between the insulation and the plasterboard. stops condensation forming within the insulation. Thanks, if i do use plaster board i will put a vapour barrier on the frame. I was actually going to put polythene sheeting up in any case. |
| 03 July 2012 18:26 |
| Sarge Photographer Location United Kingdom County Durham | Quote from Iconic shud have burned the felt on far less messy or just nailed it I did think about torching it on, but thought i may end up setting fire to my shed, lol. |
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