Felt roofing is a safe and reliable solution for protecting your property from weather conditions all year long. Providing your felt roofing is properly installed by a qualified roofing contractor, it can be a very dependable type of roofing solution.

Felt roofs can be installed using two methods, hot works or cold works:

Hot Works

The pour and roll technique may be used, involving the pouring of hot bitumen as the felt is unrolled along the rooftop. This ensures that the voids are filled and when cooled, the bitumen acts as an adhesive that bonds and seals the layers. 

Felt roofing can also be torched which involves heating the felt with a gas torch so that no bonding is required. In general, this can be used for both small and medium-sized roofs. 

Hot works techniques use either bitumen to bond and seal layers of felt or a gas torch to heat the felt and attach it to the roof.

Cold Works

Cold works techniques are easier but not suitable for uneven surfaces or when applied in cold conditions.

Cold adhesive can be applied evenly onto the roof and then unrolled into position. This method is a lot easier and safer compared to the technique of hot work. Self-adhesive membranes can also be placed in the correct position on the roof and then peeled off.