How To Repair Roof Felt From Inside The Loft

Hankering after expert advice on how to fix a roof leak from the inside.

How to repair roof felt from inside the loft. A section of the felt is missing from the inside of my pitched tiled roof. The tiles are the fairly common large concrete type and the roof has 4 x2 rafters and standard 1 battens. The insulation underneath the tears is dirty with bits of grit but it hasn t rained since i moved in so i. Roof leaks must be repaired from the outside to ensure the problem is corrected.

This will cost around 460 510 made up of. We hear you and we re here to help with our ultimate guide to roof restoration. As the tiles are in a good state i don t have any leaks at present but i rather fix the problem before it becomes an issue. Although it generally looks in good condition in two places it is torn revealing the underside of the tiles and the battens they re nailed to.

It s about a 2 mtr length and two rafter spaces wide. There are a few small rips in the felt about 5cm or 10cm long. Is it feasable to restore the missing felt from the inside without removing roof tiles. I have a normal uk type cold roof with interlocking tiles over the roofing felt.

1970 timber framed semi the felt is nailed directly to the rafters. To replace a small section of roofing felt involves stripping the tiles from the roof and replacing felt between two joists. However when it is not practical to climb up on the roof to fix a leak such as during the winter months you can repair a leaky roof temporarily from the inside if you can determine where the leak is occuring from the underside of your roof. Where wind driven rain is working under the roof and causing leaks then the felt will need to be replaced.