Nathp83

I’d seen this Hence the reason for thinking about using this

If I was to use some fibreglass mesh, do you think there would be any problem in running this in shorter widths rather than long lengths? I just wonder if doing this might slightly impact water run off?

Ok thanks for the advise ?? If it was leaking I’d be more inclined to have the whole lot ripped off. But I could really do without both the expense and having the work done now given the current situation

I’m guessing the silver layer is reflective paint. But it’s the cracks and splits underneath that I’m more concerned with. My question is more around whether a bitumen based compound is the right kind of thing to go for give the surface I have currently

Good morning all, Firstly I know very little about flat roofs. I purchased a house last year with a flat roof that covers the garage and utility room. I was aware from visual inspection that the roof covering was coming to the end of its useful life. My initial thoughts were to get the whole lot pulled off and go for a proper fibreglass replacement £1200-£1500 has been quoted for just over 20m2 However following a recommendation of some stuff called All Weather Roofing Compound Bitumen Waterproof ROOF Coating 25 Litre on amazon and a few videos on YouTube, I do wonder if something like this might tide me over for a few years at obviously a significant reduced cost. I’m just not 100% sure it’s suitable for the roof type, I’m not actually sure what the covering is? It looks like it’s in 3 pieces and slightly overlapped looking from the front of the house. I’m guessing it’s some kind of bitumen covering and it will be ok. It looks like the previous owner has painted something similar on part of the roof more recently. Having said this I very much doubt the previous owner preped the roof in any way, given some of the other crap I’ve seen. The roof is waterproof at the moment. I’ve given it a good sweep. My thoughts were to use a bitumen primer, then a very light coat of the compound and a fibreglass mesh on top and then 2 proper coats of the compound. From the photos what are people’s thoughts please? TIA