Some will say that using shingles is not good practice although it can be done.
Reusing old roofing felt.
While these projects only let you reuse a small portion of your old roofing materials every little bit helps.
Just like they said if its a re roof you do not need felt paper if you are not tearing the roof off you need drip edge and shingles and depending on how good of a roofer you are and what kind of job you do all the other little stuff like flashing new pipe flanges caulk etc but if you are tearing the old roof off than you must have felt and yes we take all the old tar paper off till you see nothing but plywood how else can you see if the wood is all ok.
Another substrate is the felt it can be reused too.
Winfield builders has been offering quality roofing services and more since 1979.
Felt details for various roof slopes amp.
In general you can save several thousand dollars when reroofing by reusing your existing concrete tiles.
We got a email this week from darryl up in crosby.
Another thing you can do to help the environment is make sure you work only with a reputable roofing company that s committed to eco friendly practices.
Oh you should put new felt paper on.
He s wondering can you just go ahead and shingle over that or should you replace the underlayment.
Use your creativity and make something to decorate your living room with.
He took the shingles off and the felt paper is still intact.
Whether it is roofing shingles or a roofing felt you can always give them to a recycling company.
Another roof repair personnel can come to rescue you by reusing the materials to save costs.
It would be crazy to try to save that old felt paper.
Unless the tiles have a manufacturing defect or were poorly maintained concrete tiles should have a 50 year plus lifespan.
Is roofing felt required.
He says he s re roofing an old house.
For instance you buy new shingles and have a technician place them on and you are unhappy with the results.
This article series discusses roofing felt specifically addressing the roofing code or roofing manufacturer s requirements for use of an underlayment such as roofing felt tarpaper or other underlayment products beneath asphalt shingles and other.
When reusing clay or concrete roofing tile spread them around to avoid overloading the roof structure.
Roofing underlayment roofing felt requirements.
Actually i attended a roof seminar 10 yrs ago or so and they stressed removing the old felt their theory was the old felt acts like a dry sponge and removes the good properties from the new application.
