Denray Posted January 21, 2017 Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 Out with my wife on one of her insurance claims. Wandering what this roof material is. Yeah, it's been painted over with some of MH roof in a can stuff. Seams on this thing pulled apart elsewhere and leaked into the house, if you can believe that? Click to Enlarge 31.2 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted January 21, 2017 Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 Looks like a regular built-up roof with Snowcoat or something similar on it. Crappy install. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denray Posted January 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 Thanks Jim. Aren't there usually a flood coat on top of the paper? I don't usually see those seams on the few that I look at. More often tar, gravel, and moss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted January 21, 2017 Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 We'd call that a cheap felt cap; essentially a thin felt barely mopped down over some previous nastiness. There isn't any "usually" with a thin felt cap; it's whatever the gapped toothed hillbilly that applied thought would get by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Katen Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 Thanks Jim. Aren't there usually a flood coat on top of the paper? I don't usually see those seams on the few that I look at. More often tar, gravel, and moss. I think that they figured the Snow Coat would take the place of a flood coat. On better jobs, they'd use 4 plys instead of the 3 that you've got and on really nice jobs they'd include a granule-coated cap sheet or a layer of rock ballast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjr6550 Posted January 23, 2017 Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 I am looking at the photo on my phone. I see one seam and that looks like built up asphalt roofing. In my area you can typically see the seams. 18 in for two ply, 12 in. For 3 ply and 9 in. for 4 ply. When they have a heavy silver or asphalt flood coat it can be hard to see all of the seams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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