Re-felting shed roof

twopenny

Went to a good local DIY shop that recommended the thicker stuff as said before.
Galvanized felt tacks.
Hammer and a friend.
Put tacks in pocket so when you're up the ladder you can easily get them. I have a small tool belt from Poundland, useful for putting hammer in when I needed both hands. Belt would probably work. 

Covered roof each side. Tacked in place, sides, some in top centre line going under the bottom edge. Needed a second pair of hands to get this up and straight - unless you are 6'4".
Strip over apex tacked down .

Pretty much as the photo of the green coloured roof on page 1.

Took about an hour, maybe longer.
I'm old female and 5'2" and it was easy.

TELLIT01

Last time I did use felt I used adhesive around all the edges and the overlap.  All exposed overlaps also tacked.

QrizB

B0bbyEwing said:

Under heavy rain the shed now leaks so all the shelving ends up totally wet and anything on there too so it has to get done in a few weeks when I'm off work. 
Which at this time of year will probably mean felt then.

I put a middling-priced tarpaulin (the sort with woven reinforcement throughout it) over my shed when the felt last failed. It lasted through the winter and let my lay my EPDM in summer sunshine.

bjorn_toby_wilde

TELLIT01 said:

Last time I did use felt I used adhesive around all the edges and the overlap.  All exposed overlaps also tacked.

I’ve moved to adhesive too now. Every time a shed of mine has leaked it’s never been the felt, always through a nail. Clout nails just seem to have a way of working loose.

womble12345

My shed leaked and the OSB roof was a bit rotten on the corners, I bought new OSB boards and screwed them on top of the old ones and then put EPDM over the whole lot. I bought a kit that included the adhesive and also some edging strips and I was happy with the job. I was tempted by felt but I decided that I didnt fancy doing it again in 5 years time, the EPDM should last longer.

stuart45

If a good quality felt is used and the work is done properly on a pitched roof it should last a lot longer than 5 years. 

Albermarle

stuart45 said:

If a good quality felt is used and the work is done properly on a pitched roof it should last a lot longer than 5 years. 

When we moved in this house there was already a shed with an apex roof covered with felt.
It lasted 25 years plus the years before we bought the house.
We have had the new shed ( apex roof covered in felt) 5 years and it looks almost like new.

Not so much luck with a pent shed though ( gradually sloping roof ) .