Patching Roof Felt Inside

A section of the felt is missing from the inside of my pitched tiled roof.

Patching roof felt inside. Make a temporary leak patch. Patching material may not adhere properly if the roof area is damp. The tiles are the fairly common large concrete type and the roof has 4 x2 rafters and standard 1 battens. Roof leaks can occur when the flashing around a vent pipe or chimney separates from the roof and creates a gap.

Once you ve found the leak you can make a temporary leak patch from some plywood or shingle and some roofing tar. Is it feasable to restore the missing felt from the inside without removing roof tiles. Wind driven water that would normally flow down the felt and into the gutter instead drips onto the soffit and then back onto the ceiling of the room below through gaps in the felt. If your ceiling has a plastic vapor barrier between the drywall and the attic insulation push the insulation aside and look for flow stains on the plastic often water runs to openings in the vapor barrier such as at ceiling light fixtures.

Water tends to follow along roof rafters or roof decking. If it s a small hole patch the felt then duct tape a piece of cardboard same size as hole onto the roof from the inside. I rather not have to get all the tiles removed to repair them. Felt shingles will weatherproof your roof cardboard will insulate it from inside.

A common problem is when roofing felt on a roof with an enclosed soffit disintegrates around the eaves of a roof. I don t understand how you can access your roof felt from inside your attic unless you have a hole in the wood roofing material. Make the final repair as soon as weather permits. I have a normal uk type cold roof with interlocking tiles over the roofing felt.

Repairing felt around the eaves. Repairing a roof leak from the inside is a temporary fix only. Sometimes the water shows up at a ceiling spot distant from the leak. Some roof leaks are tough to locate.

There are a few small rips in the felt about 5cm or 10cm long.