Hot Mop Roof Alternative

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Hot mop roof alternative.

Off the cuff typical range of roof lives not counting repairs if physically pierced maybe 8 20 for built up tar and felt hot mop 10 20 for peel and stick 12 25 or even up to 30 for tpo epdm uv protected pvc like hypalon 30 50 for hdpe. Silicone roof coatings are used mainly in commercial buildings to restore old hot mop roofs and as a protective coating over spray foam roofing. Silicone roof coatings have an average life span of 10 to 15 years but can usually be recoated at that time. Both of these options provide an effective way to waterproof a roof creating a base that will stand up to weather while keeping the inhabitants of the building dry.

Hot mop roofing and torch down roofing are both popular roofing options for flat roofed structures. Hot mop roofs have served their purpose over the millennium. Also this is in palm beach florida ie high winds. People have been trying to come up with a different flat roof roofing product and the first to get a good toehold was a product called torch down roofing.

A modified bitumen cap sheet is then applied to the asphalt and both layers are nailed to the roof. Whatever the case you need a continuous and impervious waterproofing solution taking the tiles back 12 up the wall is not a long term fix and this is my opinion but pan liners preslope and saturated shower bases are asking for problems. It s also called hot mop roofing or built up roofing because of the techniques used. It involves spreading a layer of hot asphalt on the base layer of the roof.

Either material must be applied by a skilled team to give good service. At the same time a 90lb felt or modified bitumen cap sheet which is a type of asphalt that is modified with rubber or fiber is applied onto the hot asphalt. When the time comes to re roof your home the hot mop option is a common one. Torch down modified roofing was developed to replace hot mop built up roofs in certain applications.

The pros of the hot mop option. The hot asphalt is laid out evenly with a large heated mop over the surface. I am not familiar with using silicone over foam board. However technology has come to forever replace the need for a hot mop tar roof.

To begin the hot mop process a layer of hot asphalt will be spread on top of the roof s base sheet. In the past most commercial buildings and other flat top structures including homes were topped with tar and gravel roofing. Roof replacement pitch roof and two flat roofs. Hydroban is a better alternative or better yet one of the new technologies relatively such as wedi or kerdi are the go to.