Rubber Flat Roofs for Swansea Extensions and Garages

EPDM Rubber Roofing › Swansea

EPDM is a single-ply synthetic rubber membrane, laid in one sheet wherever the roof size allows. That means far fewer joints than traditional felt, and joints are where flat roofs usually fail. It suits the kind of flat roofs found all over Swansea, from rear extensions to garage tops.

T & T Roofing South Wales lays EPDM from our base in Port Talbot. We check the deck, the falls and the insulation first, then bond the membrane and form the edges, upstands and corners carefully. Our Flat Roofing South Wales section covers the other flat roof systems we work with.

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Flat roofs on Swansea houses and what the weather does to them

Swansea has a great many 1930s semis with flat-roofed garages, porches and rear kitchen extensions, especially in Sketty, Killay and Gorseinon. Many of these were covered in felt long ago, and EPDM is a sensible replacement because the membrane is laid in one piece and has few seams to open up in a hard winter.

Victorian terraces in Brynmill and Uplands often carry later rear additions and small dormer flats tucked against steep main roofs. Access can be tight, and the roof sits below a long run of slate or tile, so the junctions where the membrane meets the wall need careful, tidy detailing to keep rain out of the wall.

Flat roofs near the coast, around Mumbles and on the hillsides, take wind-driven rain and hard gusts. We bond the sheet to the deck, secure the edges with proper trims and check that the roof drains, because standing water and loose edges are what usually let the weather in over time, especially at the corners.

EPDM work we carry out in Swansea

• Full EPDM re-cover — We strip the old covering, repair the deck where needed and lay a new single-ply membrane, bonded with adhesive and finished with edge trims.
• Garage and outbuilding roofs — For flat garage and outbuilding roofs, one sheet can usually cover the whole roof, which reduces seams and shortens the job.
• Extension and porch roofs — We cover rear extensions and porches in EPDM, with upstands against the house wall and neat corners and drips at the edges.
• Dormer flat roofs — Small dormer tops are awkward spaces, so we cut and fit the membrane carefully and seal the junctions with the main roof.
• Deck repairs and drainage fixes — If the deck is soft or ponding, we replace boards and correct the falls so rainwater runs off to the gutter and not into the roof.
• Repairs to existing EPDM — Where the membrane is sound but damaged, we can patch and cure the problem area, rather than renewing the roof.

How we approach a rubber roof in Swansea

We start with the deck. Rubber membrane goes over a flat, dry, sound surface, so we check for soft boards, damp insulation and low spots where water will sit. Falls and drainage get as much attention as the covering, because a good membrane on a bad deck will not do its job.

On the day we measure for a single sheet where possible, bond it to the deck, and form the corners, upstands and edges by hand. We explain what we found underneath and what we replaced. Where a roof is large or has awkward shapes, we explain the joints and how they are made.

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We cover Swansea and the area around it including Sketty, Uplands, Mumbles, Morriston, Clydach.