Removing A Concrete Flat Roof

I put supports under the roof then used a petrol stihl saw to cut my roof away from the neighbours as close to the party wall as possible.

Removing a concrete flat roof.

A concrete roof is exactly what it sounds like. We have been using specialist techniques for sealing concrete roofs by injecting the cracks. Of course this is probably because it will cost them a lot to remove the concrete safely and probably necessitate removing and reinstalling the new porch frontage. Make sure you offset yo.

This is a long video but it will show you how to do it. The porch company s surveyor s answer is that the concrete porch can remain and that the new roof can be constructed around it. Concrete rooftops are usually built on commercial buildings however flat concrete roofs and concrete shingles have been gaining popularity for use in constructing private homes. For example using jackhammers to remove the old screed can crack the concrete roof underneath making the problem worse.

Example of philip dalton s work of converting a concrete flat roof into a pitched roof. This is a major undertaking and can seriously damage the roof if the people doing it don t know what they are doing. The felt has failed at the junction with the house it was tucked under the upper storey cladding but has come away but as the house has has wide eaves it only leaks if the wind is blowing strongly from the north east while it s raining. Still even if this material does afford a much longer life than other choices it is as susceptible to the elements as any other material.

Then cut the rest of the roof away a bit at a time and slid it off the edge. A solid slab of concrete capping the top of your house. For example the florida based company hurricane proof systems offers a 7 inch 18 centimeter slab of concrete in three layers. The 4 inch solid concrete roof was joined to a mirror image on the neighbours side.

I had the same thing on my house. And tie it into your hip roof. Prime the concrete with a bitumen primer then install a 3 layer felt system. Exact specifications vary but most concrete roofs are several inches thick.

The next video is starting stop. How to remove repair and install a flat roof.