Onto the board below.
Floating deck over rubber roof.
It s best to build the wooden deck in removable sections for cleaning and maintenance of the rubber roof and repair of the membrane if ever needed.
How vinyl waterproof decking benefits roof decks.
Use uncured epdm tape to cover the nails and seal the drip edge to the roof.
They are merely placed on top of another structure.
Aluminum drip edge over the corner of the roof.
A properly constructed epdm roof should last 40 or more years.
Rubber roof deck flooring and roofing membranes places where rubber roofing membrane is used such as on flat roofs or roof top patios are often turned into awesome patio areas.
However i would highly recommend that you consider a that the epdm is lying flat on the roof subfloor without any sharp objects that can puncture the edpm once sleepers are laid over top and placed under load.
Spread the adhesive on the rubber roofing and about 2 in.
You can use 2x material laid flat or 4x material also as sleepers.
Rooftop decking attaches to treated wood sleepers separated from the roofing by strips of epdm.
These decks are often referred to as floating as they are not secured in place as a stand alone structure.
Elevated patio spaces can provide a luxurious outdoor sanctuary that rests above the chaos of the city and or the street.
On rubber built up and tar roofs this often results in leaks.
I ll be reviewing the bison products pedestal and deck tile system on this episode of the build show.
Guide a knife along it to trim the excess rubber.
Seal the drip edge.
The ponding should have been addressed when the structure was built or when the roof was replaced.
As a result many flat roofing decks have ponding situations where water pools for longer than 72 hours after a big rain storm.
If you already have one of these types of roofs you could potentially cover the existing roof with pvc vinyl decking on top of a flat hard surface but you re much better off taking the roof down and starting over with a high quality vinyl decking material.
Drip edge protects the corner.