Stephen Tashiro
08-28-2009, 7:45 PM
I'd like to take off the old roof of my storage building in sections so I can work on it for a few hours during the shady parts of the day. To temporarily protect the exposed plywood sheeting from rain showers, I plan to put down sections from a roll of clear polyethylene. My first thought was to lay the poly down and put weights over it.
Then it occurred to me that I could simply staple the poly down nice and flat and then once the old roof is removed, I could put the tar paper over the poly and put the new rolled roofing on top of that. I would expect the poly to deteriorate. But would that do any harm? This is a flat roof so I don't think the fact the poly is slippery is a problem. Opinions?
Then it occurred to me that I could simply staple the poly down nice and flat and then once the old roof is removed, I could put the tar paper over the poly and put the new rolled roofing on top of that. I would expect the poly to deteriorate. But would that do any harm? This is a flat roof so I don't think the fact the poly is slippery is a problem. Opinions?