Stephen Tashiro
09-07-2009, 10:33 PM
Another thread confirms that many forum members can remove wallpaper. So, how many know how to remove a built up roof. I'm removing a flat roof that previous worker made by applying layers of tar paper with tar between then. It was topped off with gravel.
I'm removing it by scraping it off with a roofers shovel and an adhesive scraper, like one uses for floor tile. It is hard to remove because the first layer of tar paper was attached to the plywood sheathing with tar or "roofing cement" instead of merely being nailed. This is a roof on a small storage building, so I think I can get it scraped. But I'm curious how a professional roofing crew would remove such a roof? Torches? (Too dangerous for my taste.) Or would they insist of removing the sheathing along with the roof?
I'm removing it by scraping it off with a roofers shovel and an adhesive scraper, like one uses for floor tile. It is hard to remove because the first layer of tar paper was attached to the plywood sheathing with tar or "roofing cement" instead of merely being nailed. This is a roof on a small storage building, so I think I can get it scraped. But I'm curious how a professional roofing crew would remove such a roof? Torches? (Too dangerous for my taste.) Or would they insist of removing the sheathing along with the roof?