San Diego Tar And Gravel Roof

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San diego tar and gravel roof. Tar and gravel roofing in chula vista la jolla and san diego in the past a tar and gravel roofing system also known as built up roofing typically consisted of tar paper. I have a 1970 s era house in poway with a flat roof over the garage. Tar gravel roofs have been around for centuries. Also known as built up roofing tar and gravel roofs provide enduring performance and durability and can last up to 30 years or more.

This roof was one of those that they made by pouring hot tar down and spreading gravel on top of it. Reed roofing offers professional repair and installation of tar and gravel roofs for residential and commercial buildings in the san diego area. Built up tar and gravel roofing in san diego. Tar gravel roof repair.

And to be honest i hated the roof as it dug into my knees hanging christmas lights and i couldn t get it to stop leaking. Often referred to as tar and gravel roofs bur consists of multiple layers plies of roof felts laminated together with bitumen or asphalt. Today s systems are made up of alternating layers of bitumen reinforced advanced materials that include fiberglass roof membranes. This exposes the roof to the elements and decreases its life expectancy.

Bur consists of bitumen saturated organic fiber fiberglass or polyester felt with a top surface of asphalt aggregate gravel or slag fiber or non fiber coatings engineered for roof coating or a granule surfaced cap sheet. Their use has decreased with the more effective modern materials. Unfortunately we have found that things like wind rain and vibrations move the gravel over time. They are composed of layers of perforated felt or fiberglass material with asphalt in between flooding the top with asphalt and applying gravel to the hot asphalt.