Flat Roof Pea Gravel

Roofing stone is available in 1 1 1 2 roof ballast and 3 8 washed pea stone.

Flat roof pea gravel.

Gravel and pea shingle have two primary purposes on a flat roof. To cut down on the sweating and broken backs the right tools are absolutely essential. He told me that i needed to lay some gravel on the flat roof. Gravel is used on flat roofs for two reasons.

As ballast the gravel will help anchor the material underneath and lower the risk of it being blown off in high winds. Thats if you dont want to use stone if you want to use pebbles get the rounded 1inch in any coloure you like from any big diy store just rember what their job is and what they are use for. If you just go at the tar and gravel roof with a shovel you are going to be up there all day all week or all month. The idea of putting gravel on flat roofs was to stop sparks landing on the roof and starting a fire.

There are different types and weights of gravel used on flat roofs for these purposes. To weigh down or secure the roofing material as is the case with single ply flat roofs. Gravel flat roofs and pea shingle flat roofs. Due to variations in monitor settings we cannot guarantee that the colours displayed on our website will exactly match the colour of the product.

A built up roof bur. Contractors and builders use gravel on flat roofing for two primary reasons. They provide a loading coat and they afford uv protection. Gravel to protect built up roofs.

Additionally never try to remove a tar and gravel roof by yourself. Their is silver fire proof paint out there now thats is painted on the roof you might get this fire proof paint in black or other colours. You may notice that a tar and gravel roof is installed on many low slope or flat roof commercial buildings. Can i use pea shingle size 10 15mm does anyone.

The first is to protect the underlying layer of roofing materials on built up roofs burs and the second is to secure or weigh down the roofing material as is the case with single ply flat roofs. Removing a tar and and gravel roof means hard labor. Furthermore the use of a golf ball is to help provide a sense of the scale of the roofing stone. To protect the underlying layer of roofing materials as is the case with built up roofs burs.