Specifically anyone that has some experience with torchdown or modified bitumen, or whatever they call it in your neck of the woods.
I replaced the roof on my house the summer before last because the addition was leaking like a sieve. Shingles on what worked out to be a 1 1/4 pitch. So that section got replaced with torchdown. I have never done any before and all the DIY and home improovement sites answered my questions with: "youl burn your house down" "hire an insured contractor" and "this is NOT a DIY project"
Those replies dont sit well with me so i forged ahead with instalation anyways. The stuff is great to work with. Lay out a row, peel the plastic backing off, apply fire till it melts into a tar and lay it down. I rolled it out with a heavy roller that was meant for linoleum tile. After it was all down, i ran the torch over all the seams untill they melted and "flowed" together making the whole roof esentially a single thick rubber mat.
I was just up there to inspect everything and theres a 2' x 2' section at the corner that came loose and i can lift it like a flap. Theres also a few small 4-6" spots in the middle that flex when i step on them. Theres also a few places where it is not stuck to the drip edge, however in those spots, it is still stuck quite well to the sheating. Im not so worried about the small spots in the middle, but that big flap on the corner needs to be dealt with.
The obvious solution is to get the torch back out and show it whos boss, while using a small torch to re-melt the small spots back to the drip edge.
Whats on my mind is, is there suposed to be anything between the sheating and the roofing? Normal roofing gets felt paper, but i diddnt do that because the purpose of the felt is to alow normal shingles to move while the expand and contract. The torchdown cant slide since its one piece and if i used it anyways, the roof would essentially be held on the house with staples.
Any thoughts? I am hoping that i just mis-judged how much heat i put into the material when i installed and these spots were just layed down colder then needed.