I noticed that other roof repair channels, such as Flat Roof Doctor, use both Poly and silicone for repairs. The results in their videos seem very trustworthy. However, some people say that Flat Roof Doctor is related to or owns the product they use. Therefore, I believe silicone sealant is a more reliable choice. What do you think about using flextape(water proof seal tape) to cover wide gaps, then apply silicone sealant on top? Is that a reasonable option?

Probably they use it because they can get it in the 600 ml sausage so as long as it is quicker they don't care. The trades in Sydney are getting worse every year.

Raked ceiling should have been noted. They are risky to a roofer; for the very reason you experienced. You're an intelligent man. I'm a roofer. You'll survive well friend .

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience.

great vid

This channel is excellent, especially for the AU/NZ regions. It provides a lot of useful information. Thank you!

Learnt plenty today.

Great video. Super clear and concise. Thank you

Thanks for proving Stratco's Top deck sheet's s superior strength over Colorbond's klip-lok and Stramit 's Ultra Deck 700 series roof sheets .

I think the first repair is a fair gamble, trying to fix the obvious. After that i would cut a hole in the gyprock ceiling and water test the roof from the bottom up. It takes a few hours to do properly and people might not like the hole but if they intent to fix the damage on the inside it probably needs patching and painting anyway.

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I’d love to see a follow up about Sarking under tin roofs. Great reference photos and great explanation. Thank you

Great demo. What do you prefer to use for battens? I'm finding it hard to buy untreated pine battens in Sydney. Is it better to use metal battens?

Most roofers reality is just based on ease of doing the job and they just try and justify it to cover for laziness.

I've just installed Trimdek style 0.42BMT roof sheets on my new shed. The biggest issue I've had is with creasing/bulging on the flat pans of the sheet where it rest on the roof purlins. The roof has steel Z purlins and a thin aircell type insulation. I made sure to brace the Z's as I fixed the sheet to keep them flat to the sheet. The roof was screwed in from a scissor lift with no weight on the sheet and the screws were very carefully driven as to not overtighten but still these imperfections in the sheet are very visable from the right angle and in certain light conditions. I wish I had just put corry roof sheets on instead

Expensive repair that one.

Thicker packers seem better - there's always gonna be a gap from the bracket

You did an excellent job

what is the cost for that roof replacment

damm sparkies

Hey do you do roofing in sydney as well?

Love your content! Can you make a video on top 5 common causes of leaks?

Glad you keep at it till it was fixed.

Sometimes we have to explain that this is just 'preventative maintenance'. If we find the leak, that's great. If not, we might have to reassess. Another option is to recommend a partial re-roof replacement from the ridge down. Some clients might not like that idea, but that's okay. We can't make everybody happy all the time. :) Thanks for posting!

First year apprentice maintenance plumber here, just found your channel and it’s absolute gold. We do quite a bit of leak detection and corresponding roof repair - and this really resonated. You have a really compelling methodology and I’m going to take this causation thinking back into my work!

Hey mate, good video I had my roof re-done by a bloke i regret using in November....he didn't do weepholes when he re-pointed, this was in December. I have a drill and a 400mm x 6mm masonry bit so i can do them. If they existed before, does it matter if i do them on the wrong side of the tile as to where they were before so to speak. I understand where i need to do them, it could just be in 2 places? Hope that maeks sense

Nice information

How much is a roof tile again?

Nah you would have to replace that damaged sheet. It has a memory now and if even half stepped on in the future will buckle in that spot.

Nice.

to anyone watcbing this DO NOT DO THIS it does not work i replace tiles like this once a week call your roofer and they will put a full tile in problem solved do not trust or pay anyone who silicones tiles

Why in London they do not have weep holes and some of there roofs are decades old .. even hundreds of years old. They never have problems with water in their roofs. Only here in Australia 🇦🇺 well Victoria just started saying we now have to have weep holes. The right question is how the dickens did the water enter. We now have to look at the pointing we apply. In the sixties. Water did not get in. Pointing was solid.

Thanks. I learned a lot from your channel.

Look like some improvement.

Very true. Keep up the good work.

Climate change- "It's real" ...because it brings about new regulations..that's about as real as it gets..😮

Ridiculous. To all the people watching this is not how respectable roofers fix this problem. Take the tile out and take it to your local roofing supplies who wil sell you a new one

I started my business watching your video many years ago on your old account. Now I am doing decent. Thank you.

Good life lesson.

Dont silicon replace new tiles😅

Great education. Thank you

Thank you for sacrificing that roof sheet for the sake of education

Creative repair.

I wouldn't use silicone in that particular application. There are MANY better adhesive/waterproofing caulking materials. Ask at BUNNINGS.

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I've got a tile roof here in Florida. It has excellent south-facing exposure with near perfect pitch for our latitude, but there's no way I would put solar on it. However, I do have room for a ground-mount, so that's what's being installed next month.

No hope. Too many cowboys in that game.

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Roof painting guy blocked my roof weep holes, I didn't know that at that time,he told that roof pointing could seal everything nowadays no more need weep holes. My roof started leaking a lot of spots after one or half years later. And then I drilled weep holes and it hasn't been leaked after six months since I drilled during a few heavy rain