- So I'm on this roof, it's a roof of a garage.
And they installed this metal roof
over an existing old roof, but it leaks.
So we were called in to fix it and to look at it.
And here's the issue.
The issue is you have a relatively flat roof
and then you have a pitch roof.
And where these two roofs meet is a transition.
And the homeowner, what he did was
he used that black self sticky tape
and he sticked it on here and it leaked.
And then he added some tar on top of it.
And it still leaked.
So, I came here last week
and I explained to him why it's leaking.
What happened is the water was,
this was sticking so good to do the roof.
But this side, this side opened up a little bit.
And especially where this is, you see this, look at this.
He was sealing this, but he could not seal behind there.
And water would get in there behind this tape,
and this would be sealed and it will
push the water back underneath here.
And you could see the dirt there,
look at the the brown water marks.
You see, there?
Brown water marks.
All this was collecting behind this tape
and pushing it up here.
So we need to fix this so it cannot happen.
Now, we need to see how this transition was made here
and what we need to make this to seal.
So I'm going to take this apart, see what it's like.
(power drill runs)
Okay. Take this out.
(power drill runs)
I want to see what it looks like right here.
Huh.
Look at this.
Look at this, look at that.
There's no transition, only about a half an inch.
That's horrible.
You cannot make a transition like that.
Half an inch and then it will not leak?
So we found a problem.
Now we've got to fix it.
So I got this product.
Got to take this tape off, more tape here as well.
All right.
Look at that.
So how do you fix this?
I'm going to have to lift this up like that
and make a transition.
Or I can make a transition over this.
Huh, what's the best thing to do?
(sighs)
Hmm.
All the way there.
All right.
What I'm going to do is
I'm going to go with a transition over this.
And what I'm going to do is
I'm going to use this Silicone Patch, see that?
This is amazing product.
I'm going to use that.
So let me get started.
I'm going to clean this up.
I want to clean most of the tar up,
because I cannot just put over existing tar and caulking.
Look at it.
People always ask me, should they take the tar off?
Should they take the caulking off?
I cannot imagine people want to go and put
a product over this tar or caulking.
It doesn't work.
So yeah.
Let me think.
Let me start cleaning this up, okay?
Normally what I do is I use this.
(grinder turns on)
(grinder clicks off, winds down)
Okay.
So you get it clean so you don't have caulking and stuff.
(grinder turns on)
(grinder winds down)
(gas powered air blower starts)
To clean this off...
I use lacquer thinners to get most of the things clean.
So I use a rag, lacquer thinners.
Because everybody has tried something
and you cannot go over everybody's pride.
And garbage.
So you really have to
make sure you prep before you do anything.
Then you know you have a good job.
Okay, I'm not the only one that does the work, okay?
(laughs)
- Yeah.
- This is my wife, and she is just as much involved as I am.
She helped cleaning, and she does the camera work.
But never think I'm the only one, all right?
Look at me, sweetheart.
(laughs)
All right, so the next step.
So the next step is to, well, let me, let's say preparation
is the most important part of the job.
Prep, prep, prep, prep.
I cannot stress it more.
People ask me if they should remove the tar or the caulking.
I always want to say yes,
but I know how much work's involved.
But it took us about an hour to clean this whole roof.
It's not that much.
All the tar and everything, we took it off.
My hands are a little bit sore because of lacquer thinners,
but at the end, it's a good job.
Okay, so essentially I would like to tape this off
to make it look like a nice job.
So you want to put tape like this.
Just so you can have a border to work too.
So that's what makes them the job look nice.
So if you can do that, it's nice.
And then tape it off like that.
So that would be the next step.
Where you want to stop the fleece or the job
so it looks all even, you can do with that like this.
All right.
All right, my next step...
is...
get this out.
This is an amazing, amazing product.
Look, silicone flash.
Look, it's thick.
Very, very, very thick.
You cannot stir it.
There's a little bit of residue at the top,
but you cannot stir it.
Now I'm gonna explain to you why I use this.
This is thick, so it will not run down this roof.
It will not run down once I paint it on here.
Let me explain to you.
Once I put it on there, I can paint it on there,
it stays there.
Look, it doesn't run down, see?
This is what's so nice about this product.
You can put it on like that.
And it's thick, a little bit hard to work with,
but it is unbelievable good.
Now I'm going to do this.
Get this on there.
And then where is the joint, see the joint here?
There's the joint there, okay?
I want to show you what I do at the joint.
So we're going to go past the joint.
Okay.
Let me do it this way.
So I need to...
Okay, let me show you first to do this, okay?
So I'm going to put this in here.
And I want to show you what I do at the joint there.
So I put this on there.
But with a...
Over there.
Okay, now, his is the secret to any roof repair,
is this fleece, that is a secret.
Now another secret is you need to cover your joint care.
I'm gonna lift this up.
See, there?
I need to cover that, because underneath there...
Now it's covered.
Now I can go over.
Like that.
See that?
That is how you do it.
This is super, super strong now.
So now I put my screw in.
(power drill runs)
Okay, screw that down.
So I don't want to screw into the fleece.
The reason is the fleece will curl up.
So you want to just go above the fleece like that.
(power drill runs)
That's it.
Now I know that is sealed.
So now time for the...
Check it out.
Very nice.
Look at that.
Beautiful!
Now you see that this silicone patch is thick.
Let me show it to you again.
Look how thick it is, here.
You see there?
Look how thick, it's thick, everywhere.
Amazing, amazing product.
This will seal anything.
And because it's so thick,
nothing can penetrate through it.
But the fleece along with it makes it such a good product.
Sun cannot destroy it.
UVs cannot destroy it because it's silica and it's flexible.
And the fleece makes it strength, gives it the strength.
Otherwise, if you don't put the fleece,
it'll crack right where the joints are.
You don't want to do that.
But I screwed it down, everything is tight,
there is little movement.
And this is an unbelievable product.
It will last for a long time.
You can see that.
Alrighty, I'm the Flat Roof Doctor.
I know a thing or two,
because I've seen a thing or two.
(both) Blah blah blah!
My wife, who did most of the work, give her the credit.
Thumbs up and subscribe please.
- Thank you, bye.
- All right, this is next day.
This is like, maybe 24 hours later.
It's still tacky, but it's almost already cured.
It takes about 36 hours or two days to cure.
But you can see it is so nice.
And look at the thickness here.
It can get very thick if you want to.
It is really nice material.
This will never, never leak again.
Wow, unbelievable.
Super, super, super nice.
Hey, I like this unbelievable material
and this is how you fix a seam.
Now, if you have a brown roof with white,
I don't know if it's going to be nice to you, but it works.
It works very good
for any kind of a seam repair on any roof.