Roofing

Hi all.

Has anyone heard of a waterproofing for rooves where the tiles aren't lifted and they are covered in some sort of coloured asphalt?

Not sure whether it's a mix up in translation and that's not what the builder really means.

If anyone has come across this, could they explain please?

Many thanks

Laury

Hi Laury, not sure just how relevant this is as you're obviously speaking about your great new home in Spain but I saw this. (Just of some interest.)

http://www.watco.co.uk/asp/autopage.asp?stkGroup=ROOF&Group=ROF&n=1027&gclid=CPOcwM3G644CFQbllAodj0d3KQ

Thanks More.

That was what I thought it might be as we use it here on slate rooves.

What puzzled us was that the Spanish builder said asphalt as opposed to bitumen.

Surely the asphalt would go under tiles and not over.

Laury

 Laury, I looked on Google & this is what it says so it's the same "stuff", seemingly, depending where you are in the world. Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asphalt

Asphalt is a sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits. It is most commonly modeled as a colloid, with asphaltenes as the dispersed phase and maltenes as the continuous phase (though there is some disagreement amongst chemists regarding its structure). In U.S. terminology, asphalt (or asphalt cement) is the carefully refined residue from the distillation process of selected crude oils. Outside North America, the product is called bitumen.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitumen

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaah................. that's interesting. i always thought they were talking about asphalt sheeting....... that  explains all.

So the builder wants €3000 to paint our roof with rubbery stuff?  Hmmm.... not so sure about that.

Laury