What material can/should be put between the roofing material (in this case torchdown) and the sleepers for a floating deck? Would asphalt strips applied to the underside of the sleepers be sufficient?
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What material can/should be put between the roofing material (in this case torchdown) and the sleepers for a floating deck? Would asphalt strips applied to the underside of the sleepers be sufficient?
Thanks
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Greetings tim,
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Cheers
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Well, let's run in thru again.
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You don't need anything between them - however, if you don't want the sleepers to move, you can use wetstick or, in the past my duradeck supplier gave me adhesive bitimous sp? tape to put under my sleepers. Good luck.
Modified torch down strips would be best. Has a little give to i and matchs the product you are using. Can use with or without gravel face.
We lay strips of EPDM down for an extra layer of padding and protection of the roofing material. A few daps of PL400 hold the strips to the sleepers.
It's better to use the torchdown material, it's thicker. If you must, you can use gravel coated roll roofing- use a strip cut twice as wide as you need it, folded in half.
Your cushion strips should be a couple inches wider than your sleepers- say an inch on either side of it.
And when you say applied to the underside of the sleepers- you can stick the stuff on with a butyl adhesive/caulk, but don't put metal in the works there that could rub a hole through the roof.
zak
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