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Bay window flat roof

  • 09-02-2018 8:30am
    #1
    pobber1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 146 ✭✭


    Hi,
    One of the bedrooms in my house has a bay window with a flat roof. When it rains water drips from the soffit and fascia on the upper floor and lands on the flat roof making a serious racket. Does anyone have any suggestions for what I could place on the flat roof to deaden the sound of the rain drops? It gets quote windy where we are so I would need to properly secure whatever I use.

    I should add, this roof traps water and when it gets windy we get drenched walking out our front door. So, something that stopped that too would be great.

    Thanks.


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  • #2
    BrokenArrows
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,501 ✭✭✭BrokenArrows


    pobber1 wrote: »
    Hi,
    One of the bedrooms in my house has a bay window with a flat roof. When it rains water drips from the soffit and fascia on the upper floor and lands on the flat roof making a serious racket. Does anyone have any suggestions for what I could place on the flat roof to deaden the sound of the rain drops? It gets quote windy where we are so I would need to properly secure whatever I use.

    I should add, this roof traps water and when it gets windy we get drenched walking out our front door. So, something that stopped that too would be great.

    Thanks.

    Change it to a non flat roof!
    Hackjob would be to just create a taper of a few degrees with some cement and paint it. That would help with the noise and stop it collecting water. Honestly id probably give this a go first to see if it works/looks good enough. You can always cover it with option 2 below if it fails.

    Proper job would be to build a frame with a slant and either tile or cover it in felt.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uGol4DlmOg


  • #3
    pobber1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 146 ✭✭pobber1


    I thought someone might suggest that :)
    Far beyond my D.I.Y. abilities unfortunately.


  • #4
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,216 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Firstly I'd advocate changing it to ridge roof.

    However as you want something stop gap I've seen this done on some flat roofs by the seaside. Build small treated timber frame shape of roof. Put some chicken wire across it and place on roof. Then place beach pebbles on the chicken wire. About the size of your fist until covers most of the frame.

    This should disperse the rain going in and coming off with wind.


  • #5
    the_pen_turner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,597 ✭✭✭the_pen_turner


    check the gutters . there should be almost no water dripping from the soffit and fascia.
    check to see if there is an over flow pipe their too

    change the flat roof , it mght not be a problem but will become one


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