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Home » Reader question » Reader question: Repair of a leaking roof
Reader question: Repair of a leaking roof
Dear readers,
I'm going to visit a friend next week, she lives in the Buriram area, but that aside. I've been there before, I saw her mother's house. The whole roof was full of holes. It is a corrugated iron roof. And under all those holes was a container to collect the water. So they slept in that room. Don't I think. Now is the rainy season.
I told her I want to fill those gaps. But she told me: there's no point in that, because new holes will appear again in a few weeks.
Still, I want to bring a few tubes of repair material from the Netherlands.
Pure?
Silicone sealant?
Maybe someone has experience with this?
Regards,
René
It is better to put a few new corrugated plates on it.
Nor are the costs.
Indeed, and then corrugated sheets that do not rust.
Repairing with those kinds of materials makes no sense at all.
And you don't have to bring that with you because it's all for sale here.
What Jonde Boer says is correct: just put a number of new corrugated sheets on it and it can last for a few more years. I also had my partner's family do it (also in Buriram) and it has been waterproof for 8 years now. Cost 10-15.000 baht. Good luck!
See floortje in Thailand, tonight on BVN. But you can also see that in broadcast missed from the vara.
Just put a rain jacket over it, works perfectly, fast and dirt cheap.
Also think it's a good tip to just have new plates put over it.
Do not mess with those plates (do not saw or drill) ... because of the likely presence of asbestos in those plates ..!!!
Most roofing sheets with rust holes are steel sheets and not asbestos.
What Jo de Boer says is the cheapest and Pur and silicone sealant is widely available here.
Pur gives a mess, don't do it. Sealing (large) holes with silicone will not be a success either.
The best is indeed to replace corrugated sheets.
If you don't want that, take a roll of gutter repair with you, stick (bitumen base) with an aluminum foil layer on it. cut with scissors to the correct size, clean well (roughen with a steel sponge) and seal tightly Press well.
Success.
Pur and silicone sealant in Thailand overall for Sale
yes, see what it costs to just replate everything.
does not outweigh the work that has to be done with the tubes.
I've been through this too, the thanks you get back is also
special.
so at least for me a lot of benefit.
If you get the chance, do it yourself, I did too.
Was cozy
barbeque and (new yang kow lee) not written correctly I think but if you pronounce it like that
do they understand
Sukiyaki sauce, Sukiaki Thai Barbeque
good luck
Well Rene,
A new corrugated roof costs a pinot compared to the Dutch roofs.
You would be much wiser to ask some local “contractors” to replace it.
Throughout Thailand you have very large DIY stores. These also have addresses of people who impose it. You will be amazed at the "low" price.
And they can go years ahead again.
But also take a look in the area to see if new large houses have been built and ask who lives in the area, could it just be her mother (take a picture of her mother with your phone and show it in the village shop and ask where she lives). Then the house they showed you was the old parental home, which has not been used for years.
Greetings Nico from Lak-Si
Your girlfriend is more than right. Presumably experience expertise passed on from generation to generation 🙂
Just a whole new roof.
If you no longer use white pur or kit. There are many roof repair materials available in Thailand. The simplest and probably the cheapest solution is what Jo says to install new corrugated plates. Roughly count on 200 to 250 bath per m2.
Dear Rene,
sealing a roof has very little effect. sealant will not adhere very well. kit is expensive, detergent ok.
Find a local corrugated iron farmer…
Your girlfriend is 100% right. You can repair corrugated sheets in which the holes fall, but then the holes fall in just as hard in addition to the repairs. It's like clothing, once it wears out you can either keep repairing it, spend a lot of time and money on it, or replace it. The latter does not cost the whole world with corrugated sheets, but it is a great pleasure. No more worries about the roof in the coming years.
For a few bucks more than repair costs, you'll have a whole lot more fun and respect from your friend and her whole family.
Dear René, it's your friend... Just have the roof renewed, it doesn't cost much by our standards. Result: her mother happy, girlfriend happy, you happy because you showed your good heart. You get the eternal gratitude of those people for free…
It will indeed be easier and more sustainable to simply replace the corrugated sheets (or have them replaced)…and the price is not too bad. Don't mess around with silicone and mess solutions because this is just like plaster on a wooden leg. Success with it!
Best man,
If that friend says to you: “that makes no sense at all”, she means: be generous and give my mother a new roof, if necessary made of new corrugated iron. Really not that expensive.
If you don't want to spend anything, it will never work there.
I was confronted with the same thing at my parents-in-law in Surin, after I heard that their gig TV, just given by my wife, had died due to water/short circuit/leakage of the roof. Now I have part of the roof covered with new plates every year. Tinkering yourself is way too much, because remember that the roof is already rotten and probably can't bear your weight! Have it done by a local handyman!
very simple new plates is of course possible, but often the plates are still good, just often re-nailed. these holes or cracks are very easy to repair with the white Styrofoam packaging, if you throw a little bit of water over it, you get an adhesive paste that will last for years. All other resources quickly break down or due to the sun or other weather conditions in Thailand. Incidentally, I got this idea years ago in Chiang Mai and have often applied it works well. In the Netherlands I used the idea of reducing the large pieces of tempex to a small bucket of waste. there is not much left of the tempex. Be careful to use a little bit of petrol, otherwise it will take a long time to use it.
Tempex: expanded polystyrene (English abbreviation: EPS, after expanded polystyrene) or PS hard foam is a characteristic and almost always white plastic, popularly called styrofoam, or also Isomo, brand name of a West Flemish (Heule) company that 1956 started with the production of EPS (isomo stands for 'insulation modern'). It is also known under the brand names such as Styropor and Depron.
Thanks for all the responses.
I have now decided that I will not go for repairs.
Especially the writer who said: 'your girlfriend knows best' won me over.
I'll show you the roof.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bww5jU0NgZk6RHVDQlpveHZrZEE/view?usp=sharing
New plates on it. Look at the color (ask Mama).
Do nothing yourself!
Just pull your cut.
When work is READY for the day, buy a bottle of beer or lao kao.
And a pack of pork, on the side.
Good luck, and stay safe.
Thank you.
That sounds very tempting.
I also drink a glass at the end of the day 😉
Dear Rene,
If you follow the main road 218 from Buriram to Nang Rong, you will see a large hardware store on the left just outside Buriram. I bought beautiful steel roof plates here in 2013 and 2014, size 4.20 × 100 cm, working size, I often bought 14 plates with mounting material for less than 10.000 bath. The company will deliver them to your address for a small fee. It is 1 day's work to change a roof of this size. I estimate labor wages for 2 man-days about 1.500 bath. All you also need is a good electric drill with a socket wrench. You can find that cap for the drill head in the same shop.
So for about 12.000 bath / about 350 euros it is all done.
I hope you know what to do with my info good luck.
Anthony.
Anthony, thank you
I'm going to discuss it with my girlfriend.
12.000 THB is manageable.