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About Brian Atkins
Expertise
I can answer any question related to all type of roof repairs (especially tile roof repair and flat roof repair work). I can also answer most new roof or roofing related questions with the exception of questions in regards to single ply roofing (PVC) and standing seam or metal panel roofing. I have little or no experience with those applications.

Experience
I was first introduced to roofing by my father who was started his own roofing career in Orange County CA. By the time I was 10 years old I knew what most general roofing materials were and had some idea of their purpose. At the age of thirteen I started working during the summer for my Fathers roofing company Atkins Certified Custom Home Roofing. After graduating from La Quinta High School in 1988 I immediately began working full time as a journeyman roofer doing roof repair work and complete new roofs. My area of specialty and interests has always been on the roof repair side of the business. My Dad did an excellent job at teaching me the basics of roof repair. He showed me some of the techniques that were taught to him from old time roofers that took him under their belt when he was an apprentice. In 1992 my Dad signed for my first license and formed a partnership with me and I started my first roofing company in Irvine CA. This is where started to make my own niche in roofing by specializing in roof repair, dry rot repair, termite damage repair, and full roof restorations. In 1997 I took the CSLB testing and qualified for a license on my own and moved my roofing business location to Lake Forest, CA 92630. While working for myself and for my father’s company I would guess I have personally done more than a thousand repairs and roofed several hundred homes completely here in Orange County. Currently I own and operate South COunty Roofing company serving the following areas of Orange County Anaheim, Anaheim Hills, Aliso Viejo, Buena Park, Brea, Cypress, Capistrano Beach, Costa Mesa, Corona Del Mar, Dana Point, El Toro, Fountain Valley, Fullerton, Foothill Ranch, Garden Grove, Huntington Beach, Irvine, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Hills, Ladera Ranch, Laguna Beach, Lake Forest, Lemon Heights, Mission Viejo, Orange, Newport Beach, Newport Coast, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Clemente, Seal Beach, Silverado Canyon, San Juan Capistrano, Santa Ana, Tustin, Trabuco Canyon, Villa Park, Westminster, Yorba Linda

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Roofing - Flat tile roof repair

Expert: Brian Atkins - 10/28/2009

Question
I have a home that is 50+ years old with a tile roof. I don't know exactly what type of tile, but this is the original roof. The problem is that I have a front porch and the roof over the porch is flat. The water and snow pools there causing leakage, and this has been an ongoing maintenance problem for years. About 10 years ago a local roofing company installed ice and water shield, which lasted for a few years but now it is leaking again. Since then I've had some "patch" jobs but nothing that lasted very long. I would like to fix this permanently and have had several opinions - someone wanted to put down a rubber roof and glue the tiles back on, someone wanted to put down a rubber roof and just leave it that way, someone said don't ever put rubber on a tile roof; he wanted to put some kind of material underneath the tile and then put the tile back on. For appearance sake I would like to keep the tiles on but I'm not sure that is going to be possible. Since this is going to be an expensive undertaking, I would like it done right and have it fixed permanently. Any advice you could give me on which way to go with this would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Answer
Hi Elane,

The tiles need to be removed and you should install one layer of any Self Adhered base sheet directly to the deck (your contractor may use a buffer sheet) then one layer of Titanium PSU 50 felt under layment. Then you should install 1x4 vertical battens and then 1x6 horizontal battens.

This will appropriately water proof the area, create a space between the tile and the deck to help with drying the roof when it gets wet, and provide a clear water way under the roof that will help the water get out from under the roof as soon as possible.

Brian

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