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Hoping someone here has an idea. We got a Rubbermaid Roughneck storage shed (7' x 7'). A friend gave it to us, so it's used. We reassembled it and all was good except there is a membrane (i think?) missing from the top two roof pieces, the top peak of the roof. The pieces fit together, but it is not water tight. What can we used to seal it up? If I could find a piece of vinyl or something that we could adhere to the top, that would be great, but I can't find one. We only need something a few inches wide. Someone suggested we could just put some spray foam in there, but I don't know if I want to do that. Any ideas? Oh, I already checked for replacement parts and can't find anything.
The material is used on trailer roofs as the primary seal against water. Painting over the top of it and the rest of the roof makes it look better and last longer.
ask your hardware store (or home improvement store) for "flexible roofing material" and nail it on there.
flexible, so it can go over both sides of the peak. also ask them if they have a better idea, because this is just the first thing that i thought of. it might not work at all.
i did look up "flexible roofing material" to be certain there is such a thing. also, if its rubbermaid, you probably dont want to use nails. this is why i like about hardware and home improvement stores-- if the task is small and simple, you can just ask.
Hoping someone here has an idea. We got a Rubbermaid Roughneck storage shed (7' x 7'). A friend gave it to us, so it's used. We reassembled it and all was good except there is a membrane (i think?) missing from the top two roof pieces, the top peak of the roof. The pieces fit together, but it is not water tight. What can we used to seal it up? If I could find a piece of vinyl or something that we could adhere to the top, that would be great, but I can't find one. We only need something a few inches wide. Someone suggested we could just put some spray foam in there, but I don't know if I want to do that. Any ideas? Oh, I already checked for replacement parts and can't find anything.
First off, look at the assembly instructions online to be sure you not missing any parts or pieces and then make sure all pieces are clean, line up correctly and snap into position as indicated.
If so and it still leaks I would imagine a silicone caulk applied at the roof joints would be your only safeguard against leaking.
I have tried to get in touch with Rubbermaid with no luck. We did download assembly instructions before putting it together. It looks like the two roof pieces originally had this sort of thing already attached to them. Ours don't. I was at Home Depot earlier today and didn't see anything that I thought would work, which is how I ended up here. I did ask, but no one there was of any great help.
The material is used on trailer roofs as the primary seal against water. Painting over the top of it and the rest of the roof makes it look better and last longer.
I did see similar products at Home Depot, but I hate spending $60 for something I'm only going to use a few feet of. I may just have to suck it up, though.
I did see similar products at Home Depot, but I hate spending $60 for something I'm only going to use a few feet of. I may just have to suck it up, though.
Ask a roofing company if they have a scrap of the material.
Buy the smallest quantity of roofing paper you can buy, and a can of roofing cement ("Tar in a can"). Lay down a coat of tar, put the paper on top, over the ridge, apply more tar. Done.
Wear old clothes because that tar is not coming out.
What about the FlexSeal products (as seen on TV)? They hold boats together!
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