Liquid Roof Bubbles

I applied the liquid roof to my heartland trailrunner one month ago.

Liquid roof bubbles.

This happens when the roof heats up the water evaporates and the vapour has nowhere to go. Just slit the bubble and glue it down. The adhesive is solvent based and must be allowed to gas off and become touch dry prior to bonding the membrane into position. Most are about 1 inch wide and several inches in length.

Vapour from contact bonding adhesive. The most common cause of roof bubbling is poor installation of the roof. I still have bubbles throughout the roof. Bubbles in liquid roof.

What is the cause of bubbles shortly after appling epdm on motor home roof. A roof blister is a raised area where there is a loss of adhesion of the roof. Asked may 16 2016 in liquid roof by anonymous. I suggest that you call the manufacturer of the membrane and talk to them about it if you can do so.

The most common cause of bubbles is the application of rubber to the deck or insulation board too soon before the adhesive is dry enough. The rv manufacturer simply didn t apply the adhesive evenly or left some dirt on the roof that the adhesive couldn t stick to. You probably won t need any patch material. This area can fill up with air or water to form a blister which looks like a bubble on your roof.

Will they go away. Roof bubbles present one month after application. 1 answer 242 views. In some cases a contributing factor can be high pressure in the roof system.

Tough to do much now. If the rubber is bonded prior to the adhesive drying then bubbles will appear under the membrane caused by the trapped vapour from the adhesive. What is the name of the colorant you add in epdm roof. A few bubbles near the edges or where there is caulking is pretty normal but it should take years for any of them to get larger if at all and the footprints would be completely unacceptable to me.

Roof bubbling is just what it sounds like spots where the rubber has lifted off the surface of the roof and formed a bubble or blister. Will they go away. Liquid rubber will withstand ponding water or immersion indefinitely and liquid rubber can be installed over lightly rusted surfaces without a primer. Asked oct 31 2015 in liquid roof by valerie smith.

Liquid rubber is ideal for recoating epdm roof membranes troweled concrete weathered metal roofing foam weathered siding and more. In most cases bubbles in epdm roofing are just a cosmetic problem as long as they aren t growing. It looks like the original roof bubbled after the liquid roof was applied. Usually bubbles are not associated with leaks.

Liquid rubber provides a seamless single coat roof coating that can be applied up to 6 times thicker than your standard elastomeric. A roofer joseph bublick responds. Contact bonding adhesive is used for bonding the rubber membrane on upstands and around the perimeter of the roof deck.