ReRoofing of Old Mastic Asphalt Balcony Roof  Posted 11.06.04   Updated 31.08.04           
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Remove existing Mastic Asphalt roof and Nuralite layer.
Relay new Mastic Asphalt, 30mm thick with 20% added 6mm chip for traffickable surface.
Apply new skirting and fillets 13mm thick.
rear of the building south end, andy's work was at very end by the orange fence rear of the building looking north
tearing up the old mastic asphalt roof, clothesline area the guts torn out of the mastic asphalt roof
working out towards the doorway area tear up stopping here for now
clothesline area cleaned up and ready for new mastic asphalt dooorway area cleaned up and ready for new mastic asphalt
Gremlin mastic asphalt mixer cooking up the asphalt out front on the street drawing off the mastic asphalt into steel buckets
andy tipping the mastic asphalt from the steel bucket onto the rag felt underlay andy spreading the mastic asphalt first coat
working across the deck to the cut off point andy laying the second coat of mastic asphalt
the second coat is blinded and rubbbed with clean sharp sand the horizontal completed in the clothesline area
the horizontal completed in the doorway areacloseup of the skirtings (covings) clothesline area
the skirtings (covings) are completed , roof wet from rain closeup of the skirtings (covings) doorway area
dressing down the copper wall flashings clothesline area completed, wall flashing dressed down and new copper corners fitted
doorway entry area completed, wall flashing dressed down and new copper corners fitted typical bull nose turn down at the top of 3 sets of stairs, nuralite over mastic asphalt
mastic asphalt blocks, rubbish skip and rubbish chute set up, ready to tear off the main balcony tear off starting from 44 Collingwood work done a month before
nick and doug tearing up the old asphalt, looking north looking south, the old asphalt torn off ready for laying new mastic asphalt
the asphalt mixer cooking away at ground level drawing off a bucket of hot asphalt
rope and wheel to the balcony level max fetching another bucket of asphalt
1st layer laid 1/3 of the length of the balcony, still tearing up in the distance max tipping for joe the spreader
max tipping for joe the spreader bullnose finish at the top of the stairs
mastic asphalt completed looking south mastic asphalt completed central area looking south
mastic asphalt completed looking north mastic asphalt completed top of steps south end
fitting new copper corners to the counter flashings on a cold day balcony completed, painter coming in later to touch up flashings
balcony completed, looking south balcony completed, looking north
drain area completed