Hot Melt Roofing Installation
A fully bonded, seamless rubberised bitumen membrane, poured and trowelled hot, with one of the longest design lives in flat roofing.
Hot melt systems use a rubberised bitumen compound, heated to a liquid in a boiler and poured and trowelled directly onto the roof to form a completely seamless, fully bonded membrane. Brands like Bauder and Radmat are widely specified UK systems, often quoted with a design life of 35 years or more, and their seamless nature means there are no joints for water to find.
Sherford Roofing installs hot melt roofing systems across Plymouth and Devon, particularly suited to inverted warm roofs, podium decks, balconies and green or blue roof build-ups, where the membrane's durability under ballast, substrate or paving matters.
Our Process
Prepare the Deck
The deck is prepared and primed ready for the hot melt application.
Heat & Pour
The rubberised bitumen compound is heated to a liquid in a boiler and poured onto the roof.
Trowel & Reinforce
The material is trowelled to an even thickness, with reinforcing fleece embedded to add strength.
Detail & Finish
Upstands and outlets are detailed as part of the same seamless system before insulation, ballast or paving is added on top.
Hot Melt Roofing Installation FAQs
It's fully bonded and completely seamless, poured as a liquid and trowelled into place rather than joined from sheets or rolls, which gives it a very low leak risk once cured and a long quoted design life.
Yes, it's naturally root-resistant and very durable under the weight and moisture of a green roof build-up, which is one of its most common applications.
Yes, its seamless, fully bonded nature makes it well suited to balconies and terraces that need reliable waterproofing under paving or decking.
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