Gravel Size Blue Roof

Our experience is that most gravel roofs are 3 ply hot mopped asphalt built up with a gravel finish applied.

Gravel size blue roof. Here alternating layers of roofing felt usually fiberglass and hot applied asphalt are combined to create a long lasting roof system. Roofs with a rise of 3 inches for every 12 inches of run or less are candidates for a built up. Tar and gravel roofing is the generic name for a built up roofing system used on low slope roofs. A built up roof bur sometimes called a tar and gravel roof is a tried and true style of flat roof.

While tar and gravel roofing or built up roofing systems have many positive aspects if you live in an area or the roof is in a location where it will receive strong sun exposure hot tar roofs will likely damage the roof s membrane if it is left uncovered or unevenly covered by the gravel. Pea gravel crushed rock and decorative rock white quartz are often dispersed into a flood coat of hot asphalt and applied over the top of the roof membrane. This particular size of gravel ranges in diameter from 3 4th of an inch 1 9 centimeters to 1 inch 2 54 centimeters in diameter. Gravel is an effective mulch for plants because it helps prevent evaporation from the soil surface and unlike wood mulch doesn t get blown away in typical weather.

Any piece of gravel that is the same size or smaller than the treads on a common shoe can be picked up lodged in the sole and tracked into the house. Gravel you see it on roadsides at construction sites and in road building. This gravel is often used for paving walk or driveways at it can be walked and driven on with. Naturally smaller gravel under 1 4 inch size may scatter a bit.

Large particle gravels like one half inch and larger crushed rock and drain rock have gravity and size to their advantage and will be much less likely to track into the house than decomposed. Roof gravel provides a protective layer to flat roofs reducing the weather damaging effects from uv rays and heavy snow hail and wind. Our roof gravel is available for delivery in tunnel lift bulk bags allowing an easy method of transporting the gravel onto a roof using a crane not provided. Size 57 is another of the more popular gravel sizes.

Size 10 gravel can be used in paving. It also provides protection from foot traffic. Gravel sizes and applications for construction landscaping.