Back-to-Back Show Us Your Roof Winner – GJ Smith Roofing

We’re absolutely delighted to announce that GJ Smith Roofing have done it again, winning June’s PermaRoof Show Us Your Roof competition for the second, consecutive time. Huge congratulations to the G J Smith Roofing team, your prize, the XXL DKIEI portable charcoal BBQ grill – is on the way!

We’re loving seeing our products in action, and impressed by your standards of workmanship. It is great to see behind the scenes, and when you send us your before pictures too, we’re amazed by your transformations.

In July, we’re excited to see all your projects, whether you’re using our products or not! With a fantastic £200 PermaRoof voucher up for grabs this month, what are you waiting for? Keep your entries coming and Show Us Your Roof! There’s still time to get in on the action and enter every project to increase your chance of winning July’s star prize – visit our competition page here to find out more.

The winning roofing project

G J Smith Roofing built on their success in May and entered multiple amazing projects using our products in June. The winning roof was a complete flat roof replacement including new insulation, OSB roof deck and waterproofing using another one of our full ELEVATE Premium 1.52mm EPDM flat roof kits.

Here’s how the project went, according to GJ Smith:

Step-by-step garage roof replacement

Method of works (from G J Smith Roofing)

• Regrind chase to all abutment walls to depth of 25mm and clean
• Remove the existing roof and dispose of
• Remove the gutter and attachments and dispose of
• Remove the fascia and dispose of
• Supply and install 6×2 timber kerbs to both sides and front of the roof as edge protection for the insulation and a fitting point for the new required wider fascia
• Supply and install new uPVC full replacement fascia boards complete with attachments to suit
• Supply and install new uPVC gutters complete with attachments and downpipes
• Water test newly installed gutters
• Supply and install VB 500 vapour barrier
• Supply and install 150mm Celotex insulation boards
• Supply and install new 11mm OSB boards over the insulation to gain a smooth finish complete with thermal bridge and screws
• Supply and install new premium EPDM rubber membrane roof, fully bonded using water based adhesive glues to the newly laid decking and bonding adhesives to any abutments
• Supply and install new check kerbs, stop beads, flashing trims, drip trims and the relevant tapes as and where required
• Point flashings in a remix mortar
• To be covered by a 20-year product warranty and a 10-year G J Smith Roofing guarantee

About GJ Smith Roofing

G J Smith Roofing is based in Dunstable and provides a highly professional service throughout the UK. With a great reputation, and more than 30 years’ experience, they’re a busy, popular company, completing roofing maintenance and a wide range of projects, from sheds and garages to extensions and entire flat roof replacement.

Find out more about G J Smith Roofing and visit their website here.

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