Built a garage of 108 sqm with a roof consisting of double tongue and groove boards, on which we planned to lay underlay roofing felt, but at K-Rauta we were advised against this, it was considered outdated according to the manager of the construction department. Instead, they offered a replacement material, FILTEX Roofstat 110, which was promised by both K-Rauta and their supplier TOMÅ Bygg to be a replacement material for underlay roofing felt. And in their product sheet, it states the following: it is completely waterproof - UV resistant - tear-resistant and should be applied on a ventilated tongue and groove board roof. After laying out the FILTEX Roofstat 110 product, it turned out that it didn't withstand even the first rain, and the whole garage floor was flooded. Now, after a year, it has proven that it doesn't even meet the requirement for condensation protection; during weather changes, it drips onto the floor. Not fun!!! An underlay roofing felt should have 2 functions; partly protection during construction, and thereafter a lasting protection for condensation - drifting snow - driving water that can seek its way in underneath, or if a tile or similar gets damaged. The worst part of it all is that K-RAUTA has not responded to any letters regarding the matter for a year since discovery, nor tried to rectify the situation, instead, they have kept silent, so we have had to turn to the National Board for Consumer Disputes with the case. And now K-RAUTA Sweden AB is trying to wriggle out of the consumer purchase law. In plain Swedish, they don't care about the customer and their responsibility according to the law and the quality of their products. It might be good to know beforehand what you buy and where you should shop.
I am going to renovate an old house with a subroof made of overlapping planks. I have been recommended to lay a type of "stretch fabric" over it instead of replacing it with tongued and grooved boards and roofing felt. Is it the same underlayment that you have used? This is apparently used nowadays instead of laying tongued and grooved boards?
Hello, the entire felt fabric is leaking like a sieve. If you hold up a piece against the light, you can see lots of tiny holes like pin pricks. Plus long tears, similar to when a stitch runs on women's nylon stockings. So now the raw wood is starting to mold both on the top and bottom, and there are large damp spots on both the outside and inside. So it's just a matter of tearing everything down to tackle the problem at a cost of 250,000 kronor, of which K-Rauta considers they can only compensate with 18,000 kronor. DISGRACEFUL!!!!!
Thank you for the welcome, by the way. - I will continuously report on the matter, this is important so that others who have purchased FILTEX ROFSTAT 110 from K-RAUTA can inspect their roofs laid with this material.
Thank you for the welcome, by the way. - I will continuously report on the matter, this is important so that others who have purchased FILTEX ROFSTAT 110 from K-RAUTA can inspect their roofs laid with this material.
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