Solar chips. Left loose or bedded in? Information, help and advice on maintaining, installing and repairing a flat roof. Post your questions and view answers here

[decam0]

We've just had our flat roof repaired. They've put on a layer of solar chips and left them loose. Is this correct or should they have been bedded into resin or some sort of adhesive?

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[tomcat1xxx]

doc

i couldnt find a answer for this under the project. it will be helpful if i can know what to do with the solar chiping.

regards
Ton

[LCL]

decam0

Left loose should be fine. You can hot bed some into the top layer of felt but this is not necessary. If you live in a area with strong winds, you may need to redistribute the chippings every few years and clean the gutters out, otherwise the chippings will blow into the gutters, gradually fill them and collapse.

Hope this helps.

LCL