Rubber flat roof replacement in Clintonville, Columbus, Ohio

Clintonville, Columbus, Ohio · August 2026

What we found and what we did

This Clintonville home has a low-slope rubber roof over the back of the house, where it meets the bottom of a shingle slope. When we looked at it in July 2026, water was sitting in a wide puddle along the gutter edge, the membrane was wrinkled and pulling at a corner next to the shingles, and the old roof vent had taped patches around it.

We gave the homeowner two options: cut out and replace a section of the rubber, or replace the whole flat roof. The homeowner chose the full flat roof replacement.

Our crew did the work in August 2026. They removed all of the old roofing down to the deck, and took off the bottom four rows of shingles on the slope above so the new rubber could run up underneath them. Rotted wood along the edge was cut out and replaced with new sheathing.

Over the deck the crew fastened 1/2-inch ISO insulation board with plates and screws, installed new white drip edge, and glued down a new black EPDM rubber membrane, with seam tape at the seams. A new rubber pipe boot went around the plumbing vent, a new roof vent was installed, and the shingle rows above were put back with GAF Timberline HDZ shingles. Debris was hauled away.

Patch or replace a rubber flat roof?

A small tear or one bad seam can often be repaired with a new piece of rubber. When water is ponding, the membrane is wrinkling at the edges and there are already patches around the penetrations, replacing the whole flat section lets the crew check the wood underneath, add new insulation board and tie the new membrane in under the shingles in one pass. We inspect first and lay out both options. See our EPDM flat roof replacement in Columbus, flat roof repair in Columbus, and roofing in Clintonville.

Project photos

Photos taken by the Roof Revivers crew on this job. Shadows, a crew member’s boots, the yard and neighboring homes were cropped out, and house numbers and other identifying details are not shown.

Related

This job was completed by Roof Revivers, a Columbus, Ohio roofing company based in Gahanna and roofing since 2012. See more Columbus-area roof projects, a rubber flat roof repair in New Albany, a roof and skylight replacement in nearby Upper Arlington and a ridge cap and vent repair in nearby Worthington.