Ripped roofing felt: patch up with tape?

[mike004]

While I was up in the loft last evening, fitting some loft insulation, I noticed a 6 inch rip in the roofing felt. I could view the roof tiles through it.

There is no evidence of water ingress. Can I safely patch this up with duck tape or do I need a more watertight solution?

Thanks
Mike

 

[masona]

I wouldn't use tape, there are plenty bitumen products out there. You can buy bitumen on a roll which you heat it with a blowlamp or use something like High Performance Acrylic Roof Coat which have fibres built-in to bridge the gap up to 10mm wide and doesn't matter if the joint is wet. Available from Wickes.

 

[Freddie]

You can buy fibreglass webbing tape the type plasterers use and then paint over it with the bitumen based pain/coatings

 

[legs-akimbo]

I can guarantee that there would be a dozen other places where rain would seep in if there were no tiles but they are not so apparent......why bother at all! if your roof covering is sound.