Stand-up roller apparatus and methods for applying single ply roofing membranes

A method for the application of roofing membranes to prepared roofs includes the steps of:

• affixing membrane fastening strips to a roof at periodic intervals with respect to one dimension of the roof;
• applying a roofing membrane onto the roof and over a plurality of said fastening strips in successive fashion;
• combining at least a portion of said fastening strips and a mating portion of said membrane with an adhesive material;
• and,
• applying a uniform pressure over said membrane and successive fastening strips whereby the adhesive material adheres said mating surfaces together.

A method for seaming adjacent sheets of roofing membranes on roofs includes the steps of:

• applying a sheet of roofing membrane onto the roof, allowing a seam portion thereof to overlap with a mating seam portion of a previously laid sheet of roofing membrane;
• combining the mating seam portions of the membrane with an adhesive material;
• and,
• applying a uniform pressure over the mating seam portions of roofing membrane, whereby the adhesive material adheres the mating surfaces together.