[Dan in Pasadena]

Jake, I was going to do it myself and initally had the same fear. But after watching these guys do it? No prob. You never apply the low, low level flame to your roof. You sprta pass it over the black stuff waiving the torch but never staying in one place. I know its hard to describe but it is a lot less hazardous than it sounds initially. Of course I had the garden hose with a spray head on and hooked on the edge of the roof and they never came remotely close to hurting anything. Nice thing about that roofing? Once its bonded on? NOTHING can get between it and the wood. Not water, not rats (more an issue here because of temperate climate?), nothing.