Repair Nails In Roof Shingles

Sometimes just knowing exactly where to put the roofing cement is half of it.

Repair nails in roof shingles.

If the nail fails to penetrate the deck properly then remove the nail and repair the hole in the shingle with bituminous mastic and use another nail. However they can cause leaks particularly if you have an asphalt shingle roof. Position a replacement shingle on the roof. The nails must penetrate well into the wooden roof deck.

Repairing a roof leak is not always difficult. Align it with the rest of the shingles in that course or row. After yanking all eight nails pull out the damaged shingle. For shingles in windy areas use 6 nails per shingle.

Most roofers would just lift the tab and put a little squirt of asphalt roofing cement dispensed from a caulk gun on the hole before folding the tab back down. Once the nail pops up about 1 4 in remove the pry bar press the shingle down and pull out the nail. Cut it to fit with a utility knife if necessary. Slide the new shingle up into place.

Try not to break the. You probably don t want osha to see that staging setup. Nail the replacement shingle in place using the existing holes with galvanized 1 3 4 inch roofing nails. After removing the center row of nails on the damaged shingle lift the undamaged shingles above it and remove the next row of nails.

Then push the shingle down from the nail head and pull out the nail. Make sure none of the nails are within 2 of joint of shingle. When nailing shingles proper penetration into the roof deck is essential to ensure the nail and shingle remain secure. For all owens corning shingles roofing nails should penetrate into the wood deck by a minimum of inch or completely through the roof deck by a minimum of 1 8 inch.

This video walks through repairi. Repeat this procedure for the remaining three nails. There are lots of ways to repair nail holes in asphalt shingles. Roofing nails sticking up called nail pops might look like an unimportant issue.

Then pull out the damaged shingle.