Repairing Roof Vent Boot

Our home is 15 years old and the roof has high quality 30 year shingles on it.

Repairing roof vent boot.

The perma boot repair kit is absolutely the best alternative for a permanent fix for a leaking roof vent. Slides over the existing roof vent boot preventing future leaks. This means the 40 or so per jack replacement cost but cuts your labor to probably about 20 30 unit and also totally. It took longer to get on and off the roof than it did to install the kit.

I ve used this repair on several roofs over the years. In simplest terms a new vent pipe boot flashing is slid over the top of the existing one and the top edge of the pan is lapped beneath the overlying shingle course. Easy installation and no tools required. They are designed to keep water from entering the building by creating a water tight seal around the pipe.

Designed for all standard roof pitches 3 12 to 12 12. Most times roof boots are built into the flashing that covers pipe vents. However over time they will begin to tear and gap. A gasket less two piece pipe boot repair system designed to repair the leak around the vent pipes that penetrate the roof.

It was an easy install 5 mins. Roof boots are built to maintain their water tight seal even in the most extreme weather conditions. Vent pipe rubber boot repair. Unfortunately that is exactly what happened to us the other day.

This fits the new boot around the vent pipe properly just a bit higher than the old one and the new boot and piece of jack acts as a skirt over the old one and can be pop riveted on to keep it from lifting off in wind. See other blogs for a proprietary vent flashing repair kit and a repair using a boot flashing with the roof pan trimmed off.