Repair Nails In Roof Shingles

Try not to break the.

Repair nails in roof shingles.

Make sure none of the nails are within 2 of joint of shingle. You probably don t want osha to see that staging setup. Roofing nails sticking up called nail pops might look like an unimportant issue. Repairing a roof leak is not always difficult.

However they can cause leaks particularly if you have an asphalt shingle roof. Then push the shingle down from the nail head and pull out the nail. Repeat this procedure for the remaining three nails. 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.

Cut it to fit with a utility knife if necessary. After yanking all eight nails pull out the damaged shingle. Then push the pry bar under the shingle directly above the damaged one and remove the second row of nails the same way. Position a replacement shingle on the roof.

When nailing shingles proper penetration into the roof deck is essential to ensure the nail and shingle remain secure. Slide the new shingle up into place. Once the nail pops up about 1 4 in remove the pry bar press the shingle down and pull out the nail. Align it with the rest of the shingles in that course or row.

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. Apply some roofing cement to the back side of the shingle. The nails might have popped. Then pull out the damaged shingle.

Nail the replacement shingle in place using the existing holes with galvanized 1 3 4 inch roofing nails. There are lots of ways to repair nail holes in asphalt shingles. The nails must penetrate well into the wooden roof deck. For shingles in windy areas use 6 nails per shingle.

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