Repairing Roof Vent Boot

Roof boots are built to maintain their water tight seal even in the most extreme weather conditions.

Repairing roof vent boot.

Most times roof boots are built into the flashing that covers pipe vents. Unfortunately that is exactly what happened to us the other day. Our home is 15 years old and the roof has high quality 30 year shingles on it. I ve used this repair on several roofs over the years.

The perma boot repair kit is absolutely the best alternative for a permanent fix for a leaking roof vent. See other blogs for a proprietary vent flashing repair kit and a repair using a boot flashing with the roof pan trimmed off. Slides over the existing roof vent boot preventing future leaks. However over time they will begin to tear and gap.

It is adjustable to fit your roof pitch. Designed for all standard roof pitches 3 12 to 12 12. One of the worst feelings for a homeowner is to look at the ceiling and see a wet spot. Easy installation and no tools required.

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. Vent pipe rubber boot repair. This means the 40 or so per jack replacement cost but cuts your labor to probably about 20 30 unit and also totally. It was an easy install 5 mins.

It took longer to get on and off the roof than it did to install the kit. A gasket less two piece pipe boot repair system designed to repair the leak around the vent pipes that penetrate the roof.