If you have asphalt shingles overhead, Roof repairing will be a simpler matter of finding the leak and sealing incorrectly. Find here the steps to wrap up this without even arranging to call pros.
Everyone knows that asphalt shingles are the most popular material of roofing in homes nowadays, accounting for almost 70 % of domestic roofing installations, according to tom boll now, who is the senior director of technical services at the national contractors association. And for good reason: asphalt shingles are lightweight, attractive, durable, and priced well compared to other roofing materials.
While most asphalt shingles are prepared with the latest technologies in weather and wind resistance, fire safety, and durability performance, even the best of them may develop problems over time. The main feature is that an asphalt shingle roof considered probably the easiest type to repair, since curled shingles will be flattened and re-secured, and old shingles can be changed. Plus point is that asphalt shingles will make warning signs of serious roof problems readily perceptible. Follow mentioned below steps to repairing a leaky roof outlined ahead, and you will find your problem short-lived.
Diagnose the right cause of roof leaking
If the asphalt shingle roof has developed a leaking following a heavy rainstorm, after exposure to hurricane strength wind, then it seems that leakage happened due to damaged or missing shingle. Your roof leaking problem can be easily solved by replacing any damaged or missing shingles or Secure curled shingles and by fixing flashing.
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Replacing Shingles options for your Roof:
a. Find the roof leak point
If it is clear that your roof has a leaking problem, most likely it’s evident is rainwater stain on the ceiling. Note carefully that the leak’s location on the ceiling then goes out to the roof with a good pair of binoculars for finding the roof leaks. Look to see if there are any if there are cracked, curled, or missing asphalt shingles. Leaks would occur at any place where caulking, shingle butt, and flashing have been compromised. End caps, the tent-shaped asphalt shingles that cover the covers the singular shaped peaks of the roof, would also be the source of leaks so you have to check those as well.
b. Requirements for replacement of the asphalt shingle
If are going to replace asphalt shingles then, of course, you need to be able how to use a hammer to drive 6 to 8 roofing nails in, and you should have a roofing ladder to get the missing asphalt shingles. You should ensure that you get someone who has enough experience and knowledge of using a ladder, which would need to be secured for you to work on it with safety.
You would need also a pry bar to remove the nails which are damaged or rotten shingles in place.
c. How to Get Those Roofing Nails Out!
Now when you have found hopefully roof leakage and you have to remove a couple of asphalt of shingles.
You have to reach under them with a pry bar until you remove them.
It is not too difficult with a newer roof. But with an older roof and old and bad shingles, another story. You can end up tearing away portions of the flimsy old shingles to get the nails off. Why not, they are going into dust bin anyway.
Two main problems with removing nails, not mentioned elsewhere:
Often, They have driven very deep into the shingles, as the roofer use pneumatic driven nail. It is not so easy to get your nail puller under. So I went into the attic, under the working area of the roof, and found the nails protruding about1/4”. On targeted shingles, I drove out the nails, so they were easy to get and remove back. You should make sure to remove all the nails which drive out.
This is very easy to tear the tar paper underlayment when you are messing around the sharp pry bar. All the more reason to tear away the old and bad shingles firstly, so you see what you are doing.
d.Find and Remove Roofing Nails for Bad Shingles.
The place where the long pry bar comes in.
For removing this shingle (under pry bar), you would have to remove nails located under the very next two higher shingles. It will not long before you have ripped off many of the shingles you were removing.
Sometimes the head of the roofing nail protruding about ¼” after you hammered it out from below. Otherwise, you have to dig into the shingle to get under the nail head.
e. Do not rip the Underlayment!
When you are doing all these activities, you should take care that the underlayment would not rip. Sometime trapper can be torn with the pry bar, when you are finding nails. When you are working on the project, be sure any tears are repaired with these.
f. Install New Tarpaper
You can see in this image sliding new 30# tarpaper under the existing damaged tarpaper. You can install new tarpaper as far up the roof as possible, under the place where the new shingles would be placed. 15# tarpaper will not work, 30# stuff is enough to do this.
g. Job has Done, Wait for a Rain Storm for Results.
Now replaced you all removed shingles by using roofing cement under a few more that shingles were cracked.
I only replaced three shingles for this job, plus used roofing cement under a few more that were cracked.
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