Then pull out the damaged shingle.
Repair nails in roof shingles.
The nails might have popped.
You probably don t want osha to see that staging setup.
Apply some roofing cement to the back side of the shingle.
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.
When nailing shingles proper penetration into the roof deck is essential to ensure the nail and shingle remain secure.
Align it with the rest of the shingles in that course or row.
There are lots of ways to repair nail holes in asphalt shingles.
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.
Then push the pry bar under the shingle directly above the damaged one and remove the second row of nails the same way.
Roofing nails sticking up called nail pops might look like an unimportant issue.
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.
Try not to break the.
After yanking all eight nails pull out the damaged shingle.
Sometimes just knowing exactly where to put the roofing cement is half of it.
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Repairing a roof leak is not always difficult.
Repeat this procedure for the remaining three nails.
For shingles in windy areas use 6 nails per shingle.
The nails must penetrate well into the wooden roof deck.
Nail the replacement shingle in place using the existing holes with galvanized 1 3 4 inch roofing 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.
However they can cause leaks particularly if you have an asphalt shingle roof.
After removing the center row of nails on the damaged shingle lift the undamaged shingles above it and remove the next row of nails.