Replacing Lost Roof Shingles

When asphalt shingles are loose or missing you can easily replace and refasten them.

Replacing lost roof shingles.

Slide the new shingle up into place and secure it with four nails. To access the nails the shingle will need to be lifted. By gary hedstrom peg hedstrom judy ondrla tremore. We had to replace them and all the roofing companies said to do it ourselves because its easy winds of 100km the yard was a mess garbage shingles toy pools.

In these photos we ve marked it with black spots the first step obviously requires the removal of the nails holding that shingle to the roof deck. We had a wind storm recently blow off one shingle and damage 3 shingles on our garage. In order to replace damaged roof shingles you need to remove the damaged shingle install the new one and seal the edges. When replacing a damaged asphalt roof shingle you can either replace the entire piece or cut the shingle into sections and replace just a single tab.

Use the claw of a hammer to loosen the adhesive under the tabs 2 rows above the damaged shingles and then loosen any exposed nails with the claw. Asphalt roof shingles can be easily damaged by high winds and falling tree limbs. In that case tear out the damaged shingle and cut v notches in the replacement to fit around the four nails. Carefully lift the upper shingle and secure the new shingle with roofing nails.

How to replace a damaged shingle.