Replacing Roof Shingles Patch

Your patch will shout look at me if it angles up the roof.

Replacing roof shingles patch.

Removing 3 tab shingles using a flat bar to do a repair. Use a flat bar to pry up the damaged shingle and remove the nails being careful not to damage the shingle above it. Starting at the bottom put a new shingle onto the bottom row overlapping the one below it. Slide the new shingle up into place.

Nail the shingle to the roof using galvanized nails. Slip a flat pry bar under the damaged shingle and press down to pop out the roofing nails. Wedge the notch of the pry bar under the shingle at the nail head then pry up both shingle and nail. Cut off the damage tab of the shingle with a.

Be sure to follow the line of the rest of the shingles in the row. Plan to fix your shingles on a sunny warm day not cold because they will crack and not hot because. Make sure you get a. Nail down the new shingle propping the tabs above as you nail to avoid breaking them.

How to strip old shingles and patch sheathing. Once all four nails have been pried up and removed from the target shingle you ll notice you still won t be able to. Step four remove the adjacent nails. Insert a putty knife under and above the damaged shingle to break the seal holding it down.

In some cases it might be better to remove all the shingles from a roof in urgent need of repairs and re roof the house. A broken shingle is both ugly and a leak waiting to happen. Swap shingles if part of a. Removing 3 tab shingles using a flat bar to do a repair.

How to replace an asphalt roof shingle. Fixing damaged roof shingles 1. Cracked or split shingles may be repaired without. Nail on the new shingle.

Carefully lift the upper. Take your shingle to the store and get a bundle of matching shingles. Maintaining a sound roof. How to replace a damaged shingle step 1.

Be sure to align with the shingles of either side.