Roof Patch How To

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Roof patch how to.

Wait about 10 minutes for the cement to dry. When installing shingles make sure the nails are embedded securely into the felt and sheathing. Joe is in the process of patching a flat roof. Slide the upper edge beneath the existing tar paper or shingles and overlap the bottom edge by 2 inches.

Use a 3 inch paint roller to apply rubber to rubber contact cement to one half of the outlined repair area and to one half of the underside of the rubber patch. After cleaning the debris and reframing the roof lay down a base sheathing. Cut tar paper to fit over the area. Start at the bottom of the exposed area when nailing on new shingles.

Nail tar paper with roofing nails. In this case i cut a small piece of plywood on the ground about 10 x 15 to land on the upper seam marked out the hole needed on the roof staying away from the trusses but wait how about all the stuff above well that gets handled by placing a secondary patch 2 2 sistering 2 3 wood to the trusses dry fit the patch. Spread roofing tar over the patch seams. Start by stapling the.

Depending on how the roofs join you may have to cut a slot to work it in far enough. When you know how.