Roof Felt Paper Tar Sealer Nail Holes

Small leaks around nail holes or flashing can be effectively fixed with a sealant.

Roof felt paper tar sealer nail holes.

Item 1571717 model 40003975. 885 tropi cool 100 silicone seam and repair roof sealant. Smaller nail holes will be permanently fixed by this method standard roofing nails would be either 3 8 inch or 1 2 inch making a hole 3 8. Nail it down with your roofing gun top and bottom.

Fill small nail holes with silicone caulk or roof cement. How can tar paper be a second barrier when you put a thousand nail holes in it. Trim the shingles with your utility knife photo 14. I ve always considered it necessary to caulk any exposed nail heads on a shingle roof there shouldn t be many.

It is the heaviest most aggressive sealing tape available and permanently deal with leaks in virtually all roofing materials including for tpo epdm and metal. Seal the top nail holes and continue on up with your shingles. The claim was that nails have to pass through a minimum of two layers of shingles. The shingles are asphalt backed and this asphalt forms an adequate seal around the nail.

I heard an opposing opinion recently. Next install your vent or stack flashing over that row of shingles photo 13. Instead of replacing the felt roof we decided to use a product call. The same amount of holes are driven through tyvek during siding installation.

Thermacote roof repair tape thermacote roof repair tape is the ultimate leak and seam repair tape. Simiron tektop 5 gallon epoxy acrylic wbgray primer roof sealant. Install the shingles up and halfway past the vent hole or stack. We had a problem with our shed workshop flat felt roof leaking and needed a quick repair.

I must admit i ve seen many builders that do not seal the nail heads. Sometimes called roofing felt underlayment roofing tar paper or roll roofing. And don t give me that crap that it seals it self cuz it don t.