Roof Felt Paper Tar Sealer Nail Holes

Item 1571717 model 40003975.

Roof felt paper tar sealer nail holes.

Seal the top nail holes and continue on up with your shingles. I ve always considered it necessary to caulk any exposed nail heads on a shingle roof there shouldn t be many. Simiron tektop 5 gallon epoxy acrylic wbgray primer roof sealant. The same amount of holes are driven through tyvek during siding installation.

However roofing felt offers additional protection against leakage providing an extra layer of water. Instead of replacing the felt roof we decided to use a product call. Next install your vent or stack flashing over that row of shingles photo 13. Install the shingles up and halfway past the vent hole or stack.

I must admit i ve seen many builders that do not seal the nail heads. How can tar paper be a second barrier when you put a thousand nail holes in it. Nail it down with your roofing gun top and bottom. 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.

The shingles are asphalt backed and this asphalt forms an adequate seal around the nail. We had a problem with our shed workshop flat felt roof leaking and needed a quick repair. I heard an opposing opinion recently. Fill small nail holes with silicone caulk or roof cement.

And don t give me that crap that it seals it self cuz it don t. Small leaks around nail holes or flashing can be effectively fixed with a sealant. For large leaks such as where shingles have been blown away in large patches an asphalt sealer is not the. 885 tropi cool 100 silicone seam and repair roof sealant.

Trim the shingles with your utility knife photo 14. The claim was that nails have to pass through a minimum of two layers of shingles. 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.