Roofing Nails Through Eaves

First the guy that evaluated the roof could have stopped it and then the roofers.

Roofing nails through eaves.

It takes two missed opportunities for this to happen. If the nail does go through the decking it will only show if someone is hanging out in the attic. If the deck sheathing is less than thick use nails long enough to penetrate the roof deck sheathing and extend at least 1 8 beyond the lower side of the roof deck. Nails placed outside the common bond area can void the roof s warranty and prevent asphalt shingles from performing as intended during extreme weather.

Roofing nails should be long enough to penetrate the roofing material and go 19 mm into osb solid wood plywood or non veneer wood decking or through thickness of decking whichever is less. I bought the shortest roofing nails i could find 7 8 but still a bunch popped through starter course and many more just made unsightly bumps in the under side of the sheathing. After contacting the service representative we dealt with during our roofing project we were told the work was done according to code standards and the company uses 1 inch nails on all projects. The process of installing a roof is the same in most cases.

To determine the nail length you should consider the number of layers of shingles shingle thicknesses underlayment and flashings installed on eaves. Luckily i live in the desert and we ve had a long drought so probably the only damage has been cosmetic. Overhangs and eaves are a different story. When i replaced my roof a few years ago i made sure i used the shortest possible nails because i was tired of banging my head on nails in the attic.

Even if the attic is a living space they are covered up with insulation and then drywall. Pneumatic nail guns are popular. The house was reshingled about ten years ago and the guy used nails over the eaves and porch overhang that were too long. Any roofer salesman or roofing contractor should know that exposed overhangs should not have nails sticking through them and it doesn t take a rocket scientist to determine if they will come through.

He stated code standards are that the nails protrude through the surface. Placed nails go through two layers of shingles penetrating through the previous shingle course underneath attaching them securely to the roof deck. What do i do about roof nails whose tips are showing through my eaves. I intended to have the osb be the finished ceiling inside the fort.

However i failed to notice that the nails are poking thru the eaves about 1 8 to 1 4 inch. In determining nail length consider the number of layers of shingles shingle thickness es underlayment and flashing eaves sidewall and valley etc. Now it is riddled with nails although it does have a mighty fine roof i must say.