Roof Wood Repair

Pry the narrow shingle mold from the fascia using a flat bar.

Roof wood repair. Depending on how the roofs join you may have to cut a slot to work it in far enough. The national average roof repair cost is 891 with most homeowners spending between 354 and 1 441 most common small roof repairs cost between 150 and 400 labor runs around 45 to 75 per hour. Lay felt paper onto the roof overlapping the existing paper to get good coverage. Soffit and fascia repair 1.

This video shows from start to finish the repair of rotted endbeams on a house using the endrot system. Starting at one corner of the roof wedge a pry bar into the narrow space at the top of the shingle mold the thin wooden strip that sits just below the shingles. Force the mold away from the roofing a few inches at a time then lift off the entire piece in one section. Staple it to the roof decking or nail it with plastic capped roofing nails.

Begin by removing the shingles down to the wood sheathing and slip a strip of adhesive ice and water barrier available where roofing repair products are sold under the soffit main roof joint. If it comes off without splitting reuse it later. Roofing professionals should handle any large or complicated jobs. Once you repair the hole in the roof plywood you need to seal up the seams and recover the roof.

Repair a split shingle by closing the gap between the two pieces nailing them to the roof deck and sealing the crack and nailheads with roofing cement. Cracked warped missing or broken shingles need to be replaced. A shingle that has lifted from the roof can simply be renailed down and the nailheads sealed with roofing cement. Pull down to remove the old soffit.

Be careful not to damage any nearby roof shingles or flashing. Hold onto the old shingle mold if it looks to be in good shape. Cover the seams between the old and new decking with bitumen tape.