Replace Broken Roof Shingles

Although this sealant bond is quite strong strong enough for the shingles to resist wind uplift it can be broken by sliding a flat pry bar carefully under the target shingle s edge.

Replace broken roof shingles.

Carefully lift the upper shingle and secure the new shingle with roofing nails. Slide the new shingle up into place and secure it with four nails. In order to replace damaged roof shingles you need to remove the damaged shingle install the new one and seal the edges. Removing 3 tab shingles using a flat bar to do a repair.

A broken shingle is both ugly and a leak waiting to happen. We had a wind storm recently blow off one shingle and damage 3 shingles on our garage. In that case tear out the damaged shingle and cut v notches in the replacement to fit around the four nails. When replacing a damaged asphalt roof shingle you can either replace the entire piece or cut the shingle into sections and replace just a single tab.

Use the claw of a hammer to loosen the adhesive under the tabs 2 rows above the damaged shingles and then loosen any exposed nails with the claw. Pick a day when the weather is moderate to do the repair too cold and the shingles can crack. Work your way down to the damaged shingles loosening adhesive and nails so. Too warm and the shingle sealants are tough to break.

How to replace a damaged shingle. We had to replace them and all the roofing companies said to do it ourselves because its easy winds of 100km the yard was a mess garbage shingles toy pools. By gary hedstrom peg hedstrom judy ondrla tremore. And as long as you re on the roof inspect the others close up as well as the flashing to find out whether any shingles are damaged or likely to cause problems in the future.

Asphalt roof shingles can be easily damaged by high winds and falling tree limbs. To repair broken shingles first gather several tools galvanized or stainless steel shingle nails a hammer a small block of wood a drill and a shingle ripper a long flat piece of metal with hooks forged into the flattened end which is used to remove the broken shingle you ll also need high quality wooden shingles that match the texture and length of your originals.