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In order to prevent water from penetrating under the shingles and damaging the wood sheathing, any evidence of damage or wear must be addressed very once.
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HOW OFTEN SHOULD YOU REPLACE YOUR ROOF SHINGLES? In order to prevent water from penetrating under the shingles and damaging the wood sheathing, any evidence of damage or wear must be addressed very once.
Ignoring an issue, no matter how little it seems to be, may hasten the need for a new roof and increase its price by hundreds of dollars. Repairing a roof on a warm, dry day will keep the shingles more pliable and less prone to cracking. A wet or ice roof or a roof soaked in morning dew are all reasons to avoid climbing up there. You should replace your roof if it's more than 20 years old and most of the shingles are broken or worn. However, if your roof is in good shape and has a short pitch, you should be able to undertake the majority of the repairs on your own. Here, we’ll take you through the three most-common ones: replacing asphalt shingles; gluing down a badly curled shingle; and repairing shingles that have cracked. Damaged roof repair in Kansas City The whole shingle will have to be replaced if a piece is missing. Check to see whether there are any shingles left over from the last time the roof was repaired (with any
luck, the builder or the roofer who handled the job left some behind). If not, you'll have to buy a bundle at a home center or lumberyard ($15 to $20 per square—100 sq. ft.—of standard three-tab shingles). Where possible, go with the closest match instead than the ideal one. Replacing a damaged shingle requires a hammer, a flat pry bar, a utility knife and a handful of 11/4-in. roofing nails. When the next shingle course above is set, its nails also penetrate through the top edge of the shingles in the course below, thus each shingle is originally fixed with four nails. Slide the pry bar under the shingle directly above the damaged one and carefully raise it to remove it from the sealant strip to begin removing the first row of nails. This is the first row of nails. Pry upward with the pry bar after inserting it beneath the damaged shingle. Remove the pry bar, push the shingle down, and take out the nail after the nail has sprung up approximately 1/4 in. This method should be repeated three more times with the remaining three nails. Then,
using the pry bar again, remove the second row of nails from the shingle right above the damaged one. Once all eight nails have been yanked, remove the shingle that is damaged.
