Replacing Bad Roof Shingles

Slip a flat pry bar under the damaged shingle and press down to pop out the roofing nails.

Replacing bad roof shingles. Over from the old holes photo 3. How to replace an asphalt roof shingle. In some cases it might be better to remove all the shingles from a roof in urgent need of repairs and re roof the house. Cracked shingles are typically a result of wind damage.

Take your shingle to the store and get a bundle of matching shingles. The shingles are missing pieces if a piece of a shingle is missing then the entire shingle will need to be replaced. Replace underlayment and shingles once you repair the hole in the roof plywood you need to seal up the seams and recover the roof. Slide the new shingle up into place.

Be sure to align with the shingles of either side. Slide the new shingle up into place. Plan to fix your shingles on a sunny warm day not cold because they will crack and not hot because. If just a few shingles are cracked you can certainly replace them.

How to replace a damaged shingle step 1. Removing 3 tab shingles using a flat bar to do a repair. There are missing shingles missing shingles will need to be replaced right away. This can happen if a piece of debris has been blown into your roof thereby causing a piece of shingle to break off.

Then pull out the damaged shingle. Insert a putty knife under and above the damaged shingle to break the seal holding it down. After removing the center row of nails on the damaged shingle lift the undamaged shingles above it and remove the next row of nails. If the cracking isn t isolated to one particular area and it s random.

Use a flat bar to pry up the damaged shingle and remove the nails being careful not to damage the shingle above it. Check the damaged area for damage to the moisture barrier or flashing and check the damaged area for signs of seepage. Cracked or split shingles may be repaired without. Swap shingles if part of a.

Make sure you get a. Nail the center row first then the center row of the course above it nailing 1 2 in. Cover the seams between the old and new decking with bitumen tape. Cut off the damage tab of the shingle with a.

Carefully lift the upper.