Fix A Board In The Edge Of My House Roof

Find and fix a leaking roof.

Fix a board in the edge of my house roof.

Lift courses or shingles from the asphalt adhesive strip on the course beneath it to inspect the. Grab the exposed edge of the board and give it a sharp tug downward to dislodge it. 12 roof repair tips. Pull up the felt paper underneath the shingles.

Then reshingle sliding metal step flashing behind the fascia board the trim behind the gutter. Like the fascia a decaying soffit should be soft enough to pull out manually. To locate rotted areas of the roof s edge gently lift up shingles with a pry bar or taping knife. Put one nail in where each.

During a reroof start at the peak of the roof and remove all shingles prying them up with a pitchfork working your way down the roof. Nail down the drip edge beneath the shingles. Don t be surprised if the soffit breaks apart while you re attempting to pull it free. Waterlogged boards will often be soggy and prone to crumbling.

If at all possible never nail a fascia board near the edge of the end grain. It should overlap another piece of ice and water barrier laid below all the way down to the roof edge. Pick up the edge of the shingles that the drip edge lies beneath and drive in a galvanized roofing nail with a hammer. The best way is to install the roof drip edge only along the eaves first then place ice and water barrier in the snowbelt or felt paper underlayment over the drip edge.

You see this all the time where two boards have been joined on the end of a 1 inch rafter or truss. This lets any water that gets on the roof run down the underlayment and over the drip edge. Leave the next course of shingles intact by carefully removing the second set of four nails. In most cases if the shingles go past the drip edge about 3 4 of an inch the shingle edge will break the surface tension unless your roof has a shallow pitch then the water will reach the drip edge and if drip edge is tight to the facia board it will run down the fascia so as added insurance leave space between the fascia and drip edge.

If perfectly centered each of the two adjoining board ends gets at most a inch bearing on the end of the roof truss or rafter.