Fix Roof Hole

I cut out the existing shingles in the area around the hole.

Fix roof hole. Use a putty knife to spread the tar into the leaking hole on the inside of your roof. Fill small nail holes with silicone caulk or roof cement. Use a roof rake to fix it and remove the first four feet of snow from the roof edge. Then use ice melt product per manufacturer s instructions.

Patch the nail or screw holes by slipping a piece of roof flashing underneath the shingle. Fold a 4 by 2 inch piece of felt in half making a 2 by 2 inch square. Hold it against the inside of the plywood by pulling up through the hole while driving deck screws through the roof and into the brace. Use a small trowel or caulk gun to apply 1 2 teaspoon of asphalt cement to the hole under the shingle.

Skylights can trap water and the frame seals can crack and form leaks. Patch the wood with plywood of the same thickness. The nail will provide a path for the water. Consider investing in a roof heat cable to prevent future issues.

Step 2 place a bucket underneath the nail to catch the water as it runs down the nail. Install a 2 by 4 brace under a small hole that extends three times the width of the opening. And exposed misplaced roofing repair nails should be pulled and the holes patched. Insert a nail in the hole where water is leaking through the roof.

Once you ve found the leak you can make a temporary leak patch from some plywood or shingle and some roofing tar. First roughen the area around the hole with a wire brush or sandpaper and then clean it. All the tools products i used for the repair i bought at home depot. Press it onto the.

Smaller nail holes will be permanently fixed by this method standard roofing nails would be either 3 8 inch or 1 2 inch making a hole 3 8. I then covered the hole w. Plug pinholes with roofing cement and patch holes up to about 3 4 inch in diameter with a patch from the same material as the flashing. You might find holes left over from a satellite dish or antenna mounting brackets or just about anything.

Place the shingle or plywood onto the tar and spread more of the tar around the edges of your patch.