Roofing Exposed Nail Heads

Fill small nail holes with silicone caulk or roof cement.

Roofing exposed nail heads.

Roofing cement such as henry s is then placed below this final cap where the four nails will penetrate and then the four exposed nailheads are also coated with the cement. Most often the exposed nails are on the ridge the flashing an improper roof repair or the result of a nail pop. I would suggest to remove the nail and put a urethane sealer which can be found at any home store to seal the hole from underneath. You ll also need a hammer and a small spatula or putty knife.

I do quite a bit of repair work on multiple types of roofing. Apply a glob of roofing cement to the spatula or putty knife. 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. Generally accepted building practices and most shingle manufacturer s instructions call for exposed nails and the ridge end location is inevitably exposed to be covered with an asphalt plastic cement to prevent water leakage.

Exposed nails visible at ridge ends are not covered with asphalt plastic cement. I ve seen over 8 so far and i haven t really looked too close. Purchase a tub of roof cement at your local hardware store. One is already rusted.

Use the hammer to pound on the exposed nail head until it is flush with the shingle. A defect that i often find during my home inspections is exposed nail heads on the roof. The photo below shows to exposed nail heads. When the roof is installed exposed nails should be kept to a minimum but it is unavoidable in certain situations.

Just make sure that you don t damage the shingles lifting them up. Michael has a simple solution to cover and seal exposed nail heads that may be present after a new roofing job. Recently gotten a new roof only to find the roofer made some mistakes. Remove nail lift shingle and apply a small dab where nail penetrated shingle then push the overlapping shingle down and your done.

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