How To Repair A Rotting Roof

Remove the shingles over the area of the rotted roof decking identified previously.

How to repair a rotting roof.

If the entire rafter was rotten use the. This is where your wooden dowels will insert into the wood. Remove the gutters and roof flashing if needed. Change a rotten or damaged fascia board.

Once the fill it cured i sanded it down smooth. Pull the old rafter end away from the roof eave. The good news is unlike most roof repairs you can fix an eave or gable overhang rake without climbing onto the roof. You can install a new fascia board in a couple of hours with the right tools to d.

If you re only replacing the portion of the roof with damage you need to find out the. How to fix rotten wood on a roof locate dry rot roof damage. Finally i applied more fill it to the area paying special attention to the small gaps between the puzzle piece and the roof. Discard the wood in a garbage bin as you work to.

For an epoxy repair to be effective the freshly exposed wood has to be sound and dry less than 18 percent moisture content. After clawing out the loose stuff with a hammer stahl removes all the rot softened wood with a die grinder and core box router bit. You ll be working on a ladder and perhaps even on. In order to give yourself clear access to the eaves you may first.

Each shingle is typically secured by eight nails. Pull away the rotten. Remove the rotten wood. Hold the replacement against the end of the remaining rafter.

Make two lines on the side of the replacement rafter end and the end of the rafter 1 inch from the top and bottom edges. Pry off the shingle mold. The rotten wood will come away easily. Take safety precautions at every step in the process.

Remove rot softened wood photo by brian wilder. Starting at one corner of the roof wedge a pry bar into the narrow space at the top of the. It was very easy. Remove the rotted wood with a chisel and pry bar.

Pry up shingles around the damaged area. Locate nails that hold shingles in place by lifting up on the end shingle above the one you plan to remove. Measure the length of framing wood needed with a measuring tape. Roof repairs typically involve replacing damaged shingles and rusted flashing but the overhang of a roof is often the first area to succumb to rot peeling paint and other weather related problems.

Pull the shingles and underlying felt off the entire board not just the area that s rotted. At this point i spread fill it epoxy filler from the rot doctor into the entire exposed cavity and then glued in the plywood piece.