How To Temporarily Patch A Roof Hole

How to fix a hole in the roof step 1.

How to temporarily patch a roof hole.

One way is to tie lightweight string to a tennis ball and throw the ball over the roof. I then covered the hole w. Now you can pull the ropes and the tarp into place. How to make a temporary emergency roof repair straighten out any curling shingles by softening them with a heat gun and gluing them down with roofing cement.

A tarp that will at least extend past the damaged area by at least 3 on each side the bottom the ridge the thicker. I cut out the existing shingles in the area around the hole. Wear safety goggles and rubber sole work shoes. Use 1x2 along the perimeter of the tarp and a few nails or screws to hold them in place.

Anytime you throw something over the house there is a risk of hitting a person pet window etc. Have your helper stay inside the house waiting for the drip to appear. The thicker the tarp is the better if it has uv. Use an extension ladder with the third rung against the eave to.

Tie the string to the lash ropes on the tarp and pull the ropes over the house. Start low soaking the area just above where the leak appears in the house. Really you don t want to be up on the roof in a storm trying to retrieve your flapping tarp. Patch the nail or screw holes by slipping a piece of roof flashing underneath the shingle.

If you have a ladder a knife a cordless drill saw you are all set just need to pick up some supplies a tarp that. Take up the shingles over the hole. Small nail holes left behind from old vents satellite dish brackets or anything previously attached to the roof can allow water to enter and cause damage for years before leaking is noticed. Wind can be powerful and damned persistent.

For example soak the downhill side of a chimney first then each side then the top on both sides. Slip a pry bar under the shingles above the affected area to pull out the. Slide any loose shingles back under the bottom edge of the row above and nail them down securely with 6d galvanized.