How Torepair Shingles On Roof Vent

Overlap the shingles to cover the nails on the side edges and use roofing cement to cover the nail heads on the shingle at the end of the roof.

How torepair shingles on roof vent.

There will be nails across the top of the vent too. The cap shingles often are installed on top of a continuous ridge vent. Remove the shingle caps. Patch the nail or screw holes by slipping a piece of roof flashing underneath the shingle.

Install new field shingles. Cut and bend a shingle to conform to the shape of the peak of the roof. For most asphalt shingle ridge caps there are two. Loosen the adhesive underneath the tabs of the damaged shingle then pull them free and discard.

The vent manufacturers make their products to match the size of the cap shingles so the caps cover the vent material leaving. Just remove them and replace them with new shingles of a similar style to the rest of the shingles on the roof. If the shingles are severely damaged don t try to salvage them. Slip a flat bar under the edge of the vent flashing and pop the nails up photo 1.

Squeeze out a bead of caulk beneath the shingles on both sides of the vent to hold the shingles down and to add a water barrier. Hammer a roofing nail on each side of the shingle five inches from the bottom edges and one inch from the side edge. Install the ridge vent shingle over style install the ridge vent aluminum. Slide the new flashing over the vent pipe and under the shingles above the pipe.

This is an area of the roof which requires extra care and skill. Usually you can also work those loose without removing shingles. Loosen and remove the damaged shingles. 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.

Pull the old flashing up over the vent pipe and scrape any old caulk and debris off the roof. Cut the ventilation opening.