Fix Roof Around Peak

To flash the peak of the roof you will need to create another custom piece of flashing.

Fix roof around peak. Drill 3 16 inch pilot holes through the mounting holes in the anchor and into the rafter. Flashing around chimneys can rust through if it s galvanized steel especially at the 90 degree bend at the bottom. Use the knife blade to scrape the pipe clean and smooth. A quick but fairly long term fix is to simply slip new flashing under the old rusted stuff.

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. Then run a second bead of caulk just below the first bead. Leaving one side of the cut piece straight bend the other side to match the peak of the roof as shown below. Lay the tarp out flat over the roof.

Small holes or corroded spots in flashing can be easily repaired. Starting at one corner of the roof wedge a pry bar into the narrow space at the top of the shingle mold the thin wooden strip that sits just below the shingles. Apply a thick bead of lap seal caulk around the seam between the vent pipe and old rubber gasket. Slide the replacement rubber gasket over the pipe and press it down tight to the.

Let the rest of the tarp hang off the lower border of the roof that overhangs the wall known as the eave. Lay the tarp across the roof so that at least 4 feet 1 2 m lies on the sloped part of your roof on each side known as the peak. Hold onto the old shingle mold if it looks to be in good shape. There are many possible parts of the roof potentially leaking but one of the most common ones is the area around the roof vent.

How to repair roof flashing. Cut away the old caulk from around the vent pipe. It must be completed at the very end of the shingle run to overlap the uppermost shingles and form a. First roughen the area around the hole with a wire brush or sandpaper and then clean it.

Take a usual piece of step flashing and cut into its fold about halfway. Use roofing cement to secure this piece and a. Force the mold away from the roofing a few inches at a time then lift off the entire piece in one section. That way any water that seeps through will be diverted.

Shingle repair near the peak certainteed pabco broken shingle three tab damaged shingle. Never lay the tarp out during a storm. Capping a roof is the last thing done during a roofing project.