Landscaping and Gardening Info

A damaged asphalt shingle disturbs the overall integrity of your roof setup and calls for a timely replacement. The leaks and the voids resulting due to these damaged shingles affect the affiliated roofing components as well.

Even a novice with a good supervision over his head and a right blend of required tools and supplies, can make the things work.

A pry bar tool has to be purchased before the commencement of the project. Make sure that the tool is a large and flat one which would add to it’s efficiency. The pry bar tool would do the actual job of going under the damaged asphalt shingle and nailing it out of the affiliated setup. In addition, a small-sized wooden bar would also be used during the course of action.

Keep a first-aid in tact to protect yourself against major or minor accidents during the course of the assignment.

Take a ladder and rest it against the wall such that it reaches well to the top of the roof. Once you’re on the roof, attach yourself to a rope which in turn is tied to a ridge. This particular caution would prevent you from a free fall from the roof.

Tap the business-end of the pry bar tool under the damaged shingle just above the gap between tabs. Push it in gradually until the nail-pulling end of the tool gets centered on the nail of the shingle. Now push down the other end of the tool and notice a slight movement of the concerned nail. Once the nail is partially uprooted, insert a small wooden bar just below the head of the nail and resume exertion of pressure from the other end. Eventually, the nail would be completely uprooted.

Remove all the other nails with the same method and pull out the damaged shingle from the setup. Replace the old asphalt shingle with a new one and nail it down well. Make sure that the new shingle has similar dimensions to the old one. Apply a moderate amount of roofing cement on the nails to bind them well to the shingle.

Apply some cement in the gaps under the shingles tab and finish off the project.

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