How To Replace Lost Roof Shingles

Today my gutter cleaning guy told my wife that while he was cleaning our gutters he noticed a shingle missing.

How to replace lost roof shingles.

In these photos we ve marked it with black spots the first step obviously requires the removal of the nails holding that shingle to the roof deck. How to replace a damaged shingle. Use the claw of a hammer to loosen the adhesive under the tabs 2 rows above the damaged shingles and then loosen any exposed nails with the claw. We had quite a bad wind storm up in indiana today and it blew several singles about 6 8 off of two different areas of my roof.

Asphalt roof shingles can be easily damaged by high winds and falling tree limbs. The following are a few examples of when replacing individual shingles simply won t be enough and you ll need to replace your whole roof. How to repair roof shingles replace missing aspahlt roofing shingles step by step guide part two starts at 9 26 learn how to perform a diy do it yourself. We plan on phoning the insurance company tomorrow to find out what we can do so far as getting it repaired.

He said if i go buy a shingle he ll go install it for 65 i m going to pick one up. We had to replace them and all the roofing companies said to do it ourselves because its easy winds of 100km the yard was a mess garbage shingles toy pools. Work your way down to the damaged shingles loosening adhesive and nails so. To access the nails the shingle will need to be lifted.

Your roof is old if the shingles on your roof are between 20 and 25 years old then they are nearing the end of their life cycle and you may want to consider replacing the whole roof instead of. In the photo below the target shingle perhaps it needs replacement due to damage from a falling object or roof pests is located. I m a rookie homeowner. In the mean time is there anything we need to be doing.

We had a wind storm recently blow off one shingle and damage 3 shingles on our garage.