Repair Hole In Roof Sheathing

Center ez plug in hole.

Repair hole in roof sheathing.

A rectangular piece of sheathing is cut out slightly bigger than the hole to be patched and solid blocking is added at right angles to the rafters and nailed. Take up the shingles over the hole. It may take a couple of holes to find the edge. A new piece of sheathing is then nailed on all four sides and well supported.

Typically a job is to repair leaks. Measure the damaged area between your roof rafters or trusses. All the tools products i used for the repair i bought at home depot. Ez plug is fast and strong.

Nail it down by hand or nail gun. I cut out the existing shingles in the area around the hole. Cut a piece of 1 2 inch plywood that will cover the area. Find stud edge if a section of sheathing is rotted or otherwise damaged cut out an area that spans from stud to stud.

If there is a small area and few shingles being repaired it will likely be on the low end or as little as 150. To find the edge of a wall stud drill a finder hole near a sheathing nail. Seal the leak replace shingles seal the shingles. Wear safety goggles and rubber sole work shoes.

In this video i show how to replace rotten plywood on your roof without breaking your back. If you find any nail heads that are sticking up from the roof hammer them down and then coat the head with roofing. Home owner wants a new roof and wants all vents removed holes filled and ridge vent installed at peaks. How to fix a hole in the roof step 1.

Use an extension ladder with the third rung against the eave to. A total of 8 nails into the flanges as seen in this picture. Most home owners spend between 300 and 1 100 for a roof repair or an average of 650 per repair call. I am using a 7 16 osb sheathing that i got from lowe s.

When it is a small hole like a vent one slides a piece of furring through the hole and screws it through the sheathing on both sides and then a plug is set in and screwed to the furring underneath. Slip a pry bar under the shingles above the affected area to pull out the. Somewhat like lader framming that we see on overhangs. Because driving nails up into the sheathing material will make things worse glue a piece of 1 inch rigid styrofoam to your piece of plywood.