Take your shingle to the store and get a bundle of matching shingles.
How to repair damaged shingle roof.
Directions on how to repair roof shingles vary a bit depending on the extent of the damage.
When the next shingle course above is installed its nails pass through the top edge of the shingles in the course below.
Carefully lift the upper.
Make sure you get a.
Slide the new shingle up into place.
Replacing a damaged shingle needs a hammer a flat lever an energy bill knife and a handful of 11 4 in.
Any time you re getting up on the roof you need to practice roof safety.
Find the damaged area of shingles and determine how many new shingles you ll need and the extent.
Be sure to align with the shingles of either side.
Swap shingles if part of a.
Use a flat pry bar to carefully loosen the damaged tab and the tabs to the left and right.
Slip a flat pry bar under the damaged shingle and press down to pop out the roofing nails.
Removing damaged shingles 1.
Each shingle is at first secured with 4 nails.
Use the proper safety precautions.
Maintaining a sound roof.
Cracked curled or damaged shingles allow moisture to damage your roof decking.
Next apply two or three thick beads of roofing cement to the surface beneath the shingle.
Plan to fix your shingles on a sunny warm day not cold because they will crack and not hot because.
How to replace a damaged shingle step 1.