How To Repairplywood Roof

You have to tear the roof off first and if you re not up to that go home.

How to repairplywood roof.

Cut out the patch border. If they haven t take your pry bar and gently loosen the shingles starting with the row below the ones that have been damaged. How to repair plywood step 1. Once the nails detach grasp the shingles or tiles and pull them off.

We take you step by step minute per minute to make it as ea. Remove all of the shingles using a pry bar or a shingle ripper tool to detach the nails. Detach the nails that. This step will be unnecessary if the shingles on your roof have been blown away or already removed in some capacity.

After cleaning the debris and reframing the roof lay down a base sheathing. Look up at the roof. You may need to cut a little extra to expose enough of the trusses and make sure you get rid of all the rotten wood. How to repair a damaged roof step 1.

Discard the roofing materials since you will install new ones later. Remove the shingles over the area of the rotted roof decking identified previously. How to fix rotted roof decking 1. Brush clean all cut and sanded.

In this video we will demonstrate how to roof repair bad plywood decking caused from a roof leak. When installing shingles make sure the nails are embedded securely into the felt and sheathing. When replacing roof decking you first need to get rid of the old rotten section. Gain access to the attic to inspect the plywood or roof decking.

Set the depth of your circular saw to the thickness of the roof decking. Whether you use plywood or osb it doesn t matter. Locate nails that hold shingles. How to repair plywood on a roof.

Remove tiles and slate by prying them up from the bottom which may cause them to break. Cut out patches for holes from identical thickness plywood using the coping saw. Locate the rotted roof decking. Determine the thickness and if it s on an open cornish be sure and buy a bc grade which is good on one side.

Cut away the damaged area.