How To Repairplywood Roof

Discard the roofing materials since you will install new ones later.

How to repairplywood roof. Whether you use plywood or osb it doesn t matter. How to fix rotted roof decking 1. Remove all of the shingles using a pry bar or a shingle ripper tool to detach the nails. Locate nails that hold shingles.

Look up at the roof. Once the nails detach grasp the shingles or tiles and pull them off. When installing shingles make sure the nails are embedded securely into the felt and sheathing. Cut out the patch border.

Remove the shingles over the area of the rotted roof decking identified previously. After cleaning the debris and reframing the roof lay down a base sheathing. Set the depth of your circular saw to the thickness of the roof decking. Cut off the blister or peel it.

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. Gain access to the attic to inspect the plywood or roof decking. Cut out patches for holes from identical thickness plywood using the coping saw. When replacing roof decking you first need to get rid of the old rotten section.

You have to tear the roof off first and if you re not up to that go home. We take you step by step minute per minute to make it as ea. How to repair a damaged roof step 1. This step will be unnecessary if the shingles on your roof have been blown away or already removed in some capacity.

Remove tiles and slate by prying them up from the bottom which may cause them to break. How to repair plywood on a roof. Brush clean all cut and sanded. Start by stapling the.

If they haven t take your pry bar and gently loosen the shingles starting with the row below the ones that have been damaged. Determine the thickness and if it s on an open cornish be sure and buy a bc grade which is good on one side. In this video we will demonstrate how to roof repair bad plywood decking caused from a roof leak. Detach the nails that.

Cut away the damaged area.