Repair Roof Sheathing From Inside

Walk carefully on the ceiling joists in the attic or use a sheet of plywood to walk on so you will not accidentally put a hole in the ceiling panel.

Repair roof sheathing from inside.

Cover the seams between the old and new decking with bitumen tape. Asphalt shingles cost roughly 500 to 1 000 to replace or repair 10 by 10 square feet section. Metal roofs cost on average 500 to 1 500 to repair improper installation fix loose seams or address any damaged fasteners. Lay felt paper onto the roof overlapping the existing paper to get good coverage.

Staple it to the roof decking or nail it with plastic capped roofing nails. Usually sheathing is made from osb or plywood and it is manufactured by laminating thin veneer strips or wood fibers under pressure. I am using a 7 16 osb sheathing that i got from lowe s. Make the final repair as soon as weather permits.

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. Wood shakes or cedar shingles repair will. Moderate repairs are likely fixing and or sealing fixtures on the roof and replacing shingles and flashing around these objects. In this video i show how to replace rotten plywood on your roof without breaking your back.

Repairing a roof leak from the inside is a temporary fix only. A roof can only be as good as its roof deck and your roof sheathing is the sheet material which forms the surface that the shingles are nailed to. Use a putty knife to spread the tar into the leaking hole on the inside of your roof. Begin by removing the shingles down to the wood sheathing and slip a strip of adhesive ice and water barrier available where roofing repair products are sold under the soffit main roof joint.

Map the roof leak. Cut a piece of 1 2 inch plywood that will cover the area. Once you repair the hole in the roof plywood you need to seal up the seams and recover the roof. Measure the damaged area between your roof rafters or trusses.

Depending on how the roofs join you may have to cut a slot to work it in far enough.