Small leaks around nail holes or flashing can be effectively fixed with a sealant.
Roof felt paper tar sealer nail holes.
Thermacote roof repair tape thermacote roof repair tape is the ultimate leak and seam repair tape.
Fill small nail holes with silicone caulk or roof cement.
I must admit i ve seen many builders that do not seal the nail heads.
However roofing felt offers additional protection against leakage providing an extra layer of water.
Next install your vent or stack flashing over that row of shingles photo 13.
Your best protection against an ice dam is an ice and water protection membrane which can seal around the shanks of the roof fasteners for a leak resistant fit.
Nail it down with your roofing gun top and bottom.
We had a problem with our shed workshop flat felt roof leaking and needed a quick repair.
885 tropi cool 100 silicone seam and repair roof sealant.
I heard an opposing opinion recently.
Seal the top nail holes and continue on up with your shingles.
Item 1571717 model 40003975.
Sometimes called roofing felt underlayment roofing tar paper or roll roofing.
Simiron tektop 5 gallon epoxy acrylic wbgray primer roof sealant.
How can tar paper be a second barrier when you put a thousand nail holes in it.
The shingles are asphalt backed and this asphalt forms an adequate seal around the nail.
It is the heaviest most aggressive sealing tape available and permanently deal with leaks in virtually all roofing materials including for tpo epdm and metal.
Smaller nail holes will be permanently fixed by this method standard roofing nails would be either 3 8 inch or 1 2 inch making a hole 3 8.
The same amount of holes are driven through tyvek during siding installation.
I ve always considered it necessary to caulk any exposed nail heads on a shingle roof there shouldn t be many.
Install the shingles up and halfway past the vent hole or stack.
And don t give me that crap that it seals it self cuz it don t.
Trim the shingles with your utility knife photo 14.