How To Patch Small Hole In Roll Roofing

An example of a roof repair kit.

How to patch small hole in roll roofing.

Fill small nail holes with silicone caulk or roof cement. Cover the repaired area with a patch of roll roofing. Fix small holes tiny holes in shingles are sneaky because they can cause rot a leaky roof and other damage for years before you notice the obvious signs of a leak. Patch the wood with plywood of the same thickness.

You might find holes left over from a satellite dish or antenna mounting brackets or just about anything. Apply a generous layer of roof cement over the repaired tear then set the patch over the cement covered area. I repaired a hole about that size using a small piece i managed to cut off a corner of one of the sheets. If the roof deck is in good shape then it should be a fairly straightforward repair.

Install a 2 by 4 brace under a small hole that extends three times the width of the opening. Available at many specialty building supply centers in the usa is one you can find by going to the website and clicking the icon for finding eternal bond distributors. For small holes it might suffice to clean out the damaged area and fill it with roofing tar or roof sealant. Hold it against the inside of the plywood by pulling up through the hole while driving deck screws through the roof and into the brace.

A flat roof is usually slightly sloped. Not long after there was a hail storm not really bad but all the sheets had holes like that all over. It may be covered with a granular roll roofing epdm which is smooth surfaced or modified bitumen which may be smooth or mineral surfaced. If you didn t need to replace the roof substrate cut a patch of tar paper or rubber roll roofing 12 in 30 cm wider and longer than the mended section.

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. Small nail holes left behind from old vents satellite dish brackets or anything previously attached to the roof can allow water to enter and cause damage for years before leaking is noticed. Patch the nail or screw holes by slipping a piece of roof flashing underneath the shingle. Larger areas of damage may require you to.