Exposed Nails In Attic

Unless you live in your attic the protruding nail heads shouldn t be a problem.

Exposed nails in attic.

Fill small nail holes with silicone caulk or roof cement. I would recommend doing this on a sunny day and after exposed to sun for a few hours. Just make sure that you don t damage the shingles lifting them up. But that rarely happens.

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. This is from a 40 year single family today. The shingles are no longer shingles so i m recommending a tear off. Stately attractive and open.

Hammer a new nail into the roof about 1 inch above the hole from the previous nail. If you use your attic for storage and need protection buy an insulating foam and have it sprayed against the walls. There are no exposed nail tips in coming through the roof decking in pic1. Exposed roofing nails in attic dripping post by tnaval fri dec 29 2017 8 29 pm besides a table saw and a chop saw i used for a couple hours and my body heat.

In the worst case it will lead to actual leaks in your attic and this in turn can lead to moist insulation mold problems and other water damage. What should you do about exposed nail heads. As you can see in pic 2 they drove screws through at rafter intersections only. Tear off or not it is a lousy job in my opinion.

However you can take care of exposed nail heads. If i was doing it i would just take a hammer and bend over the exposed nails. Make sure the shingle has the proper number of nails in it also. That should not only protect you but insulate the attic against the hot and cold.

Something caught my attention in the attic. Desperately enough in fact to consider making the major step of pulling down ceiling drywall to expose joists above. If you have a friend in the attic ask him to direct you to a sturdy spot where the nail can bite into the. Removing and replacing all of the shingles is not a very viable option because it s so time consuming.