Exposed Nails On Roof

What is the point of a 50 year roof and a 5 or 10 year sealant.

Exposed nails on roof.

I heard an opposing opinion recently. It s a roofing company you used licensed you should probably address it with them first. The shingles are asphalt backed and this asphalt forms an adequate seal around the nail. 100 nails exposed under the seams of shingles.

Was wondering if any nail heads should be exposed over. Greetings i have a new gaf 30 yr roof. There should be no nails exposed and no nails under a seam. Because of this if the roofing nails are not driven properly are not long enough or are driven in bad wood or in seams they can back out.

I m insisting that they replace shingles. Roofer is trying to cover nails with black jack sealant. Am i out of line. Then you ll hopefully have some extra money to get it fixed properly.

If you look across your roof and see exposed nail heads this is an issue you ll need to deal with. However roofing companies do sometimes make mistakes or a previous homeowner may have made some diy roof repairs that are not quite up to snuff. Why are exposed nail heads a threat. I think sooner or somewhat latter it will.

Exposed nail heads corrode and will likely allow leakage someday. Why has it all of a sudden necessary to caulk the nails. Since 1957 all over the world hundreds of thousands of roofs with thousands of panels with tens of thousands of exposed nails have been put up without caulking the nails. Understand that likelihood of leaking is slim but feel that it is sloppy work at best.

Call the shingle manufacturer for backup to show the roofer. Like you i would either want the nails on my roof sealed or not exposed at all but the contractor is correct. Roofing cement such as henry s is then placed below this final cap where the four nails will penetrate and then the four exposed nailheads are also coated with the cement. 13 received 0 votes on 0 posts exposed nails on roof.

I just had my roof replaced and have several exposed nails on the slope that has the most exposure to weather. I must admit i ve seen many builders that do not seal the nail heads. A typical shingle is deformed drastically when a nail passes through it but the rubberized shingle will spring back around the nail and seal it. Then if no results take them to court seriously.

Nail lifts at the peak and hip become concerns for blow off shingles. You may need to get it fixed then sue for what it cost you to fix. I do quite a bit of repair work on multiple types of roofing. The claim was that nails have to pass through a minimum of two layers of shingles.

An exposed nail happens when a nail is placed too low and is not covered by the shingle above is placed in the seam between two shingles or in the gap between tabs in three tab shingles. If this were true a new industry would be born and the unemployment rate would fall to negative numbers. I ve always considered it necessary to caulk any exposed nail heads on a shingle roof there shouldn t be many.