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Homeowner Forum / Construction / April 2006roofing starter row repair
I just recently had my roof replaced with GAF 30 year dim. shingles. One of the roof helpers neglected to nail properly the starter row on about 50'+ feet. I am able to left the shingles and starter back to the first stapled row of dim. shingles. Yes the starter is in the right direction, just not nailed down good or near edge. I am concerned that high winds will get under and lift plus pull off the first rows. I thought of trying to separate the starter tab from the adhesion and renail in the 4 areas near drip edge. But it has set with our hot sun already and I am concerned about tearing shingles up. Does anyone's experience suggest this be the best option, or perhaps a dab of fibered plastic cement (tar) ever foot or so to the metal drip edge? Liquid nails? I am not sure if the tar would hold like a nail over time. Rest of roof may be ok. i would raise the shingles carefully, and use the plastic cement in the caulking tubes and run a thick bead and push down, i would not renail unless i lived in a hurricane zone. >I just recently had my roof replaced with GAF 30 year dim. shingles. > One of the roof helpers neglected to nail properly the starter row on [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > edge? Liquid nails? I am not sure if the tar would hold like a nail > over time. Rest of roof may be ok. >i would raise the shingles carefully, and use the plastic cement in the >caulking tubes and run a thick bead and push down, i would not renail >unless i lived in a hurricane zone. cementing the starters to the eve drip in most hurricane areas IS code Of course he doesn't say he has eve drip or not.Or if he does,is his felt over or under the eve drip ? You may be wrong about the starter row being fastened improperly. You don't nail near the edge: http://www.rd.com/content/openContent.do?contentId=19779 If you want, put a bit of plastic roof cement under there, but don't do anything else. -- (||) Nehmo (||) > You may be wrong about the starter row being fastened improperly. You > don't nail near the edge: [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > -- > (||) Nehmo (||) According to the site you referenced, you are wrong. The starter course is nailed in the sticky strip just like every other course. That places the nails close to the edge. yeah, i agree with Nehmo. i've never seen anyone nail near the edge. after all, you can't nail the first row of shingles near the edge, either. I don't mean to nail "at the edge" but back about 3". I now can lift area described up to the first row of staples or about the first 6" at this time but not enough to nail a fix. Rest of house starter row is stapled about 3" from edge or near drip edge and of course does not lift. The bit of plastic roof cement is what I would want to do, if it will hold up. House is in the Phoenix, AZ area, micro burst storms or 65+ mile winds are not as rare as we would like. JD use the cement for extra protection but it sounds ok to me >I just recently had my roof replaced with GAF 30 year dim. shingles. > One of the roof helpers neglected to nail properly the starter row on [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > edge? Liquid nails? I am not sure if the tar would hold like a nail > over time. Rest of roof may be ok. |
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