How To Replace Missing Asphalt Roof Shingles

This video explains how to repair and replace both three tab shingles and architectural shingles.

How to replace missing asphalt roof shingles.

If a shingle is simply cracked or torn you don t have to replace it just repair it. If you do you may need to replace the entire roof. Start by applying a thick bead of roofing sealant under the crack. If your roof involves some other variety of shingle you ll need to match your new shingles to the old.

Press the shingle down and apply a second bead of sealant on top of the crack. Asphalt roof shingles can be easily damaged by high winds and falling tree limbs. To replace shingles you ll obviously need shingles to replace the ones you remove and the materials necessary to secure. Get the necessary replacement materials.

Asphalt shingle roofs when properly installed typically require very little maintenance one of the main benefits of a shingle roof. Nails go missing you experience strong winds from a severe storm. Where one shingle tab blew off your roof you have a 1 in 3 chance that the missing shingle was sitting directly above an open seam between the shingles below. However there may be the odd occasion where a little fix is needed and fortunately asphalt shingles can easily be removed and replaced in just seven steps.

Regardless of how the shingles are missing it means that your roof is now exposed to the elements. Then spread the sealant with a putty knife. Do not let moss grow unchecked. That s because this type of roof shingles standard 3 tab asphalt shingles are installed side by side with the next upper row of shingles covering the side seams.

Too warm and the shingle sealants are tough to break. It goes into detail with specific instructions for removing. Something falls on the roof and rips off the shingles. Most shingles that are in need of replacement are three tab asphalt shingles.

A broken shingle is both ugly and a leak waiting to happen. Pick a day when the weather is moderate to do the repair too cold and the shingles can crack.