Replace Plywood On A Roof Repair

Cover the seams between the old and new decking with bitumen tape.

Replace plywood on a roof repair.

This means that you must replace old roofing plywood. I am using a 7 16 osb sheathing that i got from lowe s. Climb up and walk carefully onto the roof. Staple it to the roof decking or nail it with plastic capped roofing nails.

If there is water damage it will preform significantly better than the 1 2 plywood. Once you repair the hole in the roof plywood you need to seal up the seams and recover the roof. In this video i show how to replace rotten plywood on your roof without breaking your back. Make sure to use at least 6 nails for each shingle to get the best possible hold.

Here is approximately how much different options cost. Lay felt paper onto the roof overlapping the existing paper to get good coverage. I ll be on the road for a few months and won t have time to complete these posts until after but for those of you who ve written wanting to see the rest of. Remove all of the shingles using a pry bar or a shingle ripper tool to detach the nails.

Tack the roofing felt into place over the plywood with either a hammer or staple gun and you re ready to replace the shingles. Now it s time to replace the roof plywood and any other damaged wood in the roof area. Set up a ladder at an even location on the ground next to the home. Remove tiles and slate.

Additional cost for damaged sheets of plywood assuming the underlying rafters or trusses are not rotted too normally are not significantly damaged unless the plywood is literally fallin gapart generally about 40 70 sheet installed unless you have 3 4 exterior sheathing in which case more like 70 100 sheet installed. This is really just a rough draft of the post a collection of photos with captions.