Patching your roof place you ladder securely up against the side of your home and climb up to your roof.
Maintain the roof and make patches.
Apply one or two inch strips of butyl tape around the perimeter of the patch area.
Scrape off any loose or flaking roof coating with a putty knife.
Place the patch on the hole and weight it down with a brick.
Cut a patch out of galvanized metal to a size that overlaps the hole by two to three inches on all sides.
Remove the shingle and use your pry bar to lift the shingle above it.
Don t make emergency spending for roof repairs a habit.
For too many fms roofs are a prime example of out of sight out of mind but maintenance is vitally important if you want to keep the rest of your building in good shape.
Lift up the damaged asphalt shingle then use your hammer to remove the nails attaching it to the roof.
Hold solder on the seam and heat with soldering iron so that it melts and runs under the patch.
Then clean up your material and leave the patch undisturbed so it becomes a strong long lasting part of your roof.
Cut your new asphalt.
Clean the surrounding area so it is free of dirt and debris.
How to keep your roof leak free.
The layer should be even with the rest of the roof and about 1 2 in 1 3 cm thick.