HOW TO PROPERLY REPAIR A HOLE IN YOUR ROOF

A tree fell on this roof and I was contracted to repair the hole, this video includes the removal of the shingles felt and damaged plywood where the hole is then it gets covered with ice and water shield followed by felt all edges sealed with elastomaric tar sealant then starter for the edge and replacement of the damaged shingles. After it’s all nailed in I seal the tar strip on the old shingles that were disturbed! Enjoy #roofrepair

[@phillyboy3940]

THIS VIDEO is worth it's views in gold! 😉 Thank you ...greatly appreciated bro.

[@purnachhetri4511]

Awesome ❤❤

[@sodrad]

Well done! Thanks for showing the whole process

[@gergemall]

Thank you.. great job . I have some raccoon damage to fix . This will really help me.

[@baggyt4707]

Thank you, I’d love to post more in the near future if there’s anything in particular your wanting to see let me know and I’ll make it happen!

[@haroldwillis8314]

Great job .

[@shanefink3653]

Very helpful thanks for sharing

[@AlloyedFrequencies]

This is a nice fix thank you I was thinking about doing something like this on my house

[@sutrey9012]

nice work, top notch!! keep it up

[@ChuckDanger64]

Thank you!

[@lisalewis6674]

Love the video

[@baggyt4707]

🙏

[@kevinmartin168]

Thank you Sir🤌👊

[@HsingSun]

Damn! You need a cordless blower which will turn on every time.

[@wrenchgearsadventures]

Good job man! Looks water tight to me.

[@baggyt4707]

Thanks 👍

[@quinnhaynie7767]

We always remove and replace the full sheet and any nearby that are damaged

[@baggyt4707]

There are definitely many situations where replacing the entire sheet is necessary, this particular job the damage was so minimal it wouldn’t have made sense to remove an entire sheet of plywood for a 1’x1’ hole on the edge of the roof. At least the plywood got replaced, I’ve seen some shoddy work, people slapping a piece of metal over the hole and calling it a day. Thank-you for your input and keep up the quality work!

[@markstamp872]

Great video! In a recent freak snowstorm, a whole bunch of branches fell from a 180' douglas fir tree that sits 4' from the edge of our house. It created about a dozen holes in the roof, some at least 12" in diameter. We'll get the roof replaced, but it looks like it's going to be several months until we can get it done. I tried a simple sheet metal fix and that didn't really work, so it's now tarped and that's OK, but I'd prefer a fix that'll let me remove the tarp (it traps moisture, and it does not like the occasional ember from our pellet stove). I think I can repair the holes using the approach in the video with a couple of afternoons worth of work. I'm just wondering if there are any shortcuts that might be OK, since it's only got to last until the end of winter. Thanks!

[@LLCoolPass]

lol everything is individual. people on youtube comments cant tel lu

[@user-tz1pm5oy2s]

Would anybody know what will be the estimate of that work he just completed in his video

[@emmarnakogee3470]

where is your steel boots, i only see running shoes Lol good job

[@baggyt4707]

I never could get used to boots on the roof, instead I’d tear through all my old running shoes.

[@joq702]

Just wanting more explanation on this repair. Why did you go so far up and so far left of the damaged area (shingle removal)?

[@god1st.530]

It ant rt . I do this foreall. And he miss a hole rotten osb wood section that needs to be cut out an replace also. I get your comment.

[@baggyt4707]

I understand, it would definitely help to add some explanation to the video, great idea for future videos. The reasoning for how high and to the sides is to have more room to seal everything properly to ensure no leaks will occur in the future. I’m sure I could’ve got away with less area but it comes down to habit removing at least two rows above the damage, below the damage and at least a couple feet past horizontally. If you have any other questions feel free to ask and in the future I’ll put some time into editing for a clearer explanation of whatever it is I’m doing. 🙏

[@reneehask7904]

Good job, how long did that take in real time?

[@baggyt4707]

It took roughly an hour five or take

[@baggyt4707]

Give or take😂

[@yunzhonggao3175]

What did you put on top of the Grace Ice&Water before applying the shingles?

[@tesoro2250]

Looked a lot like 15# felt

[@wildsmooth9201]

15lb or 30lb roofing felt.

[@baggyt4707]

I used roofing tar ( elastomeric sealant) to make sure everything is sealed I ran a bead of it along the bottom of the tar paper and vertically on both ends. There are a few different types of roofing sealant you can use but in most cases for asphalt shingle roofing, a good tar sealant will work just fine, especially when it’s going to be covered by tar paper and shingles.

[@Ricodeine_fiend]

How much is something like this

[@davidneri5892]

What is that black paper

[@shanefink3653]

What did you put on there after the ice and water?

[@AlloyedFrequencies]

Its in the description

[@michaelbuono9826]

Welp, i did my repair wrong… Good stuff though!

[@soundrew]

Time to buy an electric leaf blower.

[@andreprice4477]

I got ticked when he hit his finger

[@timberleal249]

So you leave Rott?

[@baggyt4707]

Not something I’d ever like to do but in some cases the customer will have rotted plywood along the eve of the roof due to ice damming or simply a bad roof install, in this case the eve of the roof was rotted from a combination of a poor install and ice damming, we made it clear to the homeowner that to properly fix the roof we would need to remove the first two rows of shingles, cut the rotted plywood of roughly 120ft of eve, replace the plywood, sand which the eve metal with ice and water shield( strip of ice and water shield from the roof over the top edge of the gutter then eve metal then another piece of ice and water shield sealing the top edge of the eve metal). Then replace the roof felt and shingles. They were happy with what had been done and after exposing the problem with the eve they planned on replacing the roof within the next couple years. 🙏

[@lancasteredc7773]

Your supposed to replace nothing less than 4ft or half a sheet of ply. But maybe your code is different where you live!

[@gregsmith2308]

Looks like you've got a job all around the house repairing rot

[@baggyt4707]

Yeah, they were definitely informed of the water damage along the eve of the roof. Once I explained what needed to be done they decided that they were going to replace the roof within the next couple years, that’s why it pays to get it done right from the beginning. Blow and go Roofers aren’t usually worried about ice damming and or the pitch of the roof, distance between downspouts the correct fall for water flow ensuring water doesn’t back up over your gutters. There are only a hand full of companies out there that make sure things are done right according what each house may need according to how it’s designed!

[@timberleal249]

Cutting on the shingles too ???? Dude

[@baggyt4707]

Any shingles that may have been cut or cracked got sealed both top and bottom, once they decided to replace the roof within the next two years, making sure it was water tight was the only concern.

[@baggyt4707]

Did you mean cutting the shingles while sitting on top of the shingles, if that’s the case I don’t push down while cutting shingles, when using a hook blade it’s more of a pulling cut, you get used to cutting shingles without cutting anything underneath. Let me know if that was what you were asking, curious?

[@variable7833]

Filmed with potato

[@andyanderson5296]

Who the hell said this is the correct way to put a piece of wood in it's another thing I never did I screw All the plywood on the roof not nailing

[@andyanderson5296]

I'm not sure it's a bad video but that looks like finished plywood That's not outdoor wood supposed to use CDX plywood

[@noahdavis94]

I could’ve laid that out and cut it at least 3 minutes faster

[@andyanderson5296]

This is my last comment on this guy he has no idea what he's doing he's nailing those architects shingles too close to the keyway it's going to leak where the f*** do you get these people and you put it on a video

[@noahdavis94]

Dude u work slow, try using ur tape to square lines off when you can instead of using a square and Chalk line bro😂😂 WOT