Removing a rotten plumbing vent boot and replacing with a new sleeve made for this very application.

In this installment i show you how to change out a rotten rubber vent boot quickly and easily to keep water and snow from entering the attic. New complete plumbing boots are recommended when re-roofing a house, but when the existing rubber seal goes bad before the shingles installing just the seal is the best option.

[@aftech7268]

I inspect my roof every year first place to crack and deteriorate is the lip of those rubber tubes i use silicon on the inside and outside for extra protection it will make it last longer to maybe 5 years vs replacing it every year for the lip failure Some will say u need to have a place for the water to escape - yes it is the bottom of the plate

[@SK-qc6fb]

The replacement Vent Collar Manufacturer recommends to slide another vent collar over to use as a 'sacrficial lamb'.

[@kenmcf]

I saw another video where they just(it was an oatey rubber boot) cleaned the silicon off the old one, applied some lap caulk, and slipped the new one over the old one....your approach looks cleaner for sure but the other technique is an option I think.

[@phildavis8501]

That might have been mine.

[@kenmcf]

@@phildavis8501 I am working my mine. I did cut the boots off with a Olfa but did not scrape the rubber out of the grooves...there were just all hard and brittle....I will just put some lap caulk in there...has to be better than it was before...

[@PhukIT1865]

haha never seen a Stanley Wonder Bar used in that fashion

[@MrJim249]

Where did you get the boot? It looks like a Water Tite roof jack. Will the Oatey replacement boot also work? Thanks

[@electricgerm]

Is it really necessary to caulk around the rubber?

[@patrickwilson4902]

I think it will hold!!! I hope so..

[@PhukIT1865]

all else fails there's always FLEX-SEAL HAHA

[@fh3486]

Hey, what size vent pipe was that.

[@yoojyim6238]

You need to replace the vent not just the seal.

[@kenmcf]

why is that?

[@hotthai3796]

@@kenmcf Why, because contractor makes more money when you replace everything... even when it's not needed...