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Posted by marson on August 18, 2006, 7:34 am
normally, a roofer would have exposed nails in a place like that
covered with a dab of tar. i'd guess a more likely source of a leak is
the flashing. it should be tucked under the siding. did your handyman
do this?
gf@naturalproperties.com wrote:
> year ago we had leak in flashing near dormer and handy man supposedly
> fixed it and redid flashing in front of another dormer. Now both leak
> and when I checked I see about 8 nails in the shingles in front of each
>
> dormer. they had sealant on top of them but most is gone now. The
> questions should any nails be exposed there. Should the first shingles
> not be cemented down when you restart the shingles below the dormer
> and windows? We have roofer coming today but want to know what to
> expect.
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