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Posted by EXT on September 8, 2006, 5:09 pm
This is the correct, and simplest and easiest method to fix it, but it
requires fixing from the outside. I am sure your father won't lambaste you
past the initial chastisement and will thank you for researching the fix.
The two of you can bond while repairing it on the rooftop.
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> 1452366@gmail.com wrote:
>> thanks a lot guys...i have talked to a design teacher at school...
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>> she has told me to put in the expandable foam, and then go on top of
>> the roof and put a new shingle, with flashing cement underneath it.
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>> I guess ill just have to go up on the roof...
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>> once again..thanks..appreiciate the help
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> If you haven't replaced shingles before you'll probably do more harm
> than good trying to replace the shingle with the hole. I'm assuming
> it's a small hole as you had said something about running wiring.
> There is no reason to put in the expanding foam unless you're doing so
> as a temporary measure. If you're going to go up on the roof and do it
> the right way you don't need the foam or anything else unless the hole
> is bigger than about 3/4" or so. Sliding a strip of aluminum flashing
> up under the uppermost tab of the shingle with a hole and holding it in
> place with a dab of roofing cement is all the support the repair will
> need. Dab a little roofing cement in the hole from the top and smooth
> it with a putty knife, then sprinkle some of the colored granules from
> the roof shingles (there's usually some to be found in the gutters) on
> the roofing cement patch and the repair will essentially disappear.
>
> R
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