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Posted by Jimmie D on July 29, 2006, 1:08 am
> Just had a new roof completed the other day and a neighbor commented
> this afternoon that there aren't any pieces of tape scattered around
> the yard. He says shingles have a piece of cellaphane tape covering a
> strip of tar or something that serves as an adhesive so the shingles
> stay put. He said that sometimes roofers neglect to remove the tape
> which makes the shingles vulnerable to wind damage and that if it ahd
> been removed it would be scattered around the lawn. Living in S.
> Florida with the threat of hurricanes, this additional adhesive would
> be important.
>
> In fact I did come across a piece of scrap shingle and it still had
> this tape on it. My question is, is there a way to check the shingles
> without disturbing the installation job too much to see if tape remains
> on a random number of shingles or would it be prudent to contact
> someone who actually knows what they're doing to take a look. And if I
> do find that the tape has not been removed, what can be done about
> that? If all or most of them have to be removed does that mean the
> paper beneath them also would have to be replaced?
>
> It wouldn't surprise me to find that they had not removed the tape
> because they have already had to come back on three other ocassions to
> correct not insignificant oversights in their work, from failing to
> replace rotton wood to sloppy installation of fascia to reusing the
> aluminum drip edge they had to remove to replace the wood.
>
> Thanks (again) for any suggestions.
>
No there is no need to remove the tape, Well almost none, If it is left on
the gable end pieces it can rattle in the wind.
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