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cap shingles have hairline cracks. will cault fix this? gdwolgast 12-11-2006
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Posted by gdwolgast on December 11, 2006, 8:29 am


My roof is about 60 feet long and straight. Some of the cap shingles
have hairline cracks (not cracked through) at the top of the ridge.
The shingles are only 18 months old and there is no sign of leakage.
They were installed in 80 degree weather and only cracked recently.
Will a good layer of high quality caulk insure against any leakage for
the next 5-10 years? Do I have to have them all ripped out and
replaced? Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,


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Posted by Eric in North TX on December 11, 2006, 9:22 am



Chalk doesn't do so well on a composite roof. There are things sold in
chalking tubes for that purpose that do work pretty well, most are a
tar base, but there are some white latex ones. I've used both and the
tar stuff seems to work a little better, but any place you can see it,
it is the less attractive, unless the roof color is dark to begin with.


Posted by tom on December 11, 2006, 1:36 pm


Ridges see very little water compared to further down the roof. I
wouldn't worry about it yet. Tom
gdwolgast wrote:
> My roof is about 60 feet long and straight. Some of the cap shingles
> have hairline cracks (not cracked through) at the top of the ridge.
> The shingles are only 18 months old and there is no sign of leakage.
> They were installed in 80 degree weather and only cracked recently.
> Will a good layer of high quality caulk insure against any leakage for
> the next 5-10 years? Do I have to have them all ripped out and
> replaced? Anyone have any ideas?
>
> Thanks,


Posted by on December 12, 2006, 6:24 am


wrote:

>My roof is about 60 feet long and straight. Some of the cap shingles
>have hairline cracks (not cracked through) at the top of the ridge.
>The shingles are only 18 months old and there is no sign of leakage.
>They were installed in 80 degree weather and only cracked recently.
>Will a good layer of high quality caulk insure against any leakage for
>the next 5-10 years? Do I have to have them all ripped out and
>replaced? Anyone have any ideas?
>
>Thanks,

Hire a professional

Posted by gdwolgast on December 12, 2006, 9:29 am



Professional@aol.com wrote:
> wrote:
>
> >My roof is about 60 feet long and straight. Some of the cap shingles
> >have hairline cracks (not cracked through) at the top of the ridge.
> >The shingles are only 18 months old and there is no sign of leakage.
> >They were installed in 80 degree weather and only cracked recently.
> >Will a good layer of high quality caulk insure against any leakage for
> >the next 5-10 years? Do I have to have them all ripped out and
> >replaced? Anyone have any ideas?
> >
> >Thanks,
>
> Hire a professional

Wow, I can't believe I never thought of that! What a incredibly
insightful response! Thanks you SOOOOO much!


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