How To Repair Roof Ridge Shingles

Two simple cuts create three pieces that can be used to finish the shingle project.

How to repair roof ridge shingles.

There are some simple techniques to follow when attempting this project. Make sure that you get all of the damaged shingles off as well as the surrounding ones. Start at one of the eaves of the ridge and wrap a shingle around the ridge of the roof. A bad storm has damaged a shingle on your roof.

Once you get all of the shingles and ridges pried off you will want to take the rag and clean around the area that you just worked on. Continue along the ridge of the roof until you have. You need to protect the roof from further damage by way of the compromised shingle. The ridge cap the course of shingles on the very ridge of the roof can be made from available 3 tab shingles.

Lay a three tab shingle on a cutting surface with the backside facing up. Step 2 remove broken roof ridge. Starting at the top of the space between the first two. Line up the edges with the chalk line and secure with 2 roof nails right above the adhesive line on the shingle tab.

Because ridge cap shingles cover the peak of the roof where two angles meet they play a critical role in keeping rain and melting snow from leaking into the house. In order to replace damaged roof shingles you need to remove the damaged shingle install the new one and seal the edges. You can use the pry bar or the pry side of the hammer to pry off the old ridges. Create the ridge cap shingles you need to complete the repair.

Use the claw of a hammer to loosen the adhesive under the tabs 2 rows above the damaged shingles and then loosen any exposed nails with the claw. Step 5 install roof ridge shingles.