20 thoughts on “How To Repair Shingles”

  2. Once they start coming up your in trouble. The shingles never stick low-quality . The three tabs always blow off. Better off to replace the whole roof with good quality shingles. These three tab shingles have always been shit and always will be.

  4. How to deal with very stiff seal strip glue? If cold enough (<55 deg), they will crack open. But if just 10 deg warmer, they won't. If extremely hot, 90deg in the sun, the glue gets pretty soft and is easy then too. But what about when the glue is stiff and you can't crack them?

  9. Thanks for the video. Looks like you probably had that roof repaired in an hour or two. Great example for those of us who just want to replace what's broken and leave alone what isn't.

  16. If I was going to pay you to come out and replace say 5 places that blew off, how much would it cost me? The winds here have been 40 to 50 mph gusts for the last few weeks! I will do it myself it its alot of money, but if its not too much, I would rather just get it done. I don`t have a big enough ladder to get up there. Thank you!

  17. great viedo, thanks for posting! few months ago we had a wind storm and a lot of shingles to replace, the problem is now, with chill winds coming i see these new parts were replaced are kind of loose, what can i do so they do not fly away with another strong wind?

  18. Great video! I need to replace one tab that blew off and will use your directions.
    While I was on the roof, I noticed around 4 separate shingles that had small cracks in a tab, running from side to side. I tried to softly lift bottom of tab, and each one easily raised up to the cracks, so the seal is definitely broken. I was hoping that I could apply Roof Cement below the cracked part of the tab, and at the bottom, plus run a bead on top of the crack. Would that work? I'm worried the lifting the tab too high to apply roof cement at the crack may break the tab. Would you suggest trying this to see if it works or just replace each tab?
    I was not planning to hammer any nails (since it would be exposed nails), unless it would help hold cracked shingle down. It is on the back of my home, so no one would see it. I'm guessing there is a reason that the nails are not exposed, besides cosmetic and nails eventually rusting?

    I have about 4 spare shingles left (stored in attic) from the original roof.
    Also, since some of the shingles are getting the cracks, I expect more to happen. The roof/shingles are 16 years old, so I was hoping to get another couple of years before time for new roof. This roof went through Hurricane Ivan and a couple of other less powerful hurricanes. Lost 3 shingles during Ivan, so I have been lucky so far. From reading my comments, you can probably tell that I have never done this before:)
    Thanks in advance!

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