Roofing Tile Leak Repair – Tips, Tricks & Helpful Hints

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In this relatively brief video I tackle an ‘S’ tile roofing leak repair & take you through the step by step process of fixing a roof leak the way that I consider to be the …
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41 thoughts on “Roofing Tile Leak Repair – Tips, Tricks & Helpful Hints”

  2. where the leak is located. Is it proper to have four corners meet. Should the seems be staggered? I noticed your repair removed that 4 corner section.

  3. Thanks Duster Dan for producing this video. Your years of experience and quality of work is self-evident. The video helped me, a new roof tile home owner, be more confident in repairing a leak.

  9. I wish you are in Gold Coast Australia.
    My roof was leaking and a local company took $320 to fix and another 6 times of visit but my roof is still leaking.

  15. Thanks for your quick feedback. I'm a bit relieved but still bothered by the cracked tile he caused which he caused away from the section he fixed and the other 2 missing tiles he cracked and left without replacing. I think I accidentally deleted my previous question….

  17. Thanks for the most articulate, informative tile roof repair video I've seen on YouTube. You are the only person so far who I heard explain how to walk on a tile roof. I will be attempting a similar repair on a valley in my own roof thanks to your videos. I have a tile roof where the deck meets the fascia below the top edge of the fascia. No drip edge. No bird stop. Tile is resting on the fascia with insufficient overhang. The felt looks like a ski jump at the edge and does not extend over the fascia. I guess this was the roofer's idea of how the water would get out. Any suggestions besides re-roofing?

  19. Thank you Dan.  Great video.  I have a question.  We are buying a house with a tile roof.  Inspection came back that showed some have slipped.  When the roofing company did the repair they used flashing band tape to hold the tiles together.  I don't mind if you could see it, but this is right at the top of our house.  It looks terrible when you drive up.  Since this is our first tile roof I don't know what is customary on how to hold two tiles together at the top of the roof.   Thank you for your response.  Wish you lived near me.

  20. I noticed today that I had a small leak on my tile roof. I decided to do a little search on YouTube and your video was the most informative one that I was able to find. I see why you have been in business for so long, not easy to find a honest dependable roofer. Are you in south Florida?

  22. Duster Dan, thanks for this very helpful video. We had a large hole / rotted plywood near a valley above our front covered porch, under square concrete tile. We are in Colorado, I believe the problem root cause was ice dam effect due to high pitch roof line on West side of valley, North facing. Unfortunately the job was much more difficult due to the adjoining roof peak was built on top of the rotted plywood so we had to do the best we could with the situation. 24 inch spans, had to do blocking on side rafter located under peak, and 2 cross pieces. The valley flashing appears to be sufficient, just needed to replace plywood and felt, and will now need to add a roof rake to the tool shed to keep the area clear of glaciers. I can tell from your video that you take pride in doing quality work. Good for you. That is uncommon these days and if you were located in Colorado I wouldn't hesitate to hire you in a heartbeat. But like you said there are too many morons out there in the roofing business so I did it myself today. Now a lot of sore muscles for this office guy… Thanks again, you helped me considerably. kacpco

  30. Thanks. It was very enlightening. I have the same problem and now I know the questions to ask and be able to understand the replies I get. I live in San Diego. Can you recommend any roofers from down here? Thanks.

  31. Hello Dan, we are also located in the Inland Empire in the Temecula area. If you are close to Lake Elsinore there is a company called Classic Roof Tile, they carry a lot of the discontinued and hard to find tiles.

  32. great! i feel like i can do this myself now. I have two question, did you use a circular saw to cut the plywood from the roof? And i noticed there was no Battens, how come?

  37. you are doing the right repair, the right way I would say, like the old days .
    1: you said something that is very true! A lot of roofers sell, self adhere underlayment due to lack of knowledge and they blame the underlayment for their fails.
    2: the ICBO says, the minimum felt underlayment under tiles is 1 layer and up, on my re roofs I use 2 layers most of the time, i only use ice and water barrier along valleys and low slopes and 1 layer of 30 lbs.
    3: I don't agree with you when you say the felt will last 100 yrs, i do a lot of tile reset, where the felt is "toasted" and can't hold anymore.
    You are a good roofer!!
    greetings from Southern Ca.
    Eric Garcia.

  39. Ok Dan unfortunately i have a leak in an area like this with similar tiles. What should i look for in a contractor or what question should I ask. I am not happy my tile roof leaked in the first place

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