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Last Updated: Friday, September 15th, 2000, Created: Friday, September 15th, 2000
One of our callers had one missing roof shingle. How to replace it?
Working on a warm day, lift the shingle above to expose the nails. Remove the nail, or cut out around the nail to release the damaged shingle. Pound the nail in flush or pull it out. Getting rid of this nail (see the photo) is probably the hardest part of the job.
Slide a new shingle into place. Nail it as was the original shingle. Add a few dabs of roofing cement under the lower edge of the new shingle to get it to stick to the shingle below. The sun should activate the adhesive on the replacement shingle to stick to the one above.
Be very careful as all the surrounding shingles may be brittle. Don't expect a perfect colour match, but time and sunshine will even that out a bit.
Keywords: Repair, Roof, Shingle
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