Roofing Nails Through Eaves

Even if the attic is a living space they are covered up with insulation and then drywall.

Roofing nails through eaves.

Relax have a drink. It s that the roof sheathing is not thick enough for the nails. Roofing nails should be long enough to penetrate the roofing material and go 19 mm into osb solid wood plywood or non veneer wood decking or through thickness of decking whichever is less. Roofing nails must always come through the sub roofing to hold.

When i replaced my roof a few years ago i made sure i used the shortest possible nails because i was tired of banging my head on nails in the attic. You say the nails are sticking through the plywood if this is the case you are supposed to have a soffit installed that covers the underside of the roof deck. To determine the nail length you should consider the number of layers of shingles shingle thicknesses underlayment and flashings installed on eaves sidewalls and valleys etc. I m getting my house painted in a few weeks and i want to cut off all the tiny nail points under the eaves.

If the deck sheathing is less than thick use nails long enough to penetrate the roof deck sheathing and extend at least 1 8 beyond the lower side of the roof deck. Remove nail lift shingle and apply a small dab where nail penetrated shingle then push the overlapping shingle down and your done. If the nail does go through the decking it will only show if someone is hanging out in the attic. In determining nail length consider the number of layers of shingles shingle thickness es underlayment and flashing eaves sidewall and valley etc.

Don t use nails or you will poke through the roof. I would suggest to remove the nail and put a urethane sealer which can be found at any home store to seal the hole from underneath. Nails and overhangs and eaves the process of installing a roof is the same in most cases. Just make sure that you don t damage the shingles lifting them up.

If you do glue the wood with construction adhesive. However i failed to notice that the nails are poking thru the eaves about 1 8 to 1 4 inch. You can just paint over them and live with the result or fill in the areas with wood covering the tips.