Rusty Roof Nails In Attic

Step 2 place a bucket underneath the nail to catch the water as it runs down the nail.

Rusty roof nails in attic.

The nail will provide a path for the water. They were leaking from day 1 and further if you wait 1 yr and go up in attic of any and every asphalt shingle roof house will have stains on bottom of plywood deck. The moisture caused by condensation on the inside of the attic can also rust things like plumbing heating and venting duct straps to rust and break. All of those things will add to the moisture in the attic and will rust any metal exposed there.

They bought the home and finished it and moved in two weeks ago. This is why you see the frost. A point often overlooked is that since it s winter the water freezes on the cold nails. Hammer a new nail into the roof about 1 inch above the hole from the previous nail.

The air in the attic has water in it and it condenses on the cold metal. A person called me today and asked what could have caused this. A tool like this shoots nails through shingles. The house was built in 2006.

Roof is new 5 yrs over an old layer. Excessive heat will cause your air conditioner to have to work harder and longer to cool your living space. Roofing inspections cfoley1 christopher foley april 24 2019 7 07pm 1 ive seen roof shingle nails get rusty due to poor ventilation as this attic had lousy ventilation but never black and the sheathing turn black around the nail. Manufacturers make materials and methods worse each year but since it takes 7 12 years for plywood to disintegrate you don t know it leaks until then.

Less than a week later they pulled it out and found this. The nail was driven into an upper bedroom exterior wall to hang a picture. The nails that you see in your attic get as cold as the outdoor temperature. Unfinished by a builder who went bankrupt.

Insert a nail in the hole where water is leaking through the roof. Our photograph above shows roofing nails protruding through plywood roof sheathing visible in an attic where there is no under roof condensation or moisture problem. If you have a friend in the attic ask him to direct you to a sturdy spot where the nail can bite into the wood.