Make sure you use a strong hammer and 1 inch 2 5 cm roofing nails.
Roll roofing cracked.
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Rolled roofing usually expands and contracts with temperature changes as the building settles and the roof ages.
Hammer the nails in at 10 inches 25 cm intervals across the roof.
Cut pieces of roll roofing to make patches for each ridge or bulge with the utility knife.
Apply a uniform layer of roof mastic along a crack using a wooden applicator or a paint stick.
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If the job must be done anyway store the rolls in a warm place prior to application or unroll and cut them into strips no longer than 18 feet and let them lie on the roof until they are flat.
Ensure that you hammer the nails properly into the roof don t leave the nails sticking up above the layer.
Never install roll roofing unless the temperature is at least 50 degrees f.
Cut the pieces 12 inches larger than a repaired area each way.
Cold weather can cause the roofing to crack during installation.
As a rule because roll roofing can crack in cold weather it should not be applied when the temperature is below 45 f.
As this happens the different layers become wavy or blisters can develop and crack open.
Extend the layer several inches beyond each end of a crack.
Nail down roll roofing.
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Cracking is occasionally the result of stresses caused by failure to allow the material to relax prior to application failure to cut the material into 12 to 18 foot lengths before installing it or.
When wavy spots happen along the lower edge of a layer the layer can pull up and away from the layer underneath.
This is why so many people choose roll roofing over other types of roofing material.
Ultraviolet light from the sun boils the volatiles out of the asphalt and the asphalt becomes brittle and unable to withstand the shrinkage and expansion forces induced by temperature changes.
Hammer nails into the rolled roofing to secure it.
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This is most often caused by aging.
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Cracks in roll roofing are usually the result of shrinkage.
