How To Repair Holes In A Metal Roof

A hole in a metal roof system.

How to repair holes in a metal roof.

Apply one or two inch strips of butyl tape around the perimeter of the patch area. The first step in the repair of any metal roofing material will involve cleaning the surface. Use the putty knife to fill the whole with putty cement. Be sure to round the corners of the metal patch to prevent sharp corners from catching snow or ice.

Scrape off any loose or flaking roof coating with a putty knife. Press one patch over the roofing cement. 6 lay one of the mesh patches. Apply the cement carefully with a putty knife until you ve sealed the hole completely.

How to repair nail holes in a metal roof step 1. Measure the repair area and cut a patch. The patch should overlap the metal panel on your roof by at least two inches past the edge of the damage. Use scissors to cut two pieces of acrylic mesh or wire mesh made of the same metal as your roof into a square that is 1 inch wider than the size of the first hole.

Clean the repair area. Apply urethane caulk using the caulk gun to the back of the square of sheet metal and place it over the. Once you put the patch on you. Measure the repair area.

Cut a 4 inch square out of the sheet metal using the tin snips. Obtain some roofing mesh and cut out 2 identical square patches. Instead create a screw hole using a cordless drill with a screw drill bit. To repair the hole first clean the area you re going to need to repair.

Measure the area that will be repaired and cut a sheet of metal to the corresponding size. Urethane roof cement is an excellent product that can help you patch holes on corrugated metal roofing. Cut a patch out of galvanized metal to a size that overlaps the hole by two to three inches on all sides. Next cut a patch from a sheet of metal roof panel slightly larger than the size of the hole that.

3 remove surface rust by scrubbing it with a wire brush and sanding it. If you find trouble removing rusted screws do not attempt to remove them. Then drive a 1 inch galvanized steel screw to secure that section of the metal roof and avoid further nail loosening or rusting. If the metal around any fastener has rusted and a hole has developed repair the rusted hole before driving the new screw.