All the roofing in the affected area above the decking needs to be removed including.
How to replace sheathing on roof.
Step 3 remove the roof sheathing.
Once the nails detach grasp the shingles or tiles and pull them off.
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Estimate the extent of the damage.
How to correctly install plywood or osb roof sheathing.
How to replace rotted roof decking.
It will be impossible to know for sure how much of the roof decking has rot until your roofers can.
Once you repair the hole in the roof plywood you need to seal up the seams and recover the roof.
I m halfway though sheeting the roof of my shipping container shop and already need to redo some of it.
Very rarely is a roof ever so bad that it needs to be totally and completely re sheathed.
Remove all of the shingles using a pry bar or a shingle ripper tool to detach the nails.
How to replace roof sheathing.
Discard the roofing materials since you will install new ones later.
Staple it to the roof decking or nail it with plastic capped roofing nails.
Remove tiles and slate by prying them up from the bottom which may cause them to break.
Slide the sheet one rafter width over the end of the roof so the edge is centered on the next rafter offset one rafter spacing from the first piece of installed sheathing from the row below.
Step 2 accessing the roof sheathing.
Step 1 marking the work area.
Cover the seams between the old and new decking with bitumen tape.
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A typical instance where a roof will need all new decking is when a composition roof will be installed on a home that previously had cedar shakes or shingles installed.