Patching A Roof Vent Hole

It is an easy plug solution that makes converting from static vents to ridge ventilation products faster and stronger than other methods.

Patching a roof vent hole.

Place a piece of wood longer than the opening inside and secure it with screws. Fill small nail holes with silicone caulk or roof cement. Use the putty knife or your finger to spread the caulk around to cover the hole. Then cut out a circular piece of wood with a jigsaw to match the size of the hole.

Use a caulking gun to apply caulk to seal any holes that appear in the roof. Secure this piece to the other piece of wood with screws. The gibraltar building products kwik plug roof patch makes it quick and easy to repair holes in your roof up to 8 in. Cut the plywood in half between the rafters if the hole is big enough.

This will act as a base for the filler piece. The kwik plug is made from durable galvanized steel and osb. This patch installs easily with roofing nails and resists cracking and weakening in all temperature extremes. And exposed misplaced roofing repair nails should be pulled and the holes patched.

Prepare the plywood or sheathing around the hole. Patch the nail or screw holes by slipping a piece of roof flashing underneath the shingle. Whether the holes were caused by vent removal storms or animal damage kwik plug efficiently solves the problem. The hole where the chimney used to be now needs to be filled in.

You might find holes left over from a satellite dish or antenna mounting brackets or just about anything. Add a bead of caulk or roof cement to the top and bottom edge of the flashing to keep it in place. You ll fix this leaky roof problem with flashing. Small holes are simple to fix but the fix isn t to inject caulk in the hole.

It easily installs in seconds place it nail it done. Smaller nail holes will be permanently fixed by this method standard roofing nails would be either 3 8 inch or 1 2 inch making a hole 3 8. Small nail holes left behind from old vents satellite dish brackets or anything previously attached to the roof can allow water to enter and cause damage for years before leaking is noticed. Made of heavy duty 24 gauge galvanized steel with a reinforced backside that can hold more than 700 lbs.

If the hole is a cutout for a vent the wood may be ready for repair. The quarrix smart plug roof patch is the smartest solution for covering holes in the roof fast.