How to Fix Roof Leak in Asphalt Shingles

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Published 2015-10-03

Walkthrough and how to - roof repair in a 3-tab asphalt shingle roof. This roof repair could be labeled as a temporary repair by most professionals. There was damaged wood that should have been replaced, but it did not get replaced. This video focuses on getting the water to stop coming into the structure.

The tools required for this project were: hammer, flat bar, margin trowel, then roofing cement was the only material.

In the future, I will add video that walks through the removal of shingles, replacement of rotten plywood, then putting the shingles back.

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All Comments (21)

@beccae8685 5 years ago

Thank you very much. i just found a leak in my attic. No rot yet. This was excellent. My roof is not old and just needed to know how to fix it. I am a single mom and this was great.
@RollinRobert 5 years ago

Thanks for posting these helpful tips. I Don't know why 37 people would 'dislike' it. ROOF ROOF!
@charger19691 5 years ago

Why someone would give this a thumbs down is beyond me. There's nothing wrong with this repair.
@jeaniechampagne8831 4 years ago

Thank you for your video. From my own roof leak, I just want to add that my actual roof leak was above the water damage, almost to mid roof.
@josron6088 3 years ago

You can tell this guy knows what he's doing. Wearing Street clothes and didn't get any Roofing tar on them at all. Or his hands.
@mss627 5 years ago

Never thought about how difficult it would be to find the leaks once you're on the roof. You've convinced me to hire a contractor.
@real998877 4 years ago

Thanks for the video! Seems like the basic idea is to not pinpoint the leak exactly, but instead stuff patching compound or roof cement under multiple shingles. I need to do this soon and hope the shingles won't break when I lift them up.
@angamazinm9137 4 years ago

Thankyou so much. I am really struggling and my leak is leaking into my furnace and water heater exhaust vents and doing damage. The previous homeowners literally put nails through the shingles! You are saving me until I can afford a roof.
@gort400 5 years ago

Awesome! I am going up on my roof again tomorrow. I have two VERY Illusive leaks underneath two skylights on the roof. I have been trying to locate the leaks. Tomorrow I am going to try and use kids chalk to mark the shingles under the skylights and then tar all the shingles and seams. Crossing my fingers!
@sorry11303 2 years ago

I'm really a commercial roofer but my dude he's more residential I knew it was bad nail placement. Good job 👌
@KZ3W 7 years ago

Thanks , Informative .
Have to do this also ,, as a quick repair
to get us 'till Spring ,, and a new roof .
@danfirst3539 3 years ago

Thanks, i had to cut out my sheetrock into the attic waited until healthy rain and stuck a cocktale/cabob skewer through the leak. This is what i needed to know to fix it.
@collettewilson5768 5 years ago

i had a friend that came to my house and he told me exactly what he was going to do, i came on to some youtube lessons and he was showing me what he was going to per batim almost word for word. i can hardly wait for the roof to be fixed.
@nixworld767 4 years ago

I was hypnotized watching you lay down that tar. Very Zen.
@arulaful 4 years ago

this video tells me what i needed to know... much thanks mister...
@yohnh 3 years ago

Excellent demo! Now I think I can repair a small leak on my ten year old roof.
@johnmitchelljr 5 years ago

Very good thank you.
@Drewsroofingandhomerepair 3 years ago

That’s not a bad repair if it’s just nail holes without broken shingles so I would say it looks pretty good good job brother keep up the good work
@chandra0102 6 years ago

Very helpful video; thanks for posting. I wonder who those sixteen knuckleheads are who gave it 'thumbs down'.
@theone2be33 7 years ago

i have to do the same thing. now i know what to do. thanx for posting. only thing is now you have all that bucket left and you only used very little of it. hope it dont cost much