How To Fix A Leaking Roof Valley

A lead valley is a particularly difficult item to dispose of as lead is toxic and so a repair may involve simply patching up your lead roofing.

How to fix a leaking roof valley.

This will require that you remove the shingles. You can patch small holes with the same type of sheet metal valley is made of. And you can tar it but it s a real stop gap band aid like measure. Carefully remove the shingles from the whole area of the leak and extend it approximately three or four feet beyond the leaking area.

T o repair an open valley. And if they put a second layer of shingles on they brought it up the valley but they didn t replace the valley it s probably leaking and cracking and split. Move to the highest end of the valley and work your way down cleaning. This method of lead valley repair is proven to not only be fast and safe wit.

How to fix roof valley leaks remove debris remove all debris from roof valleys so nothing is touching your roof re shingle roof valleys install ice and water shield under shingles or install metal roof flashing and re shingle the valley. A properly flashed roof valley should have an ice and water shield installed with roofing felt being properly secured over the ice and water. If you find that this is a problem then you will need to repair your roof valley before anything serious happens such as plaster loss or even major water damage. Most valleys use either aluminum or copper.

Using different metal to patch valley will cause corrosion. Clear any debris in the roof valley and surrounding area. The right thing to do here is to pull a valley basically pull a valley apart and rebuild it. If the ice and water shield is missing then you will have to remove the shingles on both sides along the valley put ice and water shield in place and re shingle the roof.

Clean surface of valley with wire brush. Inspect valley for holes all along joint. This video shows the traditional and best way to repair a lead valley on a roof. Take measurements of your roof flashing most flashing is 14 inches wide but yours may vary.