Exposed Nails In Attic

Desperately enough in fact to consider making the major step of pulling down ceiling drywall to expose joists above.

Exposed nails in attic.

Stately attractive and open. 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. Fill small nail holes with silicone caulk or roof cement. Cut the tubing into pieces about 3 8 to 1 2 long depending on length of exposed nails in your attic then push a piece of tubing onto each nail point.

Exposed roofing nails in attic dripping post by tnaval fri dec 29 2017 8 29 pm besides a table saw and a chop saw i used for a couple hours and my body heat. There are no exposed nail tips in coming through the roof decking in pic1. Remove nail lift shingle and apply a small dab where nail penetrated shingle then push the overlapping shingle down and your done. However you can take care of exposed nail heads.

But that rarely happens. The exposed beam ceiling look is one that many owners of conventional flat ceilings desperately want. In the worst case it will lead to actual leaks in your attic and this in turn can lead to moist insulation mold problems and other water damage. Something caught my attention in the attic.

What should you do about exposed nail heads. As you can see in pic 2 they drove screws through at rafter intersections only. Tear off or not it is a lousy job in my opinion. The shingles are no longer shingles so i m recommending a tear off.

That should not only protect you but insulate the attic against the hot and cold. I would recommend doing this on a sunny day and after exposed to sun for a few hours. This is from a 40 year single family today. A 10 length of each costs only 4 76.

Just make sure that you don t damage the shingles lifting them up. Removing and replacing all of the shingles is not a very viable option because it s so time consuming. Unless you live in your attic the protruding nail heads shouldn t be a problem.