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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Why someone would give this a thumbs down is beyond me. There's nothing wrong with this repair.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

I was hypnotized watching you lay down that tar. Very Zen.

Excellent demo! Now I think I can repair a small leak on my ten year old roof.

this video tells me what i needed to know... much thanks mister...

Very good thank you.

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

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

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

Thx

High winds cause loose nails and shingle damage from movement. Tar prevents both once repaired.

Roof jsut started leaking late at night coming in on our addition ( backroom ceiling). Hope my son can fix it, i don't have the cash to havea professional come in. The roof is 28 year old and i have been out of work since March. Bad timing for me!

I had a windstorm come through and damage the roof of the house I purchase just 14 days ago. I'm still waiting on insurance to get back with what they'll pay, but I'm looking at maybe 20 torn shingles, ripped felt and the decking at one spot seems like it was lifted by the wind creating a raised gap. The roof is about 5 years old, wondering if this is a job I can do myself or not

just curious from the start even though its raining why not just drill a hole up thru the roof from the attic right where its dripping ? would that just save measuring everything??/ then go up and inspect from that pilot hole??

My roof is 30 years old this year. It needs replacing, but I can't afford it and expect to eat the cost of it when I put the house on the market in the Spring. Given my financial situation and the other repairs that are needed on the house, it's just the best thing. I have multiple leaks and am hoping to repair them myself. I haven't been in the attic yet, but will definitely be doing that in an effort to suss out the leaks. That said, I've been told by roofers that some of the shingles have lifted up a bit. It certainly looks as if they are--a bit, but I'm wondering if that would cause leaks, or if it's more likely that the nail holes underneath them have begun to leak after so much time. Or, could it be that the nail holes have begun to leak because of the exposure caused by the raised shingles? Aside from checking out the attic for holes, what would you suggest as a general plan of action for repair? Is it best to apply the roofing cement like you did in this video, or to replace those shingles altogether? I know this is probably a bigger problem than I can expect you to address on a YT video, but I'd appreciate any advice you could give. Thanks, so much!

How do you know you need a new roof mines not leaking but I’m about to buy a house just curious

I’ve tried the measuring trick and it haven’t worked .....how can you tell where it’s running from?

how about sticking a thin rod from the attic through the leak so you can find it easily when on the roof?

Shouldn't you work your way down the slope? To avoid reaching over and stepping on finished shingles?

I THINK WE MIGHT TRY THIS WE HAVE TRAILER BUT CANT AFFORD OT FIX IT ONE SECOND IS LEAKING THE REST IS OK I HOPE THIS WORK ops caps

If this works for me this week, 1000 likes.

Good video

is this a permanent fix? How long would this fix potentially last?

That thing needed a new roof 5 years ago

I wonder if that fixed the issue

Talk about shingles that are about to blow off. Those are floppity floppity.

Why not just replace a couple of the shingles.... Easy to do and permanent fix 🔧

I hear if you're going to reroof or get a new roof, just get a metal one.

I got a little confused. How did you know not to look for something like shingle or rotten wooden board replacement vs. bad nail? What are the tell-tale signs of something small vs. something bigger? Also, once you found the bad nail, why did you pull and reseal all those other shingles instead of just doing the one that was bad?

Why reroof ? Can't you just do this every few years?