Popping Roof Shingles

In fact shingle nail pops are one of the most common causes of roof leaks.

Popping roof shingles.

Shingles is characterized by pain or a tingling sensation in a limited area on one side of the face or torso followed by a red rash with small fluid filled blisters. A nail pushing through shingles means a broken shingle and the more nail pops the greater the chances of a leaking roof. 56 years experience dermatology. By popping those you are more likely to get the raw area infected.

If the pop is caused by a shingle nail it s often one inadvertently left in place from the last money saving roof over. A blister is a fluid filled sac that develops on the. Have you noticed nails popping through your shingles. It differs from curling shingles shown below which turn up at the corners of the shingle and means that a roof is at or very near the end of its lifespan.

Send thanks to the doctor. This flexing is what s causing the popping noise. Holes in shingles will lead to water damage inside your home. When do the blisters pop and itching stop.

Your roof experiences heating and cooling every day which may cause the nails to slowly wiggle out over time. Roofing nails commonly pop out of their asphalt shingle roof holes. A nail pop a tent shaped blister on a shingle roof caused by a nail pushing up from below can result from a number of factors. Or the roofing nail wasn t driven into the wood beneath the shingle well enough.

Fiberglass based asphalt roof shingle cracking tearing splitting failures thermal splitting or cracking which in fact is in most cases actually a tearing of the shingles is considered by experts to be the principal current problem with fiberglass based shingles. The entire roof system if not solidly braced can and will flex to absorb this force. If so it s important to get them fixed as soon as possible. As far as repair is concerned the nails can be driven down with a small punch and the resulting hole in the shingle sealed with roofing cement.

As for the popping noise in the morning and evening that s. A 45 year old female asked. Harrison mccampbell a consulting architect in nashville tenn who specializes in construction defects responds. Nails lifting and eventually popping through a shingle roof covering can cause small leaks in several different areas and lead to rotted roof sheathing and even damaged roof framing over time if they are not repaired.

Shingles open pop up dialog box. It is usually best to try to avoid popping them but if a blister is large or very painful a person may need to drain it to reduce discomfort.