How To Properly Tarp A Roof

First many times it appears that property owners with major hail damaged roofs are mostly unaware that their roofs need to be covered to prevent water from leaking through to the interior.

How to properly tarp a roof.

Cut to fit this length. How to properly tarp a hail damaged roof. Make sure you take at least these photos. Partially unroll or unfold enough of the tarp to cover the leaking section of the roof from eaves to peak with an additional 4 feet on each end.

Secure 4 2x4 38 x 89mm boards with a drill to the peak ends of the tarp. The thicker the tarp is the better if it has uv. Partially unroll your tarp to cover the damaged area from the roof s eaves to peak. There should be an additional 4 feet.

Attach the 1x2s through the tarp and into. Screw the 2 by 4 directly into the roof to secure it. To remedy this cut a hole in the tarp where there is a protrusion from the roof. The four edges are the peak ends.

To secure a tarp to your roof. Securing the tarp to your roof 1. The 2 x 4 should be against the roof so it won t collect water and debris. The 2 by 4 should be about 2 feet longer than the tarp width.

Wearing a pair of carpenter s gloves wrap the tarp around the boards underneath so. Find the source of the roof leak. If you have a ladder a knife a cordless drill saw you are all set just need to pick up some supplies a tarp that. A tarp that will at least extend past the damaged area by at least 3 on each side the bottom the ridge the thicker.

Wrap one end of the tarp around a 2 x 4 that is 2 feet longer than the width of the tarp. Then secure a smaller piece of tarp over the chimney or roof jack. Create an anchor board by rolling the tarp s peak end with a 2 x 4 inch board and nailing the tarp to your board with. Lay more 2 by 4s on either side of the tarp and attach those as well for a tight well secured water barrier.

Strange things happen after a hail storm. Wrap the tarp around the boards. Positions several 1 2 pieces of lumber on the tarp running vertically down the slope of the roof. Screw through the tarp and the.

Extend the top edge of the tarp over the ridge of the roof. Stretch a tarp flat on the roof.