Your roof will eventually have damage. And with that damage comes more problems. Leaks can occur, pouring water into your home. If you don’t want this to happen, you can try replacing the entire roof. But that would cost a lot, especially if you have shingles. An alternative method here would be roof repair. Roof repair can be done by yourself and with the help of your family or friends. So if you want to stop the leaks without spending a large sum of money, then you might be better off trying to repair the roof. How are leaky roofs repaired? That is how:
The first thing you need to do is prepare the materials that you would need in the roof repair. You would need binoculars, flat-soled shoes, heavy markers, hammer, nails, wire brush, rags, sharp knife, roofing cement, trowel, roofing cloth, and gloves.
Check your roof for signs of blemishes. You need to use the binoculars to scan your roof from the ground. Take note of all the problems you see on your roof. Now try walking all over your roof. Start walking at one end and walk in as many areas as possible. Again, make a note of any potential problems you see on the roof.
Take a look at all of your vents, skylights, and air conditioning units. You should look for places where the roof feature is separate from the roof. Find the places where the roofing tar or cement has cracks. Now, get a flashlight and start looking for traces of water inside your house. Find the source of the leak and pierce that part with a nail. This is done so that you can identify the location later. If you see sunlight shining from the ceiling, drill a nail into that part as well.
Before doing the next step, make sure you have found all the sources of the water leak. Now go to the shingles that you have identified as having problems. Pick up those shingles and apply roofing cement underneath. Replace the nails and cover them with roofing cement. Now, you need to repair roofing cement or tars that have cracks. Usually you need to remove the fixture (such as the air conditioning unit) to repair the crack. Remove old roofing tar/cement, clean area and allow to dry. Replace the fixture and put roofing cement over it and the ceiling itself. Make small holes in the cement to drain the water.
Repair cracks and other sources of leaks in flat roofing materials. Put roofing cement on it, then a piece of roofing cloth and add roofing cement. With this, the roof repair should be complete.