Wood Nailer.

The importance of a secure wood nailer never really entered my mind. Everybody makes sure the metal is tight, but if no-one pays attention to the nailer..... These three blow offs are both due to that one little detail..>>>

".....the roof failed because the wind got under the metal "

Yeah, thats what i said.

Large face eve metal shouldn't have been flapping in the wind! The wind blew up the face of the large eve metal first. THen used that as a sail to rip up the 2x nailer.

If a locking flashing would have been installed to hold the face of the eve metal down I don't think it would have happened.

How can i post pictures here?

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..............the roof failed because the wind got under the metal and then separated the two four by's that made up the nailer. It doesnt matter how many fasteners you use on the metal if the wood fails...........that was my point. >>>

Its kind of disappointing to me to read this thread. I admire many of you.

The reason this roof failed was because of two reasons. NOT the fault of the wood nailer at all!

1. There should have been an additional flashing piece to lock in the bottom of the drip edge on the face. You have to do this when you have a large face needed on the eve metal such as this. Strong Winds get under it if you don't.[/img]

2. picture shows eve metal that is nailed barely 6-8 inches on center. Much more fasteners were needed.

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are u saying u didnt replace the existing wood nailer? Or your subsequent install was not fastened properly/or to something viable, sorry but either is your resposibility.>>>

I dunno. In that second pic it looks like part of the nailer went bye-bye with the fasteners still in it. Maybe parts of the nailer were half-rotten. It's harder to pull me by the feet when I'm holding onto a car bumper than when my fingers are clawi>>>

Old School, when you don't know what you don't know, you can be forgiven for thinking you're a genius. It takes a little knowledge to become aware of your ignorance. It takes a lot of knowledge to truly understand how little you actually know. And >>>

What the heck was the guy thinking that did the slate? That is why Joe Jenkins calls most of the "Slaters" Neandethals! If you don't know what you are doing, stay off of the slate roofs.>>>

Yeah Mike it is all from the hurricane, just got back from looking at four more this morning. Thay all have an L bend over the edge, this is what is fastened to the nailer. Sorry r/s, the FASTENERS in the NAILER failed..........did'nt realise I needed to>>>

Ya it looks like old delaminated asbestos modbit crap they made in the late 70s. Cant remember the name of it but last time I seen it they wanted an asbestos removal team to take it off so I kicked the job.

It wasnt the nailer that failed, it was the fas>>>

click 'new thread' on the topics page>>>

How do I make a new post?Topic!>>>

i thought i was posting a new topic. well anyway, if you need a great roofer in charlotte contact me by weeks end, please.>>>

So is that second pic roof an old derbigum with the glass showing, or a granulated cap with most of the granules gone?

And I don't see me no seement in them thar brickees, so sirree. Wadda buncha dummies. Sorta like the roofer that glues a roof over>>>

This here is 18x12 slate. 18X12 means 7" waterline giving you a 4"headlap. When they put this down they left no headlap at all, zero, zilch, relying totally on the underlayment to stop leaks. That may work for a while but the fact that there is no headl>>>

Far as I could tell it was hot mopped. I reckon the boys laying the board were slacking off and not getting it down before it cooled........this IS south Louisianna>>>