Attaching tarp after blown off shingles.

[Rockbadchild]

I was told that if the roof deck is OSB, the nails have to be able to penetrate though the OSB to hold sufficiently (sp?). Never had anyone in the industry confirm that statement. And yes I had a shingle roof installed in mid November in northern Michigan on the windward side dormer that did not seal down. I had shingles coming off that first winter and for years later. Jon

It is possible although never heard that statement. The standard nails length is 1 1/4 inch nothing less and that's all I use. 2 inch if its a lay over but I always refuse to do layovers but with these nail length it would always go through since the usual OSB thickness for roof is less then 1/2 inch ... and minimum of 5 nails per shingles 6 if its in a high wind area...

 

[2manyrocks]

It seems to me that nails don't hold as well in OSB as with plywood. In my experience, it just seems like the nails want to slide in/out of OSB where plywood grips the nail. At least with a longer nail, there's more length that has to pull out before the nail comes out completely.

 

[JJT]

I live in a high wind area and went with Owen Corning surenail shingles on my last re-roof. No need for more nails, there a reinforced cloth nail strip. I'm also a big fan of hand nailing, (even a bigger fan of hiring my Amish neighbors to do the job....). I've never had one of these shingles blow off. I thought it was a sales gimmick, but I nailed one down and tried to tear it off, easily 3 times as hard to tear off as a normal shingle.

 

[Rockbadchild]

I live in a high wind area and went with Owen Corning surenail shingles on my last re-roof. No need for more nails, there a reinforced cloth nail strip. I'm also a big fan of hand nailing, (even a bigger fan of hiring my Amish neighbors to do the job....). I've never had one of these shingles blow off. I thought it was a sales gimmick, but I nailed one down and tried to tear it off, easily 3 times as hard to tear off as a normal shingle.

I agree with the superior quality of hand nailing... but life is too short for that... There is manufacture warranty but only if you install the shingles how they want, if not they don't pay... One or two extra nail is very cheep compare to what is on the line.

 

[ponytug]

FWIW: I prefer ring shank nails if there is any reason to think that holding strength is an issue, also available in stainless for coastal applications. I'm with @Rockbadchild that following the manufacturer instructions is small compared to what is at stake.

All the best,

Peter

 

[hube2]

I used to have a shingle roof. I had it replaced with metal. The reason is that I regularly get >50MPH gusts where I am and I was fixing shingles constantly. Most shingles are only rated up to 50MPH winds. If you had gusts over then it's not a surprise that some peeled off. My neighbor had an entire side of his roof peeled off once.

If you get this type of wind regularly I would suggest that you watch the roofers when they repair/replace the missing shingles. It's really not that hard to do and would be faster than nailing a tarp over your roof and you'd also avoid the extra damage done by nailing a tarp over the roof.

If it were me I'd go out and buy some shingles and just fix it before it rains.

 

[dodge man]

If it’s just a couple of shingles and you have some new ones you can carefully work the new ones in place.

 

[Rockbadchild]

I used to have a shingle roof. I had it replaced with metal. The reason is that I regularly get >50MPH gusts where I am and I was fixing shingles constantly. Most shingles are only rated up to 50MPH winds. If you had gusts over then it's not a surprise that some peeled off. My neighbor had an entire side of his roof peeled off once.

If you get this type of wind regularly I would suggest that you watch the roofers when they repair/replace the missing shingles. It's really not that hard to do and would be faster than nailing a tarp over your roof and you'd also avoid the extra damage done by nailing a tarp over the roof.

If it were me I'd go out and buy some shingles and just fix it before it rains.

It depends on the condition of the rest of the roof but if good I would do the same but we don't know op's physical ability ether it might not be possible for him.

 

[2manyrocks]

I used to have a shingle roof. I had it replaced with metal. The reason is that I regularly get >50MPH gusts where I am and I was fixing shingles constantly. Most shingles are only rated up to 50MPH winds. If you had gusts over then it's not a surprise that some peeled off. My neighbor had an entire side of his roof peeled off once.

If you get this type of wind regularly I would suggest that you watch the roofers when they repair/replace the missing shingles. It's really not that hard to do and would be faster than nailing a tarp over your roof and you'd also avoid the extra damage done by nailing a tarp over the roof.

If it were me I'd go out and buy some shingles and just fix it before it rains.

I went with metal last year as well because the wind was lifting my shingles, and I didn't believe the claimed life expectancy of shingles. The downside to screw down metal roofs, however, is the sealing washers on screws are only good for maybe 10 years which creates another maintenance headache.

 

[Rockbadchild]

I went with metal last year as well because the wind was lifting my shingles, and I didn't believe the claimed life expectancy of shingles. The downside to screw down metal roofs, however, is the sealing washers on screws are only good for maybe 10 years which creates another maintenance headache.

They unscrew as well over the years from the vibration of the rain.