Shingle question

[canfossi]

My new house (9 months old) is on a hill, the high winds last night started to lift some of the shingles on my roof. I don't think it pulled the nails up at all, when it warms up and the sun hits them will the tar under the shingles glue them back down? Thanks Chris

[Two Cents Worth]

After nine months if they aren't stuck down they aren't going to.

You can get tubes of shingle adhesive and put some of the tar like material under each that has lifted to seal it back down. Be very careful so that you don't break any of the shingles off.

[crafty2002]

Originally Posted by canfossi

My new house (9 months old) is on a hill, the high winds last night started to lift some of the shingles on my roof. I don't think it pulled the nails up at all, when it warms up and the sun hits them will the tar under the shingles glue them back down? Thanks Chris

If your home is 9 months old, that means the roof was put on no later than June of last year. If they didn't seal down between then and the end of August, something is wrong.
Did you build the house as the contractor or buy it from a developer.
Regaurdless of that question, what ever shingle manufacture made them will have a gaurantee on them, but it only covers the replacement of the materials, and no labor at all.
I lost my butt on a job because of that.
If you had the house built by a contractor, make him replace the roof.
Don't allow a patch job, unless you can see a patern of one bundle of shingles that blew up. I have had one bundle, 27 shingles that went bad really fast and the rest of the roof was fine and the homeowner was nice enough to allow me to replace the bad ones only. They need an ican for wiping sweet from your forehead, lol.
You can get a tube of black tar that goes into a chaulking gun and run a small bead under the tabs that blew up, but with such a new home, I would want it fixed correctly. You will probably be paying on it for 30 years and it may only be 2 or 3 before you are paying for a new roof. IMHO., but I have put Lord only knows how many roofs on over the years. Some of them were not old enough to need replaceing. If you have any more questions, P.M. me and I will try to help out any way I can.
Good Luck and God Bless
Dennis.

[lmnde]

I would insist that whoever built the house comes out and redo the roof - if you have problems already after less than a year - you will be really hurting in 4-5 yrs - take photos, document your damages + problems - and get this going/initiated before much more time goes by and you will have additional water damages building - the longer you wait the harder it is to get repairs/replacement initiated.

If the builder balks - go to the newspaper/local TV/news station - casually mention douing that to the builder if he gives you a hard time - he will not want that publicity - or have all of his other buyers looking at their roofs and wondering if something is wrong with theirs too. File a repost with the BBB - although I think that is as useless as anything - I am not impressed with the BBB.

Good luck! Lmnde

[texican]

How high were the winds? Shingles can only take winds so high. You mention you're on a hill. Do the winds regularly get high enough to shake the house or rattle the shingles? Any neighbors on adjoining hills?

I love! the wind... and wouldn't hesitate to build on a mountaintop, if I had one! But I'd never have shingles. Would probably go with metal or slate.

[e.alleg]

Barring a tornado shingles should stay on in high winds, my roof is 40 years old and we live on top of a mountain, none have blown off yet. They are getting thin but they haven't come off. My barn has a metal roof, some of those panels blew off in the last storm but the handmade nails were the culprit (!)

[uncle Will in In.]

Be sure to take pictures when the shingles are flapping. That is your best evidence to get any satisfaction out of the installers. Roof might look OK without the wind. They should stand behind a roof under a year old.

[Rocky Fields]

Hey.

Most new homes are under a one year warranty by the builder. In that case, check the terms of your warranty and have the builder make the necessary repairs. Touch the roof yourself and it would void the warranty.

Some builders subcontract their roofing. In that case, the warranty work would fall back on the roofer.

RF