How To Temporarily Fix A Hole In The Roof

Hold it against the inside of the plywood by pulling up through the hole while driving deck screws through the roof and into the brace.

How to temporarily fix a hole in the roof.

All the tools products i used for the repair i bought at home depot. Covering the roof is the short term goal. I then covered the hole w. Make sure you get one that is large enough to cover the entire affected area and one that is meant to be used outdoors.

Use a jigsaw to cut a rounded shape from the plywood to the exact size of the hole. If you have a vent pipe in the way skip to step 5. Wind can be powerful and damned persistent. One of the fastest and least expensive ways you can make a temporary emergency roof repair is to cover the involved area with a plastic tarp.

Use 1x2 along the perimeter of the tarp and a few nails or screws to hold them in place. On the undamaged side wrap one end of the tarp around the 1 3 furring strip making sure the furring strip extends past each end by 1. Really you don t want to be up on the roof in a storm trying to retrieve your flapping tarp. Install a 2 by 4 brace under a small hole that extends three times the width of the opening.

These tarps are very tough and the grommet holes along the edge allow for tie downs to secure the tarp in place. The trick is securing it in place. Temporarily screw the rolled end down to the roof with at least two or three screws. A few holes in a roof that needs fixing anyway is pretty cheap insurance.

For temporary coverage our favorite is the ubiquitous blue tarp.