Rusty Nails In Roof Vents

The nails might have popped.

Rusty nails in roof vents.

The good thing to know is that some rust will not necessarily cause you to have the vent replaced. Instead with a little effort you can help revive your vent and have it fight off the rust attack. Roofing nails are galvanized but add enough moisture and galvanized nails. Our photo left illustrates a common construction practice on wood framed homes built in north america into the 1950 s.

Check inside your attic for mold stains and rusty nails. Intake vents low at the roof s edge or in the soffit eaves along with exhaust vents high on the roof at or near the ridge. Another thing to check is weather or not something else is venting to the attic space that shouldn t be such as a dryer vent kitchen hood vent or bathroom exhaust fan. Over time your roof vent may become rusty.

This allows cool dry intake air. Roofing nails sticking up called nail pops might look like an unimportant issue. All of those things will add to the moisture in the attic and will rust any metal exposed there. However they can cause leaks particularly if you have an asphalt shingle roof.

Insulation rusty nails or rust spots that dripped onto your insulation blackened plywood mold or mildew inside your attic curling or cracking shingles uneven snow melt and icicles. At the house eaves blocking was nailed between or against the ceiling joist ends. When dealing with chemicals in products such as roofing cement and rust resistant primer and.