Rusty Nails In Roof Vents

Our photo left illustrates a common construction practice on wood framed homes built in north america into the 1950 s.

Rusty nails in roof vents.

This allows cool dry intake air. Over time your roof vent may become rusty. The good thing to know is that some rust will not necessarily cause you to have the vent replaced. Roofing nails are galvanized but add enough moisture and galvanized nails.

At the house eaves blocking was nailed between or against the ceiling joist ends. All of those things will add to the moisture in the attic and will rust any metal exposed there. Instead with a little effort you can help revive your vent and have it fight off the rust attack. The nails might have popped.

However they can cause leaks particularly if you have an asphalt shingle roof. Take a visual on all of your roof vents whether they are ridge vents or mushroom or static vents to see if it looks like they may be allowing precipitation in your attic. 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.

Roofing nails sticking up called nail pops might look like an unimportant issue. 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. When dealing with chemicals in products such as roofing cement and rust resistant primer and.