Roofing Felt Has Been Rained On For 4 Days

Robert harris 4u roofing founder and owner has been on a lot of roofs and not just with his own business.

Roofing felt has been rained on for 4 days.

Right now i have two concerns. Shingle mate is a very good product that is more than sufficient for most sloped roof applications. When installed properly your new roof will last you ten years or more. The origin of 4u roofing.

Delaying a repair a few days for foul weather to pass is well worth the wait. Harris started out as an insurance adjuster and recalls countless claims from homeowners with interior ceiling damage but no sudden and accidental roof damage to reference in filing the claim. Certainly it would have been better to have covered the roof with a tarp or roofing felt before it rained. Roofing felt that has gotten wet can be covered with shingles as long as it is allowed to dry out first the surface underneath did not get wet and it did not wrinkle bubble or rip.

My contractor put all of the roofing felt on couple of days ago. Our osb is rated exposure 1 and that means that it will withstand normal delays in construction. Will the trapped moisture below the shingles be ok. They installed the shingles on half of the roof in the rain.

It is best to avoid rainy day installations. But when they were installing the asphalt shingles yesterday it started to rain. Osb like all other wood will expand. If your roofing company uses only inorganic roof deck protection and installs it correctly you won t have a problem with rippling.