How To Secure A Tarp On The Roof

Once every grommet has a bent nail in it add a dab of roofing tar into each grommet hole around the nail that penetrates the roof to protect against leaks.

How to secure a tarp on the roof.

To secure a tarp to your roof. Stretch a tarp flat on the roof. Secure the tarp s remaining sides with additional 2 x 4 boards using your screw gun and screws. You want to get long 3 inch nails to get plenty of bite into the roof s sheathing and still be able to bend an upper portion of them to secure the tarp.

Lay the tarp out flat over the roof. Then fold the excess tarp under a few rotations for a tight clean fit. To begin securing the tarp screw through the rolled 2 x 4 boards with your screw gun. The 2 by 4 should be about 2 feet longer than the tarp width.

This will prevent water and debris from entering the damaged area. Let the rest of the tarp hang off the lower border of the roof that overhangs the wall known as the eave. Screw the 2 by 4 directly into the roof to secure it. Pull the other end of the tarp over the peak and down the roof far enough to cover the leak then secure that end to another 2 by 4.

Lay more 2 by 4s on either side of the tarp and attach those as well for a tight well secured water barrier. Extend the top edge of the tarp over the ridge of the roof. Fully secure your roof tarp to prevent flapping. Lay the tarp across the roof so that at least 4 feet 1 2 m lies on the sloped part of your roof on each side known as the peak.

The screws must pass securely into the roof. On a shingled roof you just nail the tarp in place using furring strips but you can not nail a tarp into a tile roof. You can use 2 3 inch wide double sided tape to secure the tarp to the tile. Wrap the tarp three or four times around the wood then secure the wood to the soffit or the roof deck on the side of the peak opposite the side that is leaking.

It is best to also weight the tarp down with sandbags or heavy objects to keep wind from blowing up under it. Positions several 1 2 pieces of lumber on the tarp running vertically down the slope of the roof.