The heating trunk lines for the upstairs heating hot air runs through the attic they are fully insulated and.
Water droplets on roofing nails in attic.
We ve only been in this house a couple of months.
The drops of water on the nail tips are probably due to condensation the nails sticking thru the boards will be colder than the board and the water droplet forming on it is in essence dew don t worry it s not leaking if you re concerned you could try increasing the amount size of vents.
Could the roof have cooked itself in 8 years like that.
I have a roof that is 10 years old gaf timberline 25.
Most of the nails i could see in the attic were rusty.
The plywood can and is expected to take a bit of damage over time and this is okay as long as the shingle has something firm to hold itself down onto.
Every nail chisel tip in the attic is dripping.
I went up into the attic and noticed water droplets on many of the roofing nails holding the shingles down.
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Prior to the fan being installed just 2 days ago all our roofing nails had water on them and the wall of the attic was wet everything is now dry so i feel confident that our water problem is solved.
Most people assume this is caused by a leaking roof but that might not be the source.
Using corks to cover roof nails in attic to protect your head.
Water found in these places is commonly caused by condensation in the attic.
Not sure if that has anything to do with it.
At times there was ice and frost on the nails.
My wife ali and i bought an old house 18 months ago.
Boxes stored in the attic were sometimes wet.
I have water dripping from the nails inside of my attic.
The nail chisel tips are rusted.
The plywood of your roof is typically not as thick as your standard galvanized steel roofing nail so it is expected for nails to show through this in your attic.
Also my wife had the roof done before we married.
Fixing this issue can be less costly than replacing a roof but it should be addressed as soon as possible.
Btw an update as to how our problem is solved we are in the northeast and it has been very humid since we installed the fan.
Ice frost and water in an attic condensation new construction text.
I noticed that they installed 4 roof vents but did not cut them out.
The attic is vented by a ridge vent soffit vents both run the full length of the house and 2 2x3 wall vents.
