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Install Pivot Roof Boot Under Shingles

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What happens here

Locate the desired position for the Pivot Roof Boot on the steep roof. Critically, you must lift the existing shingles to expose the roof decking beneath. Place the Pivot Roof Boot and drive the construction screws through the designated holes, ensuring the screws go into the roof decking *underneath* the shingle. This method prevents water from seeping into the roof structure through exposed screw holes, which can happen if screws are driven directly through the top of the shingle. The presenter emphasizes this is the proper method to install the boot and maintain the roof's integrity. Once the screws are driven, the shingle will lay back down over the screw heads, providing a watertight seal.

Goal: This step details the correct method of installing the Pivot Roof Boot by lifting shingles and driving screws underneath them to prevent leaks and damage.

Tools and materials

  • Cordless Drill
  • Pivot Roof Boot
  • Star Bit
  • Construction Screws SPAX

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here and this section of the roof is not nearly as steep as this section of the roof and what you have to actually do is lift up your shingles and so you got to lift them up and you got to screw underneath the shingle right there that way you don't cause any type of leak in the roof and I'll show you how I installed these things it's very simple and easy to do but you just got to get get underneath a shake so you don't want to screw it right in the top of the shake I know some guys actually do that and then you can fill it like with Henry's black tar and that will seal it up but install it properly according to your pivot you've got to be underneath a shake right here so I'm gonna get my drill I've got a drill I've got my bits right here so these are just construction screws that were using two and a half inches and I got my tool bag and always keep my tools in my tool bag and these actually use not a Phillips head bit I forgot they use a star bit I believe is what you call it I'm sure somebody will correct me and say it's not a star bit it's called something else so there's the construction screw I can just lift this up and uninstall it to show you and you can just screw these things back into the roof just like that and leave them there this roof eventually will seal itself back down so show you what I typically do to install this thing I'm gonna find a section of the roof that I want to install it on wanna get underneath the shakes so I can lift them up now I'm going to lift that up and I'm going to screw my screws in and today is a cooler day so it's a little more difficult to lift up your your shakes without damaging them but I'll get it right the first one in just like that it takes four screws to go in there and I don't like to lift up my shakes very high because like I say I don't want to damage them especially you know today's a cooler day so the shakes are they're a little more flexible when it's hotter so now I've got my boot boot installed secured underneath my shakes when you remove it you can like I removed it right here you can lift up put a little bit of Henry's car underneath there where your holes were if you're concerned about a leak now I'm gonna take my extension ladder extension ladder will slide right in my roof boot and now I'm safe and secure on this roof that's how you install a roof boot we'll

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