My New Roof Is Wavy

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My new roof is wavy.

Having wet or poorly placed felt paper under your shingles can cause your roof to be wavy. This is a bad move a roofing company should not lay new roofing shingles over shingles that are wavy. Inspect the plywood from the attic and look for cracks sagging or rotting. If you ve recently gotten a new roof and it got all wavy on you then here are the possibilities.

The carpenter may have failed to put all of the crowns up on site framed roofs. The following are some of the more common causes for a wavy roof. The shingles were laid over an old layer of roofing. What happens here is that a contractor laid out your new shingles directly on top of your old ones creating an unnatural waviness that just isn t going to go away.

When referring to asphalt shingles felt paper is what is typically used in this application. This is normally not a problem unless you experience windy conditions that can catch the shingles. A new roof that is of a heavier material if the original roof was wood shingles a light weight material and it was replaced with concrete tile a heavy material then the roof may sag or be wavy because it was not structurally designed to carry the heavier load weight. The problem is not the.

A new roof will be required after stripping both layers of shingles to achieve a quality flat look. Damaged decking could also cause a wavy look to shingles. There was an issue with the felt paper before the shingles of a roof are put down felt paper is laid down first. If you have recently had a roof installed and it has started to look wavy there are the possibilities.

A layer of felt paper acts as a base and goes down before the shingles for every installation. It is not uncommon for a new roof to look a bit wavy until this permanent seal is created. When someone walks on the roof the panels deform and have no internal strength to return to their old level which is why the roof looks wavy after the roofers finished. Cracked or damaged rafters or trusses.

It could be any number of reasons discussed above but it doesn t look overly wavy imo. This is a very unfortunate issue for everyone involved. Why does this roof look wavey. The problem is you had a contractor do it and not a roofer.

Underlayment is what we call the product placed between the decking and and the shingles. Applying a temporary adhesive will do the trick. If the material was damp if the day was humid or the paper bubbled a bit if could produce a wavy appearance on your new roof. When some of the crowns are up and some are down then the roof has a wavy look but it is still structurally sound.

Poor framing practice is one of the more common reasons for roof waviness.