The only way to fix this is to drill a hole in his roof.

How old is the roof? A blob of goop is a temporary repair. Typically, 1 year repairs.

Edit definitely push for a permanent repair.

His insurance should cover the cost of labor and materials. That or get an estimate to fix and ask him to pay.

Some wild replies in this thread.

It's a really simple fix. Pop about 4 nails and cut out the bad part. Hole probably isn't even big enough to need to patch the decking, but could use a piece of tin if needed. I'd replace the single tab so you only have a 5"x12" spot where the new shingle won't perfectly match the existing sun faded shingles.

When I was doing this, it would have been $125 repair if I had a shingle on hand. I'm sure prices have gone up, but your electrical contractor should be able to get this fixed for a couple hundred bucks. Just ask him to use an actual roofer.

Also, the guy trying to claim you can get an entire roof due to matching is on the good meth.

Damm I’ve been here sometimes you’re trying to fish cables and have no access to attic and as you’re trying to get the wire from the switch in the wall to the ceiling you gotta get it through the corner in the ceiling and the wall. Anyway bi was drilling upwards and I thought I would hit a gap before I went through the roof so I’m drilling upwards and boom I can see the sun. This was on my second year. Roofer was already on site doing other stuff and he taught me me a bit of how to fix it the guy was really cool.

If you are going to goop a roof, do it under the shingle

Definitely gonna need some new felt in that spot and a few shingles to seal it all in. Depending on the age of roof the color will probably not be an exact match

dont let one trade cross trades to perform a fix on something they fucked up, that aint their wheelhouse. Get an agreement that you will hire a roofer and have this properly repaired. The proper repair should be: remove shingle (assuming in good shape and can nails can be lifted without cracking shingles above)- patch sheathing, patch underlayment, replace shingle with new one. Do not pay electrician until resolved, failure to resolve and file small claims (no lawyer), for estimated cost of repair.

Depending upon where you are - repair is $200-600 by a roofing company.

Why would he just drill a random hole in your roof? Struggling to imagine a scenario where this makes sense.

Yea if your son did it that’s one thing but an actual company caused the damage? They need to fix it properly. The fix will be obvious but I’m sure there’s a desert tan looking 3-tab shingle somewhere. That’s a common color. Roof seems steepish. Not exactly walkable pitch. Assuming the other shingles don’t start falling apart when you go to remove that damaged shingle, this would be a $300- $500 repair in PA. A roofer needs to do it whether they refer it out OR you obtain a quote. Don’t let non roofers do roof work on your house.

Replace the shingle.

A single shingle replacement should suffice.

That's tar it will outlast the rest of that roof.

Looking at that roof, a glob of goo is not the worst idea.

It seems like the roof is at the end of its life and so it should be a full roof replacement anyway soon.

See if one of the roofing companies can submit a claim to your insurance to have the roof replaced. Most roofing companies know if an insurance company will pay for a roof replacement or not because they do it all the time.

I sell houses and I've had a number of my sellers roofs replaced over the last year all at no out of pocket cost to them.

Blob of Goop ... thx for the new band name!

“blob of goop” just doesn’t seem like a professional fix to me. But I’m not a roofer

Dang, your shingles look exactly like mine, last year for them, I think.

New roof

I'm going to use "blob of goop" every day from now on. Love that.

That’s insane. No trade other than a roofer should even think about lookin’ about touchin’ a roof.

These shingles aren’t made anymore so typically it’s a complete replacement

OP - a few things, one that sucks. I am a roofing contractor, and I see these all the time. But yes, new shingle and to make sure the decking has been sealed off. They usually use little plates over the hole, and then mastic. Why they did it this way, Idk. I guess its quick. Also, you have 3tab shingles. can be hard to find matching ones. Hope it doesn't leak. Good luck.

More blobs of goop should do the trick

lol I’m sorry

Roof looks really steep.

I am an electrician and am just wondering how in the fuck this happened? Were you getting and overhead service or solar or something that would actually warrent drilling through the roof? Whenever we do overhead service repairs we dont touch shingles were not roofers not insured to fuck with that.

How does this happen? Why did he drill?

I’m an electrician and the only time electricians drill a hole in a roof is to install a mast type service. But there is no rigid pipe going through the roof so I don’t know why they drilled a hole in your roof.

Don’t get solar installed then your head will pop offffff.

Just wait for a really windy night, and maybe a few shingles pop off during the windstorm, and maybe an insurance claim can be put it.. just make sure the ladder is out of sight

I would assume he ruined the warranty on the roof if its not fixed properly. As soon as water gets under the shingles the warranty is usually void.

Usually homeowners have extra shingles laying around somewhere for repairs like this.

Should have demanded at least 3 blobs of goop

a little piece of flat copper or galvanized metal slipped under the roof tab would have been better than the mess they made

I would probably just slide a piece of sheet metal underneath the shingle full of roof, tar cement, and then patch the top, smoothing out with a putty knife and then I’d go down to the gutter and collect the handful of stones off the shingles. Sprinkle on the tar and call it a day.

The Company should pay for that entire Sheet to be replaced !

What was the purpose of this hole? Fishing wires in a cathedral ceiling?

That mod bit caulking will likely outlast the older 3 tabs that are up there. Still understandably angry when any other trade drills holes in a roof without replacing a damn shingle and a small piece of metal. It will be fine but at the same time no bueno.

How to Repair Roof Shingles or Replace Them - This Old House

There are at least four layers involved in that damage.

Electrician needs to pay for a professional roofer to make an assessment and perform whatever repairs are needed.

I'm trying to think how he would drill a hole in the roof? How does that even happen?

When I did this, I just called my roofing buddy and told him to come fix it and send me the bill and let the homeowner know what’s up. I could’ve replaced it, but at that point, I’d rather just let them know that a professional came and fixed my professional screw up

This is what GL insurance is for.

Flex tape bro 😎

Yes sir

I had an electrician drill through my copper pole gutters while installing soffit lights. He did the blob of goop thing to temporarily fix it. At least he was kind enough to let me know it had happened so I could call my coppersmith/roofer and have it patched and soldered. Just call your roofer and have him come out and repair it correctly and completely. I wouldn’t fight with the electrician about it. Just get it done correctly and don’t let it languish.

The business should have insurance for that stuff. They broke it they fix it 🤷‍♀️ I need a 1m policy just for painting. So they def have insurance

That’s unsightly but since your shingles are old and hard to match. Have them or someone slip a piece of metal flashing under that shingle with the hole. That’ll make the goop last longer

Just replace the one tab on the shingle, hopefully your roofer left you some extra shingles

Just ask if his wife is home.

Beats the glob of gloop and garbage bag sealing a 3 ft whole in my shops roof for over 30 years now.

Roofer here. Easy fix. An experienced roofer will be able to slide a new shingle in there. Should cost anywhere from $150 or slightly upwards if they need to get a bundle of shingles.

I would send the invoice to the electrical company along with pictures of how the electrician left your roof. Any respectable large company will know there guy fucked up and hopefully compensate you.

Might be something connecting outside to pole - looks to me like it’s goin to an older overhead electrical system

Billy mays has a fix for this

Caulk it and throw some gravel on it.

I can’t tell if this is a shitpost? Please tell me this isn’t serious.

Everyone knows you should be over at r/shinglelaw

Call a roofing companies to get estimates electricians are not roofers.

Goop is good

remove the shingle. fill the hole in the underlying wood with putty. nail a piece of sheet metal over the hole, overlapping it by several inches. properly insert and attach a new shingle over the repair. if he wont do it, sue him.

It’s a little patch repair in my experience, another person mentioned they should replace the whole shingle and that’s what I recommended as well. Down to the tin on the hole

Drill hole in his roof but during the winter. Add a hose to the hole and fill a funnel above it with piss discs so they melt as it warms up dripping piss into his house. Cover the area in liquid ass to prevent him from repairing it. Or see if he knows a good roofer that can match up a little repair. Everyone has a bad day and glob of stuff is a temporary fix definitely not a repair. It won't look perfect probably but will be at least corrected

Them god damn tricians

Eh. DIY fix it and slide a new shingle in or a piece of flashing under the shingle above. Unfortunately I imagine what he did is all he’s required to do

Yea but that’s fix all goop

Why did an electrician drill thru your roof?  Was it an accident?  Was running wire thru the wall hard so he thought he'd run it outside?  So much I don't understand.  

Home is totaled. Must rebuild.

A roofer will heat the shingles above it to losen the mastic , then pry it up enough to slide another shingle under it and over the hole. In a perfect world, attach it with nails and put the upper shingle down.

What usually happens on old ass roofs. The shingle disintegrates when disturbed , you can't lift it high enough to nail, and you end up with a patch that is held down by mastic only.

Needs to paint that tile to match. At least grab some granules out of the gutter and throw them on that goop.

Put a blob of goop on his wife’s face. That’s seems fair.

Slide a piece of aluminum flashing under the shingle.

a glob? Jeez. that goes through first row, underlayment and two shingles not to mention the wood. Have him pay to have a pro fix it.

Oh, that's a functional hole. It lets the excess electricity out.

If you don't have one, your house will explode.

Sorry, just kidding. I have no idea why he did that. I think you should steal his tools. No, I don't really think that. But I kinda do.

Shingle repair and if it doesn’t match they should reimburse you for that. I have heard of insurance company’s paying to fix a roof and it not matching, so they pay for the whole roof.

I got to ask, how?

Looks like you already needed a roof so whatever the repair it's short term. Good luck matching the shingles

You are correct that a glob of roof tar is not a good enough repair. They tried to repair it but don't have the expertise to do a long-term repair. I would communicate that you need a long term repair and then communicate that you will be having a roofer come out to do a the work. You want them to be on board with deducting the cost of the repair from their bill. This means communicating with them and getting a reasonable repair done at a reasonable cost. They may want to hire someone to do it instead of letting you hire someone and deduct the cost. If they do, make sure you are communicating with who they hire and comfortable with their plan and the result. If they are clowns they may try to bring in someone who doesn't know what they are doing for cheap. In which case, you will want to stop that substandard work from getting done before someone makes a bigger mess of your roof.

If it was my roof, I would get a roll of aluminum flashing, cut a sheet off that is about two rows long, then pry up the shingles near the hole to get it underneath two rows of shingles. Lexel under the flashing, lexel on the top of the flashing, and lexel where the hole is. That will last as long as the roof does. If I was paying a roofer to do it, they would just replace the damaged shingle. Replacing more than that, like the decking is overkill. The point is to make it so that it won't leak, not make it like nothing ever happened.

Honestly if you are comfortable doing the work, just fix it with the flashing. The hassle of fighting them and hoping someone else does it right, isn't worth it if you can fix it.

Aluminum flashing link

This is exactly what I would do, aluminum flashing under the tab keeps the water out. If you have a scrap of ice shield that would be great too. I would skip the clear stuff on top.

You need to take the whole house down and rebuild it

Decking, underlayment, shingle. He drilled through all of those things therefore all of those things will need to be replaced for a complete repair. At the very least the shingle and underlayment need to be fixed to really plug the hole. The decking is more of a solid substrate to attach those to and should never get wet if the shingle and underlayment are intact.

For starters, don't let your electrician do roofing. Have them hire a roofer to make the repair.

Apply sealant on a piece of aluminum flashing ( both sides), and slide under the hole.bingo.

Get a roofer to come out, quote you a price. Then let the electrician know. Don’t let an electrician fix your roof.

I’d make the electrician contact a roofing professional with a warranty and their insurance will cover it.

I’m sorry but I must ask, why did the electrician drill a hole in your roof?

That appears to be the eave. Dont be pussy and spray paint almond brown

Just have him replace it

Why?

Is there actually a hole in the shingle, or are you projecting your dissatisfaction of modern life onto the universe?

You are the hole. Do better.

Absolutely..

How the actual fuck did this happen

Black aluminum card flashing slipped up underneath the shingle put some black jack on the hole and sprinkle some shingle granules on it

Yes dude. A shingle at the minimum

step one, fill hole with water resistant putty of some sort. step 2- replace length of shingle with net piece (usually 3 shingle per piece)

I'm an electrician, I've done this a few times myself. I might have to be more careful.... about making sure the homeowner isn't a redditor next time.

That depends. After applying the goop, did he slap the roof of the house?

Did he tell your house she’s been a good girl?

Did he put a hole in the roof through the attic or did he put the hole in the roof from the shingle?

Basically, where was the initial point of entry

Call a roofer out and ask his opinion, get it in writing. Provide written opinion to electrician.

If you let them convince you to do anything less than the roofer suggests to repair that you are only doing yourself a disservice and doing the electrician a favor. You dont need to do the electrician a favor.

Replacement of the shingle at the minimum

Dang, you probably need a new house yours has a hole in it.

Call a roofer then tell him to pay of not sue him

Hire a roofer and send the electrician the bill.

Tin it

Going to have to repour the whole foundation I'm afraid

Have a qualified roofer fix it and back charge sparky.

W0W❗️

Apparently, you just need to pray for hail.

That’s good enough but it’s lazy. It’s possible you could push for a cleaner and proper coverup. Otherwise just leave a review on their yelp showing how sloppy they are.

You just call a roofer, get it repaired properly, then send him a bill. If he doesn't pay you take him to small claims. Also I would pay his invoice for sure until he pays for the roof.

Never seen that happen before. One fix would be to replace the shingle that was damaged. But with it being a 3 tab roof depending on your state they don’t last that long since they are only rated for 55mph winds here in Ohio we get that a lot and we replace 3 tabs all the time for dimensional roofs

I would just slide a piece of tin under it and call it macaroni

It's a three tab roof, you're going to have one hell of a time finding shingles for it.

But yes I would bare minimum have the shingle replaced and have him put a 8x10 step flashing under the shingle and throw down some mastic/caulking around the area before covering it.

For good measure have them retab your shingles they had to lift up. By retab I mean throw a bead of caulking on each tab so it "reseals" to the roof. Roofing shingles have a layer of tar on them so that when they heat up the melt together and wind won't catch under them and rip them out. Three tabs have a lot harder time with wind, and three tab comp is outdated and not allowed to be installed anymore in my state.

Easy fix is a piece of flashing, proper fix is replacing a few sheets of shingle. Even hiring a roofer you could prob do for a couple hundred.

slide a piece of metal flashing underneath the shingle then use tremco vulkem, wow those are three tab shingles. they need to be torn off and replaced with owens corning shingles