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Originally Posted by paulascorpio
11 out of 52 homes in my Premiere area had bad roof damage........nails through the plastic! All homes are tarred or tarped to triage the homes from water right now. I think TV has a problem!
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Paula, just want a clarification from you when you mention nails through the plastic. Do you mean nails through the tar adhesive strip or the strip of plastic on bottom of shingle?.
It is OK for an occasional nail to be in the adhesive. The best place for the nail is just below the adhesive strip. The problem is if the nail is above the adhesive. In that case the nail could very well miss the top edge of the shingle below it, thus reducing the number of nails holding it. There should be a total of 12 nail holes in a properly nailed shingle in Florida. Now to clear up some confusion in some people regarding the clear plastic strip on the bottom of a shingle. The ONLY purpose of the plastic strip is to keep the shingles from sticking together in the bundle. It has NO effect at all once the shingle is installed and you do not remove it from the shingle before installation.