Nails In My Attic Are Dripping Wet

Every nail chisel tip in the attic is dripping.

Nails in my attic are dripping wet.

Not sure if that has anything to do with it. I have a roof that is 10 years old gaf timberline 25. The air in the attic has water in it and it condenses on the cold metal. If the women don t find you handsome they should at least find you handy.

The nails that you see in your attic get as cold as the outdoor temperature. Also my wife had the roof done before we married. Excessive attic moisture condenses on the cool metal surface of the roofing nails causing corrosion or rust on the nails and stains on the surrounding wood materials. All of this is one half of your problem.

These same condensation points the roofing nails will often map exactly the drip stains found on the attic insulation or attic floor below each nail. The nail chisel tips are rusted. In your case a attic access hatch or doorway is leaking badly allowing quantities of water laden air to come in contact with your roofing nails. Not sure there is much you can do about it other than maybe spray the tips of the nails with some rubber coating to insulate it from direct cold wet air contact.

Could the roof have cooked itself in 8 years like that. A moist attic means moist insulation and moist insulation is less effective. Hammer a new nail into the roof about 1 inch above the hole from the previous nail. There may be no vapor barrier in your ceilings allowing the water vapor to pass into the attic.

If you have a friend in the attic ask him to direct you to a sturdy spot where the nail can bite into the wood. A point often overlooked is that since it s winter the water freezes on the cold nails. I noticed that they installed 4 roof vents but did not cut them out.