Nails In My Attic Are Dripping Wet

The air in the attic has water in it and it condenses on the cold metal.

Nails in my attic are dripping wet. The best solution for controlling moisture is at its source. 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. The nails that you see in your attic get as cold as the outdoor temperature. A point often overlooked is that since it s winter the water freezes on the cold nails.

This is why you see the frost. I have a roof that is 10 years old gaf timberline 25. If the women don t find you handsome they should at least find you handy. Could the roof have cooked itself in 8 years like that.

A moist attic means moist insulation and moist insulation is less effective. If the problem is the result of water or moisture penetrating the foundation or floor slab there are many remedial actions which may help. All of this is one half of your problem. Every nail chisel tip in the attic is dripping.

Not sure if that has anything to do with it. There may be no vapor barrier in your ceilings allowing the water vapor to pass into the attic. I noticed that they installed 4 roof vents but did not cut them out. 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.

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. Also my wife had the roof done before we married. The nail chisel tips are rusted.