Desperately enough in fact to consider making the major step of pulling down ceiling drywall to expose joists above.
Exposed nails in attic.
Unless you live in your attic the protruding nail heads shouldn t be a problem.
Tear off or not it is a lousy job in my opinion.
Cut the tubing into pieces about 3 8 to 1 2 long depending on length of exposed nails in your attic then push a piece of tubing onto each nail point.
Stately attractive and open.
The exposed beam ceiling look is one that many owners of conventional flat ceilings desperately want.
Something caught my attention in the attic.
But that rarely happens.
The shingles are no longer shingles so i m recommending a tear off.
I would recommend doing this on a sunny day and after exposed to sun for a few hours.
That should not only protect you but insulate the attic against the hot and cold.
Make sure the shingle has the proper number of nails in it also.
Fill small nail holes with silicone caulk or roof cement.
What should you do about exposed nail heads.
Just make sure that you don t damage the shingles lifting them up.
No more nails in the head.
In the worst case it will lead to actual leaks in your attic and this in turn can lead to moist insulation mold problems and other water damage.
Removing and replacing all of the shingles is not a very viable option because it s so time consuming.
If you use your attic for storage and need protection buy an insulating foam and have it sprayed against the walls.
Remove nail lift shingle and apply a small dab where nail penetrated shingle then push the overlapping shingle down and your done.
Smaller nail holes will be permanently fixed by this method standard roofing nails would be either 3 8 inch or 1 2 inch making a hole.
This is from a 40 year single family today.
A 10 length of each costs only 4 76.
There are no exposed nail tips in coming through the roof decking in pic1.