Nails In My Attic Are Dripping Wet

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.

Nails in my attic are dripping wet.

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. All of this is one half of your problem. The air in the attic has water in it and it condenses on the cold metal. There may be no vapor barrier in your ceilings allowing the water vapor to pass into the attic.

Hammer a new nail into the roof about 1 inch above the hole from the previous nail. This is why you see the frost. A point often overlooked is that since it s winter the water freezes on the cold nails. If the women don t find you handsome they should at least find you handy.

I noticed that they installed 4 roof vents but did not cut them out. 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. The best solution for controlling moisture is at its source. Also my wife had the roof done before we married.

Not sure if that has anything to do with it. 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. Could the roof have cooked itself in 8 years like that. The nails that you see in your attic get as cold as the outdoor temperature.

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. Every nail chisel tip in the attic is dripping.