Shingle A Shed Style Roof

First cut your rafter boards to size using a circular saw to make sure they fit your roof.

Shingle a shed style roof. Ribbed sheet steel may work better on a shed or gable roof while shingles may work better on a hip or octagonal roof style. When shingling a shed roof with three tab shingles the standard asphalt covered tar backed shingles used on most residential roofs you will come to a point at which the top row must be finished with another type of shingle i e ridge cap shingles. Shingling a shed and want some tips. Sometimes the entire roof is a shed style roof.

You might use a shed roof on a new addition to your home even though the rest of the house has a hip roof or another design for example. On other homes only a section of the structure uses a shed roof. Handy home shows you universal shingling techniques that can be applied to any shed. How to shingle a shed with 3 tab and architectural shingles.

This style was once used mainly on sheds but it s becoming more popular on residential homes. Watch and see how easy it is. A shed roof is one that has a single sloping side. Some other roofing materials which are used for low slope curved or butterfly roof styles are pvc tpo and rubber membrane.

Shingles refer to asphalt clay slate cedar metal tar and gravel and roll roofing products.