Shingling A Roof

Ensure that each cap overlaps the one below it by 1 4 inch 7 cm.

Shingling a roof. Center each ridge cap shingle over the ridge and attach with two nails. Trim the shingles at the ridge and ends of roof. The cap of each shingle should fall evenly in half over each side of the ridge. Asphalt roofing shingles simply rely on the force of gravity to shed water from rain or snow melt.

Known in the trade as vertical racking or staggering this how to lay shingles method enables the roofer to install a single column of shingles all the way to the peak without the wasted back and forth motion necessary to fill several rows of stair steps. In the dictionary to shingle is. A couple of weeks ago we published a two part series showing how a local roofing contractor shingled a roof with architectural shingles. There are between 3 5 bundles of shingles per roof square.

Shingles protect sloping rooftops from the effects of rain snow and hail while providing an attractive crown for the house. When the shingles from one side of the valley are laid across the valley while shingles from the opposite side are trimmed back approximately two inches from the center of the valley. It generally takes three packs of shingles to cover 100 square feet 9 29 square meters. Keeping a solid roofing layer of shingles is an important way to avoid water damage and leaks.

Nail each side of the cap shingle into the roof. See products and services from this episode. How to measure for roof shingles. Measure your roof so you can be sure you buy the right amount of shingles.

Multiply the width and length measurements together to determine the area. Secure each shingle with four nails. Many pros shingle in a vertical line up the roof because it s much faster. Place and nail the shingles from the bottom of the roof to the top.

If the roof shingles and all accessory roof components are arranged and overlapped with this in mind the roof should successfully shed water. Understand the physics of how a sloped shingle roof works. The lower edge of a tab on a shingle. Place the ridge cap shingles over the roof ridges.