Shingling A Shed Roof Youtube

Install a course along the snapped line then install succeeding courses using a guide or a snapped line.

Shingling a shed roof youtube. Protect your wood shed from the elements by installing roof shingles. Lay strips of felt horizontally across the roof. In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to reshingle a roof steps. Sheds are important storage areas that have to be able to protect your possessions from the weather this is impossible however without a well shingled roof as water will just drip through and potentially damage everything inside shingling your shed roof is fairly simple and straight forward fortunately and if done correctly it won t need a replacement for some time.

Pry off old roof shingles with pitch fork. How to lay shingles. Lay a strip of felt at the bottom of the roof and move towards the top of the roof with each new strip. Use a staple gun or hammer tacker to staple the felt to the roof.

Shingles protect sloping rooftops from the effects of rain snow and hail while providing an attractive crown for the house. Begin with a starter strip of shingles. Shingles keep water out in layers. Nail down loose roof sheathing to rafters.

Each row of shingles overlaps the one below and a full shingle overlaps the joint between the sides of the shingles below it. To make your own starter shingles cut the shingle at the edge of the middle strip of adhesive. Roofing felt overlaps the sheathing and shingles overlap the paper. This is how to shingle a gambrel shed roof.

Staple felt every 6 to 8 inches. Place staples 6 to 8 inches 15 2 to 20 3 cm apart in the. How to shingle a shed with architectural shingles. Shingling a roof with architectural shingles is similar to using 3 tab shingles.

The part you want will have the two wider adhesive strips. The roof may have a shallower and steeper slope and steeper ones have ridge caps. If the existing roof has wavy horizontal lines you can take out the waves by snapping a horizontal line 1 2 inch below the shingle bottoms of one course. Cover roof deck with 30 pound felt underlayment.