Putting Shingles On The Roof

Installing roof shingles in 11 steps.

Putting shingles on the roof.

Center a minimum 610 mm 24 wide minimum 28 gauge pre finished galvanized metal valley liner in the valley and fasten with only enough nails to hold it in place nailing at the edges only. To start installing shingles line up aluminum drip edge flush with the edge of the roof and make a pencil line at the. Installing asphalt shingles over an existing shingle roof it s not ideal to install new shingles without removing the old ones but follow this pro advice if you do. Shingling a shed and want some tips.

Pull the drip edge down about a half inch from that line to. Although placing new roofing over old may be allowed by some codes roofovers tend to be inferior and won t last as long as a roof installed over stripped sheathing. Handy home shows you universal shingling techniques that can be applied to any shed. Preparing the roof 1.

The next one goes on the low side. Before laying down shingles you need to protect the roof with sheathing. Weave and cut the valley on the highest side of the roof. This will help determine how the shingles will lay on the.

Measure the length of a shingle as it lies across the roof. Not only that the shingles can be piled just to the side of the column being laid. It generally takes three bundles of shingles to cover 100 square feet. Then your first shingle goes on the side you are going to cut.

This saves a lot of time moving shingle bundles and a lot of back strain. Use your chalk and tape measure to mark about 12 inches up on the roof for the first set of shingles. Begin this layer at the bottom of. Continue to chalk additional guidelines based on the width of the shingle through at least four courses rows across.

Using the chalk line snap a line between the two marks to get a straight edge. After completing a column the roofer can go back down to the eave edge of the roof and start laying the next column of shingles. Start by overlapping a starter from both sides of the valley at the bottom. Remove old shingles and.

Overlap each metal piece by at least 150 mm 6 and use asphalt plastic cement under each section of overlap. You want to lay the shingles from the bottom to the top of the valley. How to get shingles on your roof easily. Starting at the bottom of the roof map out a guideline with chalk.