Roofing How To Do It Yourself

This is not a complete install only basic install on a bungalow i.

Roofing how to do it yourself.

Do not use the bottom of the roof as a straight line. Protect the roof against ice dams and windblown rain with self stick ice and water. Stick on the underlayment. Project step by step 15 roll out the self stick underlayment.

Cut the shingles to fit around the flange s dome. Measure 35 inches up from the eaves at several intervals along the roof and mark them. Then pull off the. Doing so will most likely cause you to get the paper crooked leaving you with wrinkles in the material.

Adhere the joint where the cut edges of the shingles meet the dome. Make sure the underlayment lies smooth before you nail the top edge. Using a staple gun or hammer tacker staple 6 to 8 inches apart making sure there are no ripples or bubbles in the felt as you go. In this video i m installing some metal roofing over an existing ash fault shingled roof.

Snap a chalk line as a guide for the first layer roofing. Do not use the eaves as a guide instead because they can be uneven. Allow the felt to extend 1 4 inch 6 5 mm to 3 8 inch 1 cm at the bottom roof edge. Lay the lower edge of the flange over the top of the lower shingles and the upper edge is positioned underneath the.

Adhere the shingles adjacent to the flange with roofing tar.