As a matter of general perception shingling the roof on a warm day is better than a cool day as the heat helps the shingles in adjusting and expanding according to the requirement.
Shingling a shed roof youtube.
How to lay shingles.
Shingles protect sloping rooftops from the effects of rain snow and hail while providing an attractive crown for the house.
To make your own starter shingles cut the shingle at the edge of the middle strip of adhesive.
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.
Begin with a starter strip of shingles.
Cover roof deck with 30 pound felt underlayment.
Roofing felt overlaps the sheathing and shingles overlap the paper.
Shingling a roof with architectural shingles is similar to using 3 tab shingles.
Lay a strip of felt at the bottom of the roof and move towards the top of the roof with each new strip.
Protect your wood shed from the elements by installing roof shingles.
Lay strips of felt horizontally across the roof.
How to shingle a shed with architectural shingles.
Nail down loose roof sheathing to rafters.
The part you want will have the two wider adhesive strips.
Use a staple gun or hammer tacker to staple the felt to the roof.
Shingles keep water out in layers.
This is how to shingle a gambrel shed roof.
Pry off old roof shingles with pitch fork.
Staple felt every 6 to 8 inches.
In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to reshingle a roof steps.
Place staples 6 to 8 inches 15 2 to 20 3 cm apart in the.
Ensure that each higher strip slightly overlaps the strip below it.
Each row of shingles overlaps the one below and a full shingle overlaps the joint between the sides of the shingles below it.
Install a course along the snapped line then install succeeding courses using a guide or a snapped line.