Nail it down with your roofing gun top and bottom.
Redoing your roof shingles yourself.
Use these tips to reshingle your roof.
Next install your vent or stack flashing over that row of shingles photo 13.
Find your roof s center.
Install the shingles up and halfway past the vent hole or stack.
To be sure your shingles don t end up uneven and crooked you ll want to find the centerline of your roof.
A top commercial service provider will give you the best estimation and will also use a proven approach to do the job right.
Redoing your roof yourself might have incurred a loss due to improper estimation and attempts.
You can rest assured that a contractor will not let labor and raw material get wasted during the job.
Using a tape measure measure equal parts on either side of the roof and then split the remaining length to find the middle.
If you re not comfortable walking on a roof or carrying heavy objects up a ladder you should think twice about taking on a roofing job.
Seal the top nail holes and continue on up with your shingles.
If your roof is in good shape but has some damage to one side from a downed tree or has lost shingles in a wind storm an overlay is worth considering.
You can hire a roofing company to replace your shingles.
Rock bottom a three tab composite roof for a small home may cost as little as 7 000.
Expect to spend 1 500 to 3 000 to remove your current roof before installing a replacement.
If you absolutely need a new roof to lower your energy bills and keep water and wind out of your house but you cannot afford it talk to a professional roofer.
You may be a firm believer in doing some of the work yourself.
50 year shingles shingles with the longest available warranty add just 300 to 500 to your total cost with an architectural look varying color and thickness that creates upscale character for just 250 to 750 extra.
Nationally a typical roof using architectural asphalt shingles costs between 3 50 and 5 50 per square foot.
Stripping away the old roof more expensive because of the additional labor and materials peeling off the old roof down to the sheathing is your only option if you already have two layers.
Trim the shingles with your utility knife photo 14.
The roofing contractor you choose the pitch steepness or your roof and the square footage of your roof are other factors that affect the cost.
From the left edge of your roof and make a mark.
Roofing involves a great deal of physical labor especially if you plan to tear off your existing roof before installing the new roof.
To make sure you don t have to worry about your roof again and give you some selling points when you re ready to move go for top quality products.
The national average cost to replace a roof is 7 211 with most homeowners spending between 4 707 and 10 460 roof installation cost ranges from 400 to 550 per square depending on the roof size and materials used in reroofing.
