Shingling A Roof

Measure the width and length of each section of your roof.

Shingling a roof.

Multiply the width and length measurements together to determine the area. Nail each side of the cap shingle into the roof. Secure each shingle with four nails. Measure your roof so you can be sure you buy the right amount of shingles.

When the shingles from one side of the valley are laid across the valley while shingles from the opposite side are trimmed back approximately two inches from the center of the valley. The lower edge of a tab on a shingle. If the roof shingles and all accessory roof components are arranged and overlapped with this in mind the roof should successfully shed water. Center each ridge cap shingle over the ridge and attach with two nails.

Known in the trade as vertical racking or staggering this how to lay shingles method enables the roofer to install a single column of shingles all the way to the peak without the wasted back and forth motion necessary to fill several rows of stair steps. Keeping a solid roofing layer of shingles is an important way to avoid water damage and leaks. Ensure that each cap overlaps the one below it by 1 4 inch 7 cm. The cap of each shingle should fall evenly in half over each side of the ridge.

Place the ridge cap shingles over the roof ridges. How to measure for roof shingles. Cut 12x12 inch ridge cap shingles from standard roof shingles. Shingles protect sloping rooftops from the effects of rain snow and hail while providing an attractive crown for the house.

Trim the shingles at the ridge and ends of roof. A couple of weeks ago we published a two part series showing how a local roofing contractor shingled a roof with architectural shingles. Place and nail the shingles from the bottom of the roof to the top. There are between 3 5 bundles of shingles per roof square.

This project guide is a combination of those two articles and it covers replacing the existing roof decking installing underlayment and ice dam protection laying the first row laying shingles in the field flashing ridge shingles and vents and more. Asphalt roofing shingles simply rely on the force of gravity to shed water from rain or snow melt. It generally takes three packs of shingles to cover 100 square feet 9 29 square meters. See products and services from this episode.