Shingling A Shed Roof

Handy home shows you universal shingling techniques that can be applied to any shed.

Shingling a shed roof.

Each row of shingles overlaps the one below and a full shingle overlaps the joint between the sides of the shingles below it. Shingles keep water out in layers. A shed roof is one that has a single sloping side. Place and nail the shingles from the bottom of the roof to the top.

Ensure that each cap overlaps the one below it by 1 4 inch 7 cm. Place the ridge cap shingles over the roof ridges. The most common asphalt shingle and have 1 4 slots cut out to form three 12 inch rectangular tabs in their bottom half. Shed build time lapse.

Protect your wood shed from the elements by installing roof shingles. When shingling a shed roof with three tab shingles the standard asphalt covered tar backed shingles used on most residential roofs you will come to a point at which the top row must be finished with another type of shingle i e ridge cap shingles. Install asphalt roofing on storage shed. In this video i show you the basics of roofing.

Roofing felt overlaps the sheathing and shingles overlap the paper. Shed roof shingle types 3 tab roof shingles. Sheds are important storage areas that have to be able to protect your possessions from the weather this is impossible however without a well shingled roof as water will just drip through and potentially damage everything inside shingling your shed roof is fairly simple and straight forward fortunately and if done correctly it won t need a replacement for some time. Watch and see how easy it is.

Nail each side of the cap shingle into the roof. Like composite or synthetic it is manufactured to resemble cedar slate or asphalt shingles. I do this on my shed but these basic principals can be applied to your house as well.