How To Install New Roofing Shingles

Do the hips in the same manner with the ridge shingles overlapping the hips at the joints.

How to install new roofing shingles.

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. Once you have completed both faces of the gable roof you can install the ridge shingles. The recommended flashing material is a 28 gauge galvanized metal or an equivalent corrosion resistant non staining material check with local codes. To start installing shingles line up aluminum drip edge flush with the edge of the roof and make a pencil line at the top on each end of the house.

Using the chalk line snap a line between the two marks to get a straight edge. Once you ve done that cut your shingles to size if they re not already. Pull the drip edge down about a half inch from that line to create a gap between the drip edge and the fascia board. Many pros shingle in a vertical line up the roof because it s much faster.

To install asphalt shingles start by installing underlayment and new flashing on the roof. Use your chalk and tape measure to mark about 12 inches up on the roof for the first set of shingles. Ridge shingles are one 12 inch tab of a full shingle and leave 6 inches of the previous shingle exposed. Then begin nailing the shingles to the roof working in rows and starting at the edge of the roof.

Every 5 inches make a new mark until you get to the rop of the roof. Center a 914 mm 36 width strip of an ice and water protector membrane in the valley. Repeat this on both sides of the roof.