How To Make A Roof Valley

Lay one and two tab shingles as you near the valley so full size shingles will run across the valley.

How to make a roof valley.

When i ve finished shingling the first roof plane i snap a chalkline 2 in to 3 in. To secure the roof valley flashing nail it down carefully. I did on my model but i am not very happy with the results. Shingle the other side of the valley the same way.

Then starting at the base of the. Roof one side of the valley running the shingles across it. I need to create that to be able to get in schedule lenght of it. Next i smear roof cement a couple of inches away from my snapped line.

Ensure ice and water protector has been installed along the valley first. Is there any other way of creating roof valley. The first cut that i make on both the common rafters and the valley rafter is the plumb cut where the rafter will meet the ridge board. Hello i read here and there that the best way is to create roof valley with roof fascia.

The lowest of these valley shingles is cut back at an angle in line with the lowest course line. Open valleys a roof using the open valley style involves placing a v or w shaped piece of metal usually galvanized or sometimes copper in the seam of the valley and then covered with a base sheet such as 30lb. I work out of the valley with full shingles placing the lower corner of the shingle at the point where it crosses the valley facing edge of the starter shingles. Then i install a line of shingles up the valley with the top edge aligned with my snapped line.

Away from the valley center just as i did with the closed cut valley. Generally the angle of the valley sets up a shingle joint offset of about 5 in. On the common rafters the plumb cut is marked with a framing square for a 12 in 12 pitch 45 and cut square i e no bevel. And either an organic or modified underlayment depending on whether tiles or shingles are being installed.

To 5 1 2 in which is more than the minimum offset required by shingle manufacturers.