How To Put Shingle Roof

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How to put shingle roof.

Continue to chalk additional guidelines based on the width of the shingle through at least four courses rows across. Remove old shingles and. Step one in any roofing project is always safety first. Measure the length of a shingle as it lies across the roof.

Adhere the shingles adjacent to the flange with roofing tar. Starting at the bottom of the roof map out a guideline with chalk. This will help determine how the shingles will lay on the. Cut the shingles to fit around the flange s dome.

Working at heights on a roof presents fall hazard risks and. Pull the drip edge down about a half inch from that line to create a gap between the drip edge and the fascia board. Use your chalk and tape measure to mark about 12 inches up on the roof for the first set of shingles. Get the right number of shingles for the job.

Understand the physics of how a sloped shingle roof works. 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. Lay the lower edge of the flange over the top of the lower shingles and the upper edge is positioned underneath the.

It generally takes three bundles of shingles to cover 100 square feet. 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. Adhere the joint where the cut edges of the shingles meet the dome.