How To Put Shingles On Your Roof

To lay out the design for the shingles begin at the bottom of the roof and place a tape measure inch from the edge of the roof to ensure the shingles overhang the drip edge.

How to put shingles on your roof.

Both step shingling and racking will yield a watertight roof. Get the right number of shingles for the job. Use your chalk and tape measure to mark about 12 inches up on the roof for the first set of shingles. Measure the length of a shingle as it lies across the roof.

This will help determine how the shingles will lay on the. Cut six inches off the length of the first starter shingle nailed on then use the rest of them full size. Snap a horizontal chalk line over the starting row to use as a guide. Mark 12 inches up on the roof for the first course of shingles then mark every 5 inches all the way up the roof to set your reveal.

Center a minimum 610 mm 24 wide minimum 28 gauge pre finished galvanized metal valley liner in the valley and fasten with only enough nails to hold it in place nailing at the edges only. Continue to chalk additional guidelines based on the width of the shingle through at least four courses rows across. Pattern curling and shadowing color blending. You won t void your warranty by going with the racking method but with some manufacturers you d have trouble collecting a settlement on two specific problems.

Starting at the bottom of the roof map out a guideline with chalk. Lay the first row of shingles directly covering the narrow starter row. Overlap each metal piece by at least 150 mm 6 and use asphalt plastic cement under each section of overlap. After completing a column the roofer can go back down to the eave edge of the roof and start laying the next column of shingles.

Remove old shingles and.