How To Reattach Roof Shingles Top Ridge

Overlap the shingles to cover the nails on the side edges and use roofing cement to cover the nail heads on the shingle at the end of the roof.

How to reattach roof shingles top ridge.

You should lay them in stacks near the ridge so. Cut and bend a shingle to conform to the shape of the peak of the roof. Collect the number of shingles that will be needed for the roof ridge. Cut it to fit with a utility knife if necessary.

Step 2 cut shingles. How to replace a damaged shingle. How to install shingles on a roof ridge. Step 5 install roof.

We had a wind storm recently blow off one shingle and damage 3 shingles on our garage. We had to replace them and all the roofing companies said to do it ourselves because its easy winds of 100km the yard was a mess garbage shingles toy pools. Hammer a roofing nail on each side of the shingle five inches from the bottom edges and one inch from the side edge. Nail the replacement shingle in place using the existing holes with galvanized 1 3 4 inch roofing nails.

Position a replacement shingle on the roof. You need to gently pry up the overlapping cap shingle next to the cap you want to replace. Step 4 snap chalk line. Apply some roofing cement to the back side of the shingle.

Slide the pry bar under the nail head and gently pry the. Step 3 wrap shingle over ridge. This also keeps the ridge shingles from being completely square and the corners tuck in nicely. Step 1 prepare shingles.

In this next in a series of diy videos from the roofer chick ami feller learn how to damaged ridge cap on a residential roof.