How To Remove Roofing Felt

The felt on my house roof is perishing in several places and needs replacing.

How to remove roofing felt.

This is done to ensure a flat surface for the roof felt. Some flat roofing may not have standard gutters but many will. Besides being tripping hazards they can work through and damage the new shingles. On a flat roof it is possible you ll need to remove gutters.

My arm is covered in roof felt adhesive after re felting one of my shed roofs this afternoon. Clean the roof with a push broom and remove or pound in any remaining fasteners. Pull out nails that are holding felt to the roof using the sharp end of a claw. In this article we ll show you how to remove asphalt shingles quickly so you can move on to the more rewarding part of the job laying new shingles.

Apply pressure and chisel away at it until it comes loose. For pieces that aren t coming loose press a putty knife underneath it. We ll also show you how to button up the roof by applying new ice and water barrier and felt paper. Lengths remove the backing and adhere the sticky side to the roof sheathing along eave edges.

This will tell you how much roofing felt you need to lay. Don t be intimidated by the toughest part of re roofing the tear off. Remove the gutters from the perimeter of the roof. Also you will need to remove any old felt on the roof as well as any nails or roof staples.

You must remove any rotted pieces of wood on the roof and replace them with your plywood planks. Step 4 cut ice and water barrier to about 8 ft. Remove old felt from the roof with your hands and a putty knife.