How To Replace A Shed Roof With Dimensional Shingles

Nail the new shingle in using roofing nails.

How to replace a shed roof with dimensional shingles.

Lay the entire first row one at a time nailing each down with one inch roofing nails. On a sloped peak work from the bottom to up. Use a starter strip or cut pieces for a starter course. Types of shed roof repairs.

Install the drip edge over the gable end felt and under the eaves felt. Rip cut the starter strip or starter pieces so that they butt up against the second course of existing shingles and are even with the front edge of the existing roofing. How to shingle over existing shingles and how to shingle a roof how to install roof shingles shingle layout lines h. Attach with nails along the top edge of the strip.

Begin shingling at the bottom edge of the roof starting at one end. Attach the starter strip. How to shingle a shed with 3 tab and architectural shingles. Lay the first shingle on top on the upside down shingle that is affixed with tar.

When you get down to it there are hundreds of different types of repair you could do to a shed roof. These run opposite the roof shingles and overlap the upper layer of shingles on each side of roof. Install the ridge cap shingles along the roof peak. Nail down the shingles in an overlapping pattern that covers seams and nails.

But they fall into 3 basic categories. After that nail down all the new shingles of your roof. Roll out and staple down roofing felt in overlapping rows. Outer layers such as shingles and underlayment sheathing or plywood and roof rafters.

Place one nail at each corner a little way in from the edges and then one if not two in the middle.