How To Replace Roofing Felt On A Shed

If you keep having to patch your roofing felt on the shed then you might need to start thinking about covering up your felt altogether.

How to replace roofing felt on a shed.

How to felt a shed roof. The first step in felting a shed roof either angled or flat is calculating the exact dimensions of your roof. Previous step next step. Apply the felt to the roof.

Have a good look at the exposed timber especially where there were holes in the felt and make sure. Tack the felt in place with just a few widely spaced clouts. Cutting your felt pieces. Roll out the first layer of felt.

Start by measuring the length and width of one side of the roof in. The real beauty of installing a professional quality roofing felt to a shed roof is the utter lack of specialist tools required unlike other high performance roof coverings. Remember you chose roofing felt because it is cost effective so any replacement isn t going to break your wallet. Measure the roof of your shed.

Replacing shed roof felt removing the old felt and nails. Remove the old felt. Laying the new felt ridged. The first thing you need to do is remove the old worn felt from the roof.

Add about 2 inches 5 cm to each of your measurements before calculating the area. Unroll the felt a bit at a time working from left to right making sure the felt is flush with the edge of the roof. Once measured and cut line the first piece of felt up so that it over hangs the edge of the roof on three sides by enough to cover the side pieces of the roof. Other roofing felt leaks.

Clean and prepare the roof. This will give you extra felt to hang over. A hammer a craft knife preferably with a hooked blade but not essential an old 2 brush and a flat pry bar as seen in my roofing tools section will help. The process of felting a shed roof.

Position the roofing felt at the bottom left hand corner of the roof. Buy the roof felt. Tidy up the overhanging felt.