How To Tack Down Roofing Felt

Place just enough tacks to hold down the tar paper.

How to tack down roofing felt.

Laying the second boded underlay felt and adding any gutter drips. Unroll the felt and cut it to fit the length of the roof with a utility knife. The basics of these steps are. Includes useful advice on the best materials to use together with information.

Lay the first strip of tar paper side to side with its bottom edge along the edge of the roof. Taking the time to properly prepare the sheathing will make all the difference in how quickly and easily the felt paper is installed. The actual process of putting down the underlayment will be one of the fastest parts of the entire roofing process. Tack the felt onto the initial rolling spot using a tack gun.

Fasten drip edge on eaves with. Lay the first piece along one edge of the roof allowing one side to hang over the edge by about 2 inches. Use more if the day is windy. Return to the side that you began rolling from and.

Start rolling the first layer of felt out from the bottom of one side of the roof. These thick layers of roofing felt are installed by heating the back of the felt with a butane torch and then carefully applying it to the roof. Begin at the bottom right or. Laying the top bonded layer of felt.

Installing any verge edge and edging to any flashings and vertical walls. Tack it down with galvanized nails a hammer tacker or an electric staple gun. How to install felt underlayment for a new roof. Complete the finishing touches.

Now back onto the rood of the shed and nail down the overlapping edges of the felt. Preparing the roof for the felt to be laid. Continue pulling the felt tight. As before tack it in place then add more clouts between the tacking.

You can t have too many nails holding your felt down a loose edge will eventually rip if it s caught by a strong wind. Nail metal drip edge flashing which bends over the roof and down the edge of the facing board on all roof edges. Start the roof felt at one bottom corner of the roof. Attaching your roof felt 1.

Laying the first underlay felt. Tack it in place at the corner with the end.