How To Put Roofing Paper On

Ensure that you hammer the nails properly into the roof don t leave the nails sticking up above the layer.

How to put roofing paper on.

Cut it to fit your roof if. Allow for a inch overhang of paper down each side of the roof when unrolling the paper. Begin your first row of tar paper with the bottom of the tar paper slightly hanging over the edge of the roof. Staple it to the plywood with a staple gun placing the staples at 6 to 8 inch intervals along the edges and in the middle of the paper.

This video walks through the very basic steps for installing tarpaper felt. Step 4 over the peak. Setting the roll and then nailing off. The paper should then be nailed in or stapled every three to four inches across.

Valley ridges and hips should have a 6 inch overlap of paper. Step 3 overhang paper. Where a roll ends and a new one is begun the two rolls should be overlapped by four inches. Make sure you use a strong hammer and 1 inch 2 5 cm roofing nails.

Hammer nails into the rolled roofing to secure it. All nails and staples should be placed on the lower half of the paper. Whatever your reason for attaching roof felt you should only do it after cutting your pieces to the appropriate size and cleaning and. Roll out the tar paper along the bottom edge of the roof.

Roof felt also known as tar paper is a waterproof fiberglass product. Lay the first course of tar paper lengthwise on the roof so one edge is covering the drip edge nailed to the roof. This overhang will ensure water will not enter underneath the paper getting trapped on top of the wood roof planks. Unroll the paper on the roof and cut it to the correct length with a utility knife.

Start at the bottom edge of the roof and roll the paper roll out toward the peak.