How To Put Up Roofing Shingles

Shingling a shed and want some tips.

How to put up roofing shingles.

Known in the trade as vertical racking or staggering this how to lay shingles method enables the roofer to install a single column of shingles all the way to the peak without the wasted back and forth motion necessary to fill several rows of stair steps. Use your chalk and tape measure to mark about 12 inches up on the roof for the first set of shingles. Nail down the shingles as you go along. Many pros shingle in a vertical line up the roof because it s much faster.

Starting at the bottom of the roof map out a guideline with chalk. Install a starter strip. Using the chalk line snap a line between the two marks to get a straight edge. Cut the shingles to fit around the flange s dome.

Snap horizontal chalklines to help you keep the courses straight. Lay the next row of shingles directly on top of the first row making the row two tiles thick. Place a whole shingle next to it. When laying the shingles for the top row cut 6 inches 15 2 centimeters from the first shingle in the left corner of the roof using the utility knife.

Overlap each metal piece by at least 150 mm 6 and use asphalt plastic cement under each section of overlap. Center a minimum 610 mm 24 wide minimum 28 gauge pre finished galvanized metal valley liner in the valley and fasten with only enough nails to hold it in place nailing at the edges only. Adhere the shingles adjacent to the flange with roofing tar. Watch and see how easy it is.

Lay the lower edge of the flange over the top of the lower shingles and the upper edge is positioned underneath the. How to do it prep work space. Continue to chalk additional guidelines based on the width of the shingle through at least four courses rows across. Pull the drip edge down about a half inch from that line to create a gap between the drip edge and the fascia board.

Adhere the joint where the cut edges of the shingles meet the dome. Handy home shows you universal shingling techniques that can be applied to any shed.