How To Replace A Shed Roof Felt

Clean and prepare the roof.

How to replace a shed roof felt.

The second layer of felt is then placed over the top of the first. Remove excess felt nails and adhesive before replacing the felt on your flat roof. The first step in felting a shed roof either angled or flat is calculating the exact dimensions of your roof. Have a good look at the exposed timber especially where there were holes in the felt and make sure.

Apply the felt to the roof. Buy the roof felt. Remove the old felt. 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.

Replacing shed roof felt removing the old felt and nails. How to felt a shed roof. 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. Roll out the first layer of felt.

The process of felting a shed roof. Measure the roof of your shed. 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. Remove any existing timber fascia boards.

Tidy up the overhanging felt. Previous step next step. The first thing you need to do is remove the old worn felt from the roof. When you are felting a sloped roof you start at the bottom and work your way up so that rain pours over the top of the laps and not under them.