How To Roof A Porch With Shingles

Roofing contractor jack viera demonstrates installing three tab asphalt roof shingles.

How to roof a porch with shingles.

Fold new shingles over the new valley onto the old roof overlapping by at least a foot. Finish your gable roof addition tie in by installing siding to match the existing house and fascia and trim boards at eaves and edges. Nail down loose roof sheathing to rafters. If it comes out to an odd number like 7 5 adjust the spacing to make it 8 rows.

Measure your roof from the bottom to the top of your porch roof plus one row your last shingles will slide under your home s shingles. This gives you the number of rows of shingles you will need. If the porch is an open porch anyway this is not so important. In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to reshingle a roofsteps.

If you are renovating an old roof remove the old shingles first. Divide that number by the length of the tabs. Cover roof deck with 30 pound felt underlayment. If it is a new roof install the tar sheeting on top of the sheathing.

If you are renovating the roof you may want to use new sheeting anyway if the old underlay is in poor condition. The next layer should be placed with the bottom of each shingle meeting the seam between the two shingles beneath. Staple felt every 6 to 8 inches. Ask this old house general contractor tom silva reveals the best ways to secure shingles to a roof.

Then nail shingles on the new roof and exposed areas of the old roof. Pry off old roof shingles with pitch fork.