How To Shingle A Cross Gable Roof

Ceiling joists span between parallel walls for added.

How to shingle a cross gable roof.

Framing the gable ends 1. Many roofers cut the shingles across because they say it s safer. Use 8 penny nails to attach the first 2 in 4 in 5 1 cm 10 2 cm. Determine the pitch you want for.

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. Offsetting each successive course horizontally by 6 inches from the course below it will make the. Overlap each metal piece by at least 150 mm 6 and use asphalt plastic cement under each section of overlap. Butt the first new truss against the old one.

Make sure you keep this first row straight using the ice and water shield as a guide. 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. This 1 2 tab has to be cut off where it hangs off the left edge of the gable roof. Add ceiling joists every 24 in 61 cm on your top plates.

Nail 2 boards onto your walls as top plates. Repeat steps for gabled ends installing the drip edge up the roof along the gable. Tying in to an existing gable roof tie into the end of an existing gable roof by removing existing facing boards wall siding and any other obstructions back to the first truss of the old roof. In this video i show you how i do the valleys on a shingle roof.

Start at the eave area just over the ice and water shield with a three inches of overlap about 3 and work your way up. To lay out the design for the shingles begin at the bottom of the roof and place a tape measure inch from the edge of the roof to ensure the shingles. When installing the paper you will overlap the felt paper per local building code usually 2 4. Tips on how to install shingles on a straight gable roof starter course.

No one of this affirmat. Lay the second row of shingles. Asphalt roofing felt paper and nail it in place using 1 inch galvanized roofing nails. The starter course is the first row of shingles that you ll install along the eaves of the roof.