How To Shingle My Roof

A couple of weeks ago we published a two part series showing how a local roofing contractor shingled a roof with architectural shingles.

How to shingle my roof.

All the other patterns work in essentially the same way offsetting. Using alternate patterns 1. Consider four and five. Understand the basic patterns.

Stagger each course to achieve the half pattern. Install the drip edge. This project guide is a combination of those two articles and it covers replacing the existing roof decking installing underlayment and ice dam protection laying the first row laying shingles in the field flashing ridge shingles and vents and more. Cover your roof with felt paper and overlap the ridges at the peak.

Continue to chalk additional guidelines based on the width of the shingle through at least four courses rows across the roof. Strip off old shingles. Place and nail the shingles from the bottom of the roof to the top. Starting at the bottom of the roof map out a guideline with chalk.

Use your chalk and tape measure to mark about 12 inches up on the roof for the first set of shingles. The cap of each shingle should fall evenly in half over each side of. You ll get the most life out of your shingles and your roof by laying them in a smart. Install your starter row of shingles at the bottom of your roof making sure to follow the.

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. Many pros shingle in a vertical line up the roof because it s much faster. Install flashing on any valleys for waterproofing. Nail each side of the cap shingle into the roof.

Basic steps to replacing a shingle roof.