How To Shingle Your Own Roof

Nail each side of the cap shingle into the roof.

How to shingle your own roof.

Make sure that the tab of the shingle in the second course will cover it completely. Install your starter row of shingles at the bottom of your roof making sure to follow the. Cover roof deck with 30 pound felt underlayment. Install the drip edge.

Starting at the bottom of the roof map out a guideline with chalk. Place the ridge cap shingles over the roof ridges. Secure loose boards and cover large holes. Secure the horizontal flange to the roof.

Row 7 begins with a full 3 tab shingle. Align and install the 2 tab shingle aligned with the next 5 inch higher chalk line. Nail down loose roof sheathing to rafters. In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to reshingle a roof.

Basic steps to replacing a shingle roof. Install the self stick underlayment. Use a shingle scraper pitchfork or flat shovel to get under the shingles prying them up. Cover your roof with felt paper and overlap the ridges at the peak.

Pry off old roof shingles with pitch fork. Hammer down any boards or nails that have come loose ensuring the. Staple felt every 6 to 8 inches. If no ridge vent is present use your shovel to remove the shingle cap on the ridge.

Ensure that each cap overlaps the one below it by. Place and nail the shingles from the bottom of the roof to the top. Start from the lowest section and work your way up to the ridge. Complete the row with 3 tab shingles.

Replacement tear off 1. Do this by sliding hard under the layers of shingle and paper then pry upward. The cap of each shingle should fall evenly in half over each side of. Install flashing on any valleys for waterproofing.

If you are patching in a section of the roof be sure to install shingles that match the size and the color of the existing shingles. Start at the end and move in and down. Place the second step flashing piece over the end shingle in the first course by positioning it 143 mm 5 5 8 above the bottom edge of the exposed asphalt shingle. Starting at the ridge use your shovel to pry off old shingles.

Begin row 5 with the 1 tab shingle and row 6 with the 1 2 tab shingle. Use your chalk and tape measure to mark about 12 inches up on the roof for the first set of shingles. Begin row 4 with a shingle cut in half 1 and tabs and complete that row.