How To Staple Paper To A Roof

Tack the tar paper in place with a hammer tacker with roofing staples.

How to staple paper to a roof.

More buying choices 27 34 15 used new offers. Building paper is still widely used but waterproof shingle underlayment is a popular choice for valleys and other leak prone areas. Roll out about 10 feet of felt and fasten with staples or roofing nails with plastic washer heads. Tar paper 15 felt use staples or nails.

Later secure the paper with tabbed roofing. Tack it to roof using a hammer stapler or an electric staple gun. Since you are new to the game i would greatly recommend you use 30 felt over 15. Free shipping by amazon.

Before applying roofing you ll need to cover the sheathing with roofing felt also often called tar paper most local codes call for using 30 pound felt. If you are only tacking down the felt for while you roof the building then 3 8 tack hammer staples are more then enough. Get it as soon as tue sep 15. Many roofers will tell you that staples are fine for installing the synthetic underlayment.

Use a construction stapler or a hammer. Some roofers prefer to attach felt underlayment with 1 inch roofing nails or special nails with plastic washers but most codes allow staples which are easier to drive. Tar paper is considered an underlayment it goes under a more durable roofing material. 4 5 out of 5 stars 186.

Place a final piece of tar paper over the top of the roof attaching it so it overlaps the tar paper on both sides of the roof. The idea is to make sure water that falls on the roof drips down from paper to paper and off the roof rather than up under the tar paper potentially damaging the roof s wooden structure. A hammer tacker allows you to staple building paper quickly so the paper won t slide down the roof as you roll it out. Tar paper also know as roof felt is a heavy paper impregnated with tar which makes it waterproof.

Both options often depend on the slope of the roof itself. Cap nails are typically made of steel and feature a plastic cap to prevent roof leaks hence their name. Leave the top portion of the paper loose. Dewalt dwhtht450 dewalt heavy duty hammer tacker.

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