How To Put Cedar Shingles On A Shed Roof

In order to make your roof water tight and to eliminate wind infiltration first place tar on the bottom edge of the roof and lay a row of roofing shingles upside down all the way across the bottom of the roof.

How to put cedar shingles on a shed roof.

Add remaining courses until you reach the roofline. Tom silva shows the apprentices how to properly install wood shingles. Use a chalk line to align the starter course of cedar shingles. Complete the row with 3 tab shingles.

Row 7 begins with a full 3 tab shingle. Handy home shows you universal shingling techniques that can be applied to any shed. Watch and see how easy it is. Install the first course directly on top of the starter course.

Cover the roof in felt roofing paper. Install a cedar breather if needed. The singles are installed so they cover the spaces between the shingles in the row below. Align and install the 2 tab shingle aligned with the next 5 inch higher chalk line.

Install shingles using 2 weather resistant nails. Make sure to put the thick end at the top on only the bottom row. Begin row 4 with a shingle cut in half 1 and tabs and complete that row. So how to install cedar shingles on a shed.

Cut down the center of the back of the shingle and snap it in half with your hands. Roofing shingles come in strips that are generally about 3 feet long and 8 or 10 inches wide. Overlap every shingle by at least an inch and a half from where the edge of the roof is. Shingling a shed and want some tips.

Thisoldhouse asktoh subscribe to this old house. Each shingle will have two nails that go in it an inch from either side and 4 inches from the top of the shingle.