A hammer a craft knife preferably with a hooked blade but not essential an old 2 brush and a flat pry bar as seen in my roofing tools section will help.
How to replace roofing felt on shed.
Spread the felt flat onto the roof and nail along the top edge of the felt.
Buy the roof felt.
Calculate the area of your roof by combining the area of each surface.
If you re happy with the positioning nail it down tidily remember to fold the corners around neatly.
Unroll the felt a bit at a time working from left to right making sure the felt is flush with the edge of the roof.
Measure the roof of your shed.
Remove the old felt.
The first step in felting a shed roof either angled or flat is calculating the exact dimensions of your roof.
Position the roofing felt at the bottom left hand corner of the roof.
Once measured and cut line the first piece of felt up so that it over hangs the edge of the roof on three sides by enough to cover the side pieces of the roof.
Remove any existing timber fascia boards.
Roll out the first layer of felt.
This will give you extra felt to hang over.
Add about 2 inches 5 cm to each of your measurements before calculating the area.
Start by measuring the length and width of one side of the roof in.
Other roofing felt leaks.
The process of felting a shed roof.
Tidy up the overhanging felt.
Replacing felt on a flat roof if your shed has a pent roof flat with no ridge you can apply the felt in exactly the same way as you would for one side of a pitched roof.
Start at the lowest edge and nail your felt along the facia.
The real beauty of installing a professional quality roofing felt to a shed roof is the utter lack of specialist tools required unlike other high performance roof coverings.
How to felt a shed roof.
Clean and prepare the roof.
If you keep having to patch your roofing felt on the shed then you might need to start thinking about covering up your felt altogether.
Tack the felt in place with just a few widely spaced clouts.
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