How To Shingle A Deck Roof

Use a roofing nail 1 to tack the drip edge down one every 10 when placing two pieces of drip edge together overlap one end over the other by 1 and secure using two roofing nails one in the back and one in the front.

How to shingle a deck roof.

Then run joists connecting the front of your roof with the rear every two feet along the length of your roof. Lower than the purlin along the house 12 x 1 4 3. If the span under your deck is 12 ft for example the purlin at the outer end of the deck should be 3 in. The most common type of deck roof the gable roof forms a triangular shape projects along a ridge down the center of the deck and overhangs the enclosed space.

Build the frame of the roof on the ground. Typical decks are designed to support 55 psf lbs per square foot. This will allow the flashing piece to move independently of any differential expansion and contraction that may occur between the roof deck and the wall. Also place the nails high so the next course of shingles will cover them.

Install the purlin along the house and the outer purlin. The footings for porch decks must be larger than deck footings. Repeat this basic pattern alternating shingles across the roof working toward the right side using the chalk line to keep the shingles straight horizontally. Use roofing cement and two nails to secure it to the roof deck.

Many porches use 22 diameter corner and intermediate. Make sure to expose 5 in. Once the kick flashing and first piece of step flashing are secure you have to apply a shingle. Of the shingle tabs where the bottom edge of the tab meets the top of the cutout.

Place the nails on the base of the step flashing piece so you re nailing into the deck. As a result most decks have inadequate footings to support a new porch roof. Secure the horizontal flange to the roof deck using two nails. If your eave is one straight length then pick an end and work to the other.

Use 4 nails per shingle and 6 nails on the prevailing windward sides of the roof as wind resistance nailing. Butt a full shingle up against the cut shingle and nail into place. A gable roof also blends in well with many types of. Frame up a box the size of the outer dimensions of your deck using 2 by 4 inch lumber.

Use four roofing nails per shingle as indicated on package instructions six nails in high wind areas. Place it so the tab of the end shingle covers it completely. Once this course is laid you can begin snapping horizontal chalk lines up the roof to ensure straight rows. Tear off the old shingles.

First mark all the purlin locations on the deck joists. Then stretch a string between them.