How To Shingle A Shed Type Roof

Start with a double layer along the eaves and work up toward the ridge the.

How to shingle a shed type roof.

How to shingle a shed with 3 tab and architectural shingles. Start installing roof shingles. Install the drip edge over the gable end felt and under the eaves felt. Step 3 install a starter course.

Roofing shingles come in strips that are generally about 3 feet long and 8 or 10 inches wide. Step 2 staple the felt to the sheathing. 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. Roll out and staple down roofing felt in overlapping rows.

Place one nail at each corner a little way in from the edges and then one if not two in the middle. Lay the entire first row one at a time nailing each down with one inch roofing nails. Install drip caps along the bottom edges of the roof called the eaves.