How To Shingle Hips The Peak Of A Roof

To make the shingle flush they would cut a short slice parallel with the ridge.

How to shingle hips the peak of a roof.

The guys would cut a second shingle to overlap the back half of the first one. Overlap them as before and continue until you reach the top. Bending and overlapping these flaps the guys would put two more nails to anchor it in place. Trim the very last shingle on each ridge as needed.

Determine the width of the shingle pieces and snap a line a little less than half that dimension on one side of the hip or ridge peak then align the side of the shingles along that guide. Installing ridge cap and hip shingles on the hips you ll start at the bottom trimming the first piece so the corners of the hip shingles don t extend into the gutter. Then finish by placing the last caps at the very top of the roof. Repeat this until you reach the topmost ridge and then repeat for every hip ridge.

That s how the guys. After both hips were finished the guys would place a shingle along the ridge. If the roof has a triangular shape stretch your tape measure along the bottom edge then measure from the peak point down to the center of the bottom edge. Start from the bottom edge of the ridge and secure each shingle with 1 1 2 inch nails.

Overlay the first shingle with the next nailing in the same manner as for the first shingle.