You ll get the most life out of your shingles and your roof by laying them in a smart.
How to shingle my roof.
Install flashing on any valleys for waterproofing.
This project guide is a combination of those two articles and it covers replacing the existing roof decking installing underlayment and ice dam protection laying the first row laying shingles in the field flashing ridge shingles and vents and more.
Many pros shingle in a vertical line up the roof because it s much faster.
Use your chalk and tape measure to mark about 12 inches up on the roof for the first set of shingles.
Ensure that each cap overlaps the one below it by.
Install your starter row of shingles at the bottom of your roof making sure to follow the.
Install the self stick underlayment.
Understand the basic patterns.
Strip off old shingles.
Cover your roof with felt paper and overlap the ridges at the peak.
Known in the trade as vertical racking or staggering this how to lay shingles method enables the roofer to install a single column of shingles all the way to the peak without the wasted back and forth motion necessary to fill several rows of stair steps.
Basic steps to replacing a shingle roof.
The cap of each shingle should fall evenly in half over each side of.
Continue to chalk additional guidelines based on the width of the shingle through at least four courses rows across the roof.
Starting at the bottom of the roof map out a guideline with chalk.
Consider four and five.
All the other patterns work in essentially the same way offsetting.
Stagger each course to achieve the half pattern.
Using alternate patterns 1.
Install the drip edge.
Nail each side of the cap shingle into the roof.