How To Shingle Your Own Roof

Nail each side of the cap shingle into the roof.

How to shingle your own roof.

Starting at the bottom of the roof map out a guideline with chalk. Start at the end and move in and down. Starting at the ridge use your shovel to pry off old shingles. Cover your roof with felt paper and overlap the ridges at the peak.

Cover roof deck with 30 pound felt underlayment. Place the ridge cap shingles over the roof ridges. Apply new roofing paper onto the entire surface to be shingled with roofing nails overlapping each course 2 inches from above. Basic steps to replacing a shingle roof.

Install the self stick underlayment. Ensure that each cap overlaps the one below it by. Place the second step flashing piece over the end shingle in the first course by positioning it 143 mm 5 5 8 above the bottom edge of the exposed asphalt shingle. Align and install the 2 tab shingle aligned with the next 5 inch higher chalk line.

Place and nail the shingles from the bottom of the roof to the top. Install the drip edge. Use your chalk and tape measure to mark about 12 inches up on the roof for the first set of shingles. Start from the lowest section and work your way up to the ridge.

Begin row 5 with the 1 tab shingle and row 6 with the 1 2 tab shingle. Hammer down any boards or nails that have come loose ensuring the. Use a shingle scraper pitchfork or flat shovel to get under the shingles prying them up. Staple felt every 6 to 8 inches.

Replacement tear off 1. Nail down loose roof sheathing to rafters. Continue to chalk additional guidelines based on the width of the shingle through at least four courses rows across. The cap of each shingle should fall evenly in half over each side of.

If you are patching in a section of the roof be sure to install shingles that match the size and the color of the existing shingles. Install your starter row of shingles at the bottom of your roof making sure to follow the. Secure the horizontal flange to the roof. Begin row 4 with a shingle cut in half 1 and tabs and complete that row.

In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to reshingle a roof. Row 7 begins with a full 3 tab shingle. If no ridge vent is present use your shovel to remove the shingle cap on the ridge. Complete the row with 3 tab shingles.

Install flashing on any valleys for waterproofing. Make sure that the tab of the shingle in the second course will cover it completely. Secure loose boards and cover large holes.