How To Staqple 3 Tab Roofing

Hammer in one nail about 2 inches from each end of each shingle and another nail about 1 inch above each cutout.

How to staqple 3 tab roofing.

The shingles will roll up like a ball in front of the fork. The next shingles above should cover the nails by about 1 inch vertically. Dimensional comp shingles over 3 tab 1 1 4 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 more than 1 layer of roofing not recommended over 3 8 sheathing. Remove shingles in a 2 to 3 ft wide section as you work down the roof.

Starting at the racked shingles fill in the courses. Row 7 begins with a full 3 tab shingle. Add the areas of each section together. Horizontally end nails will be covered by up to about 1 2 of a tab of the shingle s above.

The series highlights our popular duration shingles along with up to 7 other duration styles depending on where you live that feature unique performance characteristics. Next remove old shingles and flashing. Divide that number by 100 to get the correct number of squares. Before you go out and purchase your 3 tab shingles you will first need to figure out how many of them you will need.

Begin row 5 with the 1 tab shingle and row 6 with the 1 2 tab shingle. Wood shakes minimum 3 4 sheathing wood shakes nail type minimum length. In areas with high winds it is common to drive two nails above each cutout line. Continue tearing off the shingles and underlayment until you reach the roof jacks then start over at the top of the roof.

Complete the row with 3 tab shingles. Since it takes 3 bundles of shingles to cover a square plan to purchase 3 bundles for each square. Lastly multiply this number by 3 and you will know how many packs you need to buy. Bring a trash can up on the roof so you have a place to throw old shingles and flashing.

One square package is equal to 100 square feet of roof. Make sure to keep nails out of the tar strip as you work. Push the shingles down to the roof jacks. Align and install the 2 tab shingle aligned with the next 5 inch higher chalk line.

Align the 3 tab shingles with the horizontal lines and nail them in place. Duration series shingles are unrivaled by any other architectural shingles because they feature our patented surenail technology a technological breakthrough in shingle design. If the nails in shingle b are too high. Begin row 4 with a shingle cut in half 1 and tabs and complete that row.