How To Strip A Felt Roof

Standing at the peak use a garden fork or a specially notched roofing tear off shovel to tear away the ridge caps and the top courses of shingles.

How to strip a felt roof.

Remove old felt from the roof with your hands and a putty knife. All nails and staples should be placed on the lower half of the paper. Roll the felt so that it overhangs the edge by 2 inches. For pieces that aren t coming loose press a putty knife underneath it.

The overhang to the next strip should be 3 8 inch. Overlap ends at least 6 in. Grab loose pieces of felt and pull them off the roof with your hands. Trim tabs off roof shingles to create starter course.

Pry off old roof shingles with pitch fork. Staple felt every 6 to 8 inches. Nail down loose roof sheathing to rafters. You can use your utility knife to cut a slit in the felt overhang at the very top of the roof and then fold the felt down there and nail securely at regular intervals along the gable.

Snap vertical chalk line down center of roof. You can then hide the folded over roofing felt with the use of fascia boards. Roll your felt out on the roof and cut it to fit with a utility knife. Staples every few inches along lapped joints and every 6 in.

Start the tear off at the section farthest from the trash container. Unroll the felt and cut it to fit the length of the roof with a. Pull out nails that are holding felt to the roof using the sharp end of a claw hammer. Up the roof past the exterior walls so you may need two rows on homes with wide soffits.

Once you ve done this you re done. Cover roof deck with 30 pound felt underlayment. The paper should then be nailed in or stapled every three to four inches across. Let it stand for about 30 minutes and then using galvanized nails and your hammer nail down the first layer.

Step 5 felt right over ventilation holes. Where a roll ends and a new one is begun the two rolls should be overlapped by four inches. Code usually calls for it to project at least 2 ft. Remove existing roofing felt by pulling it away from the plywood beneath.

Or so in the open areas between rows. Nail drip edge flashing to lower edge of roof. Strip the roof start at the peak using roofing tear off tools. Pull out existing nails or staples using a claw hammer.