This Old House How To Shingle A Roof

This is for 1 layer of old shingles.

This old house how to shingle a roof.

To lay out the design for the shingles begin at the bottom of the roof and place a tape measure inch from the edge of the roof to ensure the shingles overhang the drip edge. With nearly 6 000 square feet of roof to cover this 1891 shingle style home needed a roof that would appear authentic to the home s original style. Continue to chalk additional guidelines based on the width of the shingle through at least four courses rows across the roof. Place and nail the shingles from the bottom of the roof to the top.

Cover roof deck with 30 pound felt underlayment. The timberline hdz shingles shown here feature proprietary shadow bands that are applied using a sophisticated computer controlled feathering technique. Nail drip edge flashing to lower edge of roof. Align the step flashing with the leading edge of the starter course and nail it in place using one nail in the upper corner.

See below for a shopping list tools and steps subscr. Use your chalk and tape measure to mark about 12 inches up on the roof for the first set of shingles. Place the ridge cap shingles over the roof ridges. Staple felt every 6 to 8 inches.

Pry off old roof shingles with pitch fork. Do this on both sides of the roof. Ask this old house general contractor tom silva reveals the best ways to secure shingles to a roof. The cap of each shingle should fall evenly in half over each side of the ridge.

Starting at the bottom of the roof map out a guideline with chalk. Mark 12 inches up on the roof for the first course of shingles then mark every 5 inches all the way up the roof to set your reveal. In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to reshingle a roof steps. Cedar shingles are much harder.