How To Cover A Roof With Shingles

The shingle bundles will be plastic or paper wrapped bundles that are made to be light enough for a single person to carry.

How to cover a roof with shingles.

This means that if you are going to be using heavier shingles you will need to have more bundles to cover each square foot. Start by laying asphalt felt or other underlayment over the roof. Overlap each row at least 3 to 4 inches. Using your staple gun secure the felt to the roof.

Storm 1 blows a bunch of shingles off a roof. Snap a horizontal chalk line over the starting row to use as a guide. Most homeowner s policies require you to cover the damaged roof immediately. Claims for secondary damage are usually denied when the necessary steps have not been taken to protect the roof.

A square of shingles will be the amount needed to cover an area of 100 square feet. When installing the paper you will overlap the felt paper per local building code usually 2 4. Lay the first row of shingles directly covering the narrow starter row. Here s a common and unfortunate scenario.

Cut six inches off the length of the first starter shingle nailed on then use the rest of them full size. Make sure you keep this first row straight using the ice and water shield as a guide. What you need power nailer or roofing hatchet tape measure roofing shovel or flat pry bar hammer drill carpenter s square straight cut tin snips utility knife chalkline broom.