How To Cut Roof Shingles

A few have lifetime warranties.

How to cut roof shingles.

Metal roofing is also available in the form of shingles. Repeat this basic pattern alternating shingles across the roof working toward the right side using the chalk line to keep the shingles straight horizontally. Install the shingles right up to the front wall. The evolution of asphalt roofing shingles has been a slow and steady improvement in performance durability and looks.

Cut with a tin snips at the bend in the first step flashing. For the kind of shingles you purchase there may be a special starter row of shingles or a roll of strip material that you cut to the length of your roof. Continue adding panels until the roof is covered. Lay the starter row of metal shingles at the drip edge and affix to the roof with metal roofing nails.

Make a 1 to 2 in. So your next course of shingles should cover the nails by 1 inch vertically. You may need to cut panels to fit angles using a circular saw with a metal saw blade. If you are shingling your own roof you will at some point encounter a need to trim or cut the shingles to a certain size or shape.

Today s laminated roof shingles have 30 40 and 50 year warranties. Follow the guideline you created to keep the shingles straight. Cut a couple of inches off the vertical portion of the dormer flashing and run the horizontal portion past the side wall that same distance. Cut your last shingle on each row to size repeating all the way to the ridge.

How to cut shingles off the edge of a roof in a straight line. Nail the dormer flashing to both the wall and the shingles. Use 4 nails per shingle and 6 nails on the prevailing windward sides of the roof as wind resistance nailing. Butt a full shingle up against the cut shingle and nail into place.

The edge of a roof in professional vernacular is called the rake edge. This may entail cutting across the shingle in a straight line to match the line of the roof or it may require more difficult precision cuts such as ones that allow fitting around pipes or vents. As you continue follow the pattern of lining a full shingle up against the next and nailing it into place.