How To Do Your Own Roof

Remove the metal flashing around chimneys vents and valleys in the roof and sweep the roof when you re finished.

How to do your own roof.

Stripping away the old roof more expensive because of the additional labor and materials peeling off the old roof down to the sheathing is your only option if you already have two layers. Unless your roof is tiny you re going to want to get your hands on a pneumatic roofing nailer. If your roof is in good shape but has some damage to one side from a downed tree or has lost shingles in a wind storm an overlay is worth considering. Arrange the shingles so the ends and the tab notches do not lie directly above gaps in the shingle below.

Trim tabs off roof shingles to create starter course. Center starter course on the roof s centerline. If the gaps lined up water could get directly onto the roof sheathing and then seep in through a nail hole. Professional roofing contractors still need to install the new roof whatever roofing material it happens to be.

Snap vertical chalk line down center of roof. The roof is arguably the most important component of your house. If you need to re roof your house put on slip resistant shoes and a safety harness and start removing the tiles from your roof. With roofing talk with your roofing pro to see if he will allow you to tear out the old roof for a discount.

Allow the shingles to overhang drip edge by inch then nail them in place. To ensure our content is always up to date with current information best practices and professional advice articles are routinely reviewed by industry experts with years of hands on experience. Some roofers are so busy during the summer that they are happy to have you do some of this work. Nail drip edge flashing to lower edge of roof.

Do your own roof replacement written by william marra on jul 28 2009. Install shingles from the lower left corner working to the right and also working up the roof slope. Pry up the nails and frequently stop to shovel the old tiles into a large trash container. Renting one costs about 35 a day or 90 a week so if you own a compressor you might as well buy rather than rent.

On dec 17 2019. And while nobody likes having to pay to replace a roof the critical and aesthetic function it serves should help ease the pain of spending 8 000 to 20 000 on the work.