How To Felt A House Roof

Staple felt every 6 to 8 inches.

How to felt a house roof.

Cover roof deck with 30 pound felt underlayment. Step 2 next move onto adding the actual superfelt to the roof. Cut the excess membrane leaving a 5mm 10mm overhang. Before you put your new felt on the old stuff needs to come off.

Most pros use this line to begin shingling working left and right toward the rakes. Make sure it stays flat. Let it stand for about 30 minutes and then using galvanized nails and your hammer nail down the first layer. Roll the felt so that it overhangs the edge by 2 inches.

Divide the area of your roof by the area of the felt rolls you plan to use and allow an approximate 10 extra for waste. Roofing felt is sold in rolls and the product label will give information on the area contained. Next find the center of the roof at the top and the eave then snap a vertical chalk line. Roll your felt out on the roof and cut it to fit with a utility knife.

As you roll it out make sure that it remains flat. Nail drip edge flashing to lower edge of roof. How to remove felt from a summer house roof. Afterward roll the felt away from you lengthwise along the lower edge about 10 feet 120 in.

Step 1 with a dunster house log cabin it is best to lay a plastic waterproof membrane not supplied over the roof which is then to be secured down with a staple gun in intervals of around 20mm. You will need to begin at the very bottom of one side of the roof. Then rolling the felt lengthwise move it across the surface of the roof shed. It is important to point out that you are rolling the felt lengthwise and not up and down when you install roof felt.

The summer house in the picture was 3 5m x 3 5m following the above steps i found that i needed 5 strips of felt in total to recover the roof. Nail down loose roof sheathing to rafters. Pry off old roof shingles with pitch fork. Start rolling the first layer of felt out from the bottom of one side of the roof.

Begin at the bottom right or bottom left of the roof.