How To Pulley Shingles Onto Roof

Place the ridge cap shingles over the roof ridges.

How to pulley shingles onto roof.

Finally the preparation is over you can now install the shingles. How to get shingles on your roof easily. It took about 90 minutes to make. Essentially this system is one where a conveyer belt on a rigid platform extends directly from a truck up to the roof.

Install another set of starter shingles at the sides of the roof ensure the two sets overlap. I loaded a stack of shingles on the wood board and then as i pulled the rope pulley the board with. I m ready to shingle another house. Chalk line helps with outlining straight edges to evenly lay down shingles.

Install the roof shingles. Ensure that each cap overlaps the one below it by 1 4 inch 7 cm. You ll also want a knife or scissors handy for adjusting the size of a shingle to fit in certain areas like the corner of a roof. But i m now 71 and not up to manhandling shingles onto the roof.

I placed a temporary pulley up on the roof top. All the ladder lifts i saw on youtube were too labor intensive and so i designed my own with stuff i had around the house. Start on the lower edge of the roof install the starter shingles by nailing them down using roofing nails. Place and nail the shingles from the bottom of the roof to the top.

One man stays in the truck loading shingles onto the belt while another is stationed on the roof offloading the supplies as they are carried up by the moving belt. Roofing nails are for securing asphalt shingles in place as opposed to regular nails that aren t always strong enough. I either have to find a supplier who ll put them on the roof or rent one of the above.