How To Put Roofing Paper On

Allow for a inch overhang of paper down each side of the roof when unrolling the paper.

How to put roofing paper on.

Starting a roof with tarpaper felt. Unroll the paper on the roof and cut it to the correct length with a utility knife. Begin your first row of tar paper with the bottom of the tar paper slightly hanging over the edge of the roof. This video walks through the very basic steps for installing tarpaper felt.

This overhang will ensure water will not enter underneath the paper getting trapped on top of the wood roof planks. The paper should then be nailed in or stapled every three to four inches across. Valley ridges and hips should have a 6 inch overlap of paper. Hammer the nails in at 10 inches 25 cm intervals across the roof.

It is used for temporary roofing for weatherproofing and as an underlayment under shingles or other permanent roofing materials. Make sure you use a strong hammer and 1 inch 2 5 cm roofing nails. All nails and staples should be placed on the lower half of the paper. Where a roll ends and a new one is begun the two rolls should be overlapped by four inches.

Cut it to fit your roof if. Whatever your reason for attaching roof felt you should only do it after cutting your pieces to the appropriate size and cleaning and. Ensure that you hammer the nails properly into the roof don t leave the nails sticking up above the layer. Setting the roll and then nailing off.

Hammer nails into the rolled roofing to secure it. Step 4 over the peak. Step 3 overhang paper. Roof felt also known as tar paper is a waterproof fiberglass product.

Start at the bottom edge of the roof and roll the paper roll out toward the peak.