How To Shingle Your Own Roof

Cover your roof with felt paper and overlap the ridges at the peak.

How to shingle your own roof.

Place the ridge cap shingles over the roof ridges. Strip off old shingles. Start from the lowest section and work your way up to the ridge. Place the second step flashing piece over the end shingle in the first course by positioning it 143 mm 5 5 8 above the bottom edge of the exposed asphalt shingle.

Install the drip edge. Continue to chalk additional guidelines based on the width of the shingle through at least four courses rows across. In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to reshingle a roof. Use a shingle scraper pitchfork or flat shovel to get under the shingles prying them up.

Secure loose boards and cover large holes. Hammer down any boards or nails that have come loose ensuring the. If no ridge vent is present use your shovel to remove the shingle cap on the ridge. Secure the horizontal flange to the roof.

The cap of each shingle should fall evenly in half over each side of. Place and nail the shingles from the bottom of the roof to the top. Make sure that the tab of the shingle in the second course will cover it completely. Install your starter row of shingles at the bottom of your roof making sure to follow the.

Begin row 5 with the 1 tab shingle and row 6 with the 1 2 tab shingle. Ensure that each cap overlaps the one below it by. Starting at the ridge use your shovel to pry off old shingles. Apply new roofing paper onto the entire surface to be shingled with roofing nails overlapping each course 2 inches from above.

Install flashing on any valleys for waterproofing. Staple felt every 6 to 8 inches. Align and install the 2 tab shingle aligned with the next 5 inch higher chalk line. Use your chalk and tape measure to mark about 12 inches up on the roof for the first set of shingles.

Row 7 begins with a full 3 tab shingle. Begin row 4 with a shingle cut in half 1 and tabs and complete that row. If you are patching in a section of the roof be sure to install shingles that match the size and the color of the existing shingles. Nail down loose roof sheathing to rafters.

Replacement tear off 1. Nail each side of the cap shingle into the roof. Starting at the bottom of the roof map out a guideline with chalk. Complete the row with 3 tab shingles.

Do this by sliding hard under the layers of shingle and paper then pry upward. Cover roof deck with 30 pound felt underlayment. Pry off old roof shingles with pitch fork.