How To Tar Paper A Shed Roof

Measure your roof s surface in square feet and purchase enough tar paper to cover the entire surface twice.

How to tar paper a shed roof.

Staple it to the plywood with a staple gun placing the staples at 6 to 8 inch intervals along the edges and in the middle of the paper. Roll out the first section of tar paper over the ice and water shield. Roll out the tar paper along the bottom edge of the roof. This will give you extra felt to hang over.

Calculate the area of your roof by combining the area of each surface. Unroll the paper on the roof and cut it to the correct length with a utility knife. Cutting your felt pieces. Start by measuring the length and width of one side of the roof in.

This extra length will be folded over and nailed to the battens so that any water will drip off the edge without getting the wood wet. Rubber coat 57 roof tar. Add about 2 inches 5 cm to each of your measurements before calculating the area. If you are using drip edge highly recommended you will want to install it on your eaves.

Cut lengths of shed roof felt to match the long side of the roof be sure to add 2 to 3 inches to the length at each end. Step 2 begin at the bottom edges of the roof and go up. How to install felt paper. Lay the first course of tar paper lengthwise on the roof so one edge is covering the drip edge nailed to the roof.

Starting from the bottom of your roof roll the paper out going from edge to edge leaving 1 2 overlap past the edges and. Lay the first strip of tar paper side to side with its bottom edge along the edge of the roof. This video quickly goes over how to properly tar paper a roof. Begin your first row of tar paper with the bottom of the tar paper slightly hanging over the edge of the roof.

Cut it to fit your roof if. Step 5 overlap the next strip of tar paper over the first one by 5 inches and staple in place.