Shingling A Roof With Larry Haun

Overlap each metal piece by at least 150 mm 6 and use asphalt plastic cement under each section of overlap.

Shingling a roof with larry haun.

You can use a straight edge to achieve a straight cut. Use 4 nails per shingle and 6 nails on the prevailing windward sides of the roof as wind resistance nailing. When you reach the valley lay the shingles over the valley and trim the edges to the chalk line. I dutifully laid out my rafters by stepping them off with a framing square.

Asphalt roof shingles were invented around 1901 in grand rapids mi by h m. Set the first shingle of the second row back a half tab 6 inches 17 centimeters from the edge of first shingle on the first row and so that the bottom of its tabs just touches the tops of the cutout slots on the shingle below. I built my first hip roof in 1951 while in the navy being trained as a carpenter. Repeat this basic pattern alternating shingles across the roof working toward the right side using the chalk line to keep the shingles straight horizontally.

Over driving nails is always a. Nail down each valley shingle at least two inches 50 mm back from the chalk line. Here s a closeup view of an asphalt roof shingle. Beveled wood pieces called horsefeathers must be laid along the thick edges of the shakes to make a fairly flat surface.

Lay the second row of shingles. Butt a full shingle up against the cut shingle and nail into place. The top surface of the shingle includes a granule mineral coating. This type of roof shingle consist of a fiberglass mat saturated on both sides with hot asphalt.

Begin to install roof shingles on either roof face. Center a minimum 610 mm 24 wide minimum 28 gauge pre finished galvanized metal valley liner in the valley and fasten with only enough nails to hold it in place nailing at the edges only. Before you reshingle a roof read our step by step guide for adding new shingles over old ones.