House Roofing Procedure

Use tin caps approximately 2 inch 5 cm round metal discs under roofing nails to keep felt from tearing and blowing away if there might be wind before shingles are put on.

House roofing procedure. Spread the seams of your roofing material across the roof s surface. Use a tin snips to cut the drip edge to size. In the same manner you did with the drip mold mark the areas you need to nail with chalk lines. Start at the bottom side of the gable and overlap the sections of drip edge a few inches as you work your way up the roof see figure a.

Install the drip edge on the gable ends of the roof after you finish installing your underlayment. Nail it every couple of feet. Any soft wet or rotted wood needs to be replaced to create a solid base for your roofing structure. Every roofing replacement project begins with a thorough inspection of the wood decking.

Adhere the shingles adjacent to the flange with roofing tar. Lay the lower edge of the flange over the top of the lower shingles and the upper edge is positioned underneath the upper shingles. Complete weathering in your roof with the asphalt roofing paper. For roofing felt synthetic roofs such as epdm tpo and pvc and metal roofs you will need nails to fasten them to your roofs.

This is very important because only when you have a solid base for your roofing structure your shingles will stay intact. Begin this layer at the bottom of the roof and add it in horizontal rows with a slight overlap to prevent. Roll out a single layer of roofing felt or tar paper which serves as a moisture barrier.