How To Lay Felt On A Pitched Roof

Unroll your felt and secure it to your roof with a staple every 8 inches.

How to lay felt on a pitched roof.

This will give you extra felt to hang over. Buy the roof felt. Hi guys and welcome to my video. Cutting your felt pieces.

Begin by using your staple gun to staple down the first part of your felt to the corner of your roof. Step 2 placing the felt. The process of felting a shed roof. Starting at the bottom of your roof unroll a few feet of felt lengthwise.

How to lay felt on a flat roof. Calculate the area of your roof by combining the area of each surface. Roll out the first layer of felt. Defer putting drip edge on angled gable ends until after the felt is laid so the metal.

Start by measuring the length and width of one side of the roof in. I had to re felt my shed roof so i though i d share with you the process i went through and the materials i used. Add about 2 inches 5 cm to each of your measurements before calculating the area. Includes useful advice on the best materials to use together with information.

How to combat roofing prices by felting your roof battening the felt and roof tiling yourself. Step by step guide on how to apply bituminous roofing felt to your shed roof. You will be looking for any decking that has rotted or bowed. Fasten drip edge on eaves with galvanized nails and a hammer about 12 inches apart before laying roof felt.

Tile types such as marley and redland are explained explaine. Check to ensure the roof is in good enough condition to walk over. Clean and prepare the roof. Step 1 prep work.

Start at the bottom of the roofline and work up so any water that gets through the roofing material will shed down the tar paper and will not go under it. The first step in felting a shed roof either angled or flat is calculating the exact dimensions of your roof.