Re felt your shed roof.
How to refelt a shed roof uk.
Allow for felt overhang.
We offer a re felting service for sheds summerhouses and workshops.
Nail along the bottom edge of the roof hammering it in at wider intervals around one every 30cm.
A hammer a craft knife preferably with a hooked blade but not essential an old 2 brush and a flat pry bar as seen in my roofing tools section will help.
Remove any existing timber fascia boards.
Position the first length of roof felt along the lowest part of the shed roof.
Ensure that it overhangs the eaves and each gable end of the roof by 50mm.
Fold over the gables and eaves.
The existing fascia barge boards will be taken off and the old felt removed.
The original fascia barge boards will then be refitted.
How to felt a shed roof.
Tack and secure the felt.
Clean and prepare the roof.
Measure the roof of your shed.
Space the nails at 500mm centres.
Apply the felt to the roof.
Roll out the first layer of felt.
Some poor soul had lost the felt from their shed roof that poor soul turned out to be me in the wind a temporary fix with a tarpaulin took three.
We will then re felt with either our standard duty or premium duty felt as shown below.
1 what you will need when felting a shed roof.
2 the process of felting a shed roof.
Tidy up the overhanging felt.
After you ve cut the right sized felt and nailed it at 10cm intervals pulling it tight so that it lies flat along the length of the shed roof.
Starting at the centre of the eave and.
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During a recent period of very windy weather i noticed chunks of roofing felt blowing down the street.
The real beauty of installing a professional quality roofing felt to a shed roof is the utter lack of specialist tools required unlike other high performance roof coverings.
Nail along the top edge of the strip with the galvanised clout nails.
Add new felt layers.