How To Remove Rolled Roofing

This is a long video but it will show you how to do it.

How to remove rolled roofing.

Leah from see jane drill demonstrates how to use an ordinary pitchfork to tear off an old roof. Place the roll and the far end of the roof and then begin rolling it out. So you won t be picking shingle shards and nails from the lawn for years to come lay tarps from the house to the dumpster as well. Once you get under the edges with the tool simply thrust forward and rip the material off the roof.

Slide the top edge of the material up under the existing rolled roofing. Use a wrecking bar or roofing shovel to pry up the edges of the roofing sheets. And tie it into your hip roof. How to remove repair and install a flat roof.

Make sure you offset yo. If you must strip the roof yourself remove all roof gutters and then minimize the mess by buying a heavy tarp or roll of 6 mil plastic sheeting to catch shingles and old roofing nails. Pry up the edges of the rolled roofing from the roof with a pry bar beginning at the upper layer.