How To Shingle A New Roof

Known in the trade as vertical racking or staggering this how to lay shingles method enables the roofer to install a single column of shingles all the way to the peak without the wasted back and forth motion necessary to fill several rows of stair steps.

How to shingle a new roof.

Professionals will charge 5 000 to 12 000 or more for. The complexity of the roof. Repeat this on both sides of the roof. Use your chalk and tape measure to mark about 12 inches up on the roof for the first set of shingles.

Each row should overlap the one below it by 1 4 inch 7 cm not less. Every 5 inches make a new mark until you get to the rop of the roof. Hammer the nail into the top part of each shingle. A standard 2 200 to 3 400 square foot roof replacement with asphalt shingles will cost diy homeowners between 2 000 and 6 000.

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. California roofing requirements under the california residential code cover everything from what suitable materials to use to requirements for roof coverings to roof insulation. Use 4 nails per shingle and 6 nails on the prevailing windward sides of the roof as wind resistance nailing. Nail a horizontal row of shingles over the drip edge.

The more peaks valleys skylights and other obstacles the roof has the higher the installation cost will be. Repeat this basic pattern alternating shingles across the roof working toward the right side using the chalk line to keep the shingles straight horizontally. A couple of weeks ago we published a two part series showing how a local roofing contractor shingled a roof with architectural shingles. There are also provisions for fire classification weather protection re roofing roof drainage and solar power.

Many pros shingle in a vertical line up the roof because it s much faster. Use the chalk line to snap a straight line vertically every 6 inches. This project guide is a combination of those two articles and it covers replacing the existing roof decking installing underlayment and ice dam protection laying the first row laying shingles in the field flashing ridge shingles and vents and more. If your eave is one straight length then pick an end and work to the other.

Use a roofing nail 1 to tack the drip edge down one every 10 when placing two pieces of drip edge together overlap one end over the other by 1 and secure using two roofing nails one in the back and one in the front. Continue to nail horizontal rows of shingles onto the roof. When old shingles are torn off new roofing paper starter shingles ridge vent and moisture barrier are installed.