How To Shingle A Roof Peak

Cover your roof with felt paper and overlap the ridges at the peak.

How to shingle a roof peak.

Many pros shingle in a vertical line up the roof because it s much faster. Measure down 6 inches from the center of the roof ridge and chalk a line parallel with the ridge. Install the next shingle approximately 2 3 past the seal strip of the first shingle. Stagger each course to achieve the half pattern.

It must be completed at the very end. Install the self stick underlayment. Using alternate patterns 1. Understand the basic patterns.

Put in one 2 inch long nail back 6 inches from the edge of the cap shingle. Install flashing on any valleys for waterproofing. Nail these rows of shingles near the peak of the roof on both sides overlapping the peak. Cut and bend a shingle to conform to the shape of the peak of the roof.

Keep this up until you reach the other end of the peak. 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. 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. Repeat this basic pattern alternating shingles across the roof working toward the right side using the chalk line to keep the shingles straight horizontally.

Consider four and five. Strip off old shingles. Your last shingle is an exposed shingle. Butt a full shingle up against the cut shingle and nail into place.

Positioning of the cap. The cap must be positioned to minimize wind and weather damage after it has been nailed down. All the other patterns work in essentially the same way offsetting. Capping a roof is the last thing done during a roofing project.

Nailing the cap. You ll get the most life out of your shingles and your roof by laying them in a smart. Place the first shingle end flush to the edge of the roof. Nail each side of the shingle to each side of the ridge just below the shingles self sealing strip.

Butt the edge of the first cap shingle along this line. Overlap the shingles to cover the nails on the side edges and use roofing cement to cover the nail heads on the shingle at the end of the roof. Step 1 continue shingling up both sides of the roof until a row of shingles from each side of the roof extends over the peak of the building. Basic steps to replacing a shingle roof.

A couple of weeks ago we published a two part series showing how a local roofing contractor shingled a roof with architectural shingles. How to cap an asphalt shingled roof preparing the peak.