Redoing A Roof Yourself

Grab the top rectangle by its left most corners and flip it to the right across the roof to align with the right most edge.

Redoing a roof yourself.

Do you have any openings in the roof. Also are there any walls or chimneys that intersect the surface of the roof. The cap of each shingle should fall evenly in half over each side of. Place and nail the shingles from the bottom of the roof to the top.

Nail each side of the cap shingle into the roof. Place the ridge cap shingles over the roof ridges. A self adhesive membrane applied along the roof s perimeter from the eaves up. Nail down loose roof sheathing to rafters.

Cover roof deck with 30 pound felt underlayment. Ensure that each cap overlaps the one below it by. Staple felt every 6 to 8 inches. Afterward drag the remaining part of the epdm membrane to the left until it meets the left width of the roof.

All under one roof 1 ice and water shield. It should reach 3. You ll need to have flashing for those. In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to reshingle a roof.

This synthetic layer which replaces felt paper covers the entire roof deck and is the second line of. Spread the vertical epdm membrane horizontally along the width of the roof. Pry off old roof shingles with pitch fork. This might be a good time to consider replacing redoing those or their flashing especially if they don t survive removal of the old roof.

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