Ways To Lay Out First Row Of Roof Shingles

It should overhang the drip edge about 1 4 inch.

Ways to lay out first row of roof shingles.

For your fifth course cut off half of the final tab. A couple of weeks ago we published a two part series showing how a local roofing contractor shingled a roof with architectural shingles. Lay the first shingle on the roof with the adhesive section at the bottom of the roof. Repeat this on both sides of the roof.

1 5 tabs off of your third course shingles 2 tabs off your fourth course shingles. The bottom edge of the starter and first row of shingles was damaged from hurricane harvey going through are area and i wanted to repair to keep from having. Remove the metal flashing around chimneys vents and valleys in the roof. This row should project half an inch 1 27 centimeters over the eaves.

A half tab off for your first course shingles a full tab for your second course shingles. Use your chalk and tape measure to mark about 12 inches up on the roof for the first set of shingles. Keep your sixth course tabs intact. 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.

Nail down the shingles as you go along. Pry up the nails and loosening the ridge caps. 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. Securing the first shingle using four roofing nails or up to six in high wind areas secure the starter shingle to the surface of the roof.

Flashing in the valleys will almost always be trashed especially. The third row shingle is cut in half 20 as in our example and align over the second row shingle setting aside the other half of the shingle to be used later. Use the chalk line to snap a straight line vertically every 6 inches. Ask this old house general contractor tom silva reveals the best ways to secure shingles to a roof.

See below for a shopping list tools and steps subscr. Lay the next row of shingles directly on top of the first row making the row two tiles thick. Many pros shingle in a vertical line up the roof because it s much faster. For the fourth row the 1 4 shingle that was left over is used it is aligned over the third row shingled the next row will be started with a full shingle and the proses is repeated.