How To Replace A Shed Roof With Dimensional Shingles

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How to replace a shed roof with dimensional shingles.

Types of shed roof repairs. Rip cut the starter strip or starter pieces so that they butt up against the second course of existing shingles and are even with the front edge of the existing roofing. Nail the new shingle in using roofing nails. Attach the starter strip.

When you get down to it there are hundreds of different types of repair you could do to a shed roof. Lay the first shingle on top on the upside down shingle that is affixed with tar. Install the drip edge over the gable end felt and under the eaves felt. Once this first row of upside down shingles is affixed to the roof with tar begin laying the shingles.

After that nail down all the new shingles of your roof. How to shingle a shed with 3 tab and architectural shingles. Roll out and staple down roofing felt in overlapping rows. But they fall into 3 basic categories.

Attach with nails along the top edge of the strip. Place one nail at each corner a little way in from the edges and then one if not two in the middle. Outer layers such as shingles and underlayment sheathing or plywood and roof rafters. Start in one bottom corner.

Begin shingling at the bottom edge of the roof starting at one end. Nail down the shingles in an overlapping pattern that covers seams and nails. These run opposite the roof shingles and overlap the upper layer of shingles on each side of roof. Roofing second layer of shingles roofing.

On a sloped peak work from the bottom to up.