How To Shingle A Garden Shed Roof

The building codes in your area your shingle may need 4 6 nails for each section of shingle.

How to shingle a garden shed roof.

Attach the starter strip. For this project you will need. Install drip caps along the bottom edges of the roof called the eaves. Secure it to the roof by driving in two nails near the top edge of the shingle about 1 inch below its top edge.

Use a fork to work the edges lose and then begin to strip them off with a shovel. Step 3 install a starter course. Step 2 staple the felt to the sheathing. Start with a double layer along the eaves and work up toward the ridge the.

Once this first row of upside down shingles is affixed to the roof with tar begin laying start in one bottom corner. If this is an old shed you will need to remove the existing shingles before you can lay the new stuff. Step 1 strip old roofing materials. Use four to six nails to attach each shingle.

Position the first shingle so its end overhangs the edge of the roof by 1 1 4 to 1 1 2 inches. Take care where you discard the existing materials for the time being and make sure to get rid of them properly later. How to shingle a shed with 3 tab and architectural shingles. Install the drip edge over the gable end felt and under the eaves felt.

Roofing felt drip edge shingle. How to shingle a shed roof step 1 installing drip caps. Roll out and staple down roofing felt in overlapping rows. Step 3 put the next shingle about one eighth to one quarter of an inch away from the edge of the first shingle.