House Roofing Procedure

Any soft wet or rotted wood needs to be replaced to create a solid base for your roofing structure.

House roofing procedure.

Use tin caps approximately 2 inch 5 cm round metal discs under roofing nails to keep felt from tearing and blowing away if there might be wind before shingles are put on. Lay the lower edge of the flange over the top of the lower shingles and the upper edge is positioned underneath the upper shingles. Every roofing replacement project begins with a thorough inspection of the wood decking. A plastic and rubber flange is used to seal around penetrations such as plumbing vents.

Nail it every couple of feet. Roll out a single layer of roofing felt or tar paper which serves as a moisture barrier. Use a tin snips to cut the drip edge to size. Install the drip edge on the gable ends of the roof after you finish installing your underlayment.

Adhere the shingles adjacent to the flange with roofing tar. Spread the seams of your roofing material across the roof s surface. Start at the bottom side of the gable and overlap the sections of drip edge a few inches as you work your way up the roof see figure a. Space them by 6 inches.

Begin this layer at the bottom of the roof and add it in horizontal rows with a slight overlap to prevent. For roofing felt synthetic roofs such as epdm tpo and pvc and metal roofs you will need nails to fasten them to your roofs. Cut the shingles to fit around the flange s dome.