How To Cedar Shingle A Roof Ridge

The shingle should be in the center of the ridge.

How to cedar shingle a roof ridge. These videos will help you with the installation of your cedar shake and shingle roofs. When installing ridge and hip shingles work inwards from the edges. Use pre formed shingle ridge tiles and nailing twice fix these into place with a minimum overlap that is the same as the shingle gauge on the roof covering. Start at one of the eaves of the ridge and wrap a shingle around the ridge of the roof.

Continue along the ridge of the roof until you have all of the shingles secured. Line up the edges with the chalk line and secure with 2 roof nails right above the adhesive line on the shingle tab. Set the angle of a table saw blade to match the pitch. Cover the length of the cedar shingle roof peak that the new layers of shingles have made.

Position the first shingle so its end overhangs the edge of the roof by 1 1 4 to 1 1 2 inches. How to finish off ridge caps on a peaked cedar roof 1. Cover all of the nail heads with roofing cement. Cut your last shingle on each row to size repeating all the way to the ridge.

A cedar shingle roof can add a lot of rustic charm to an outbuilding or in this case to a well house. To speed up installation use pre formed hips and ridges. At the ridge trim each shingle to create a shortened ridge course and then fix each shingle along the ridge twice. Make sure all shingles on each side are covered.

Lay down a layer of shingles with a second layer over the top until the shingles meet at a single straight peak. Do the same with the next shingle continuing this step until you get to the far edge of the ridge. Use the same gauge as the shingles at the ridge to give a more uniform appearance. Secure it to the roof by driving in two nails near the top edge of the shingle about 1 inch below its top edge.

Cedar roof installation and roofing installation tips videos. Step 3 put the next shingle about one eighth to one quarter of an inch away from the edge of the first shingle. Check with the shingle or shake manufacturer to determine the recommended exposure length for your roof slope. Once you ve reached the ridge bend the shingle over the ridge so that each side is equal and nail it into place with a single nail on each side.