How To Put Shingles On Your Roof

Starting at the bottom of the roof map out a guideline with chalk.

How to put shingles on your roof. Mark 12 inches up on the roof for the first course of shingles then mark every 5 inches all the way up the roof to set your reveal. Cut six inches off the length of the first starter shingle nailed on then use the rest of them full size. This will help determine how the shingles will lay on the. Do this on both sides of the roof.

It generally takes three bundles of shingles to cover 100 square feet. Pattern curling and shadowing color blending. Continue to chalk additional guidelines based on the width of the shingle through at least four courses rows across. Remove old shingles and.

Snap a horizontal chalk line over the starting row to use as a guide. Center a minimum 610 mm 24 wide minimum 28 gauge pre finished galvanized metal valley liner in the valley and fasten with only enough nails to hold it in place nailing at the edges only. Measure the length of a shingle as it lies across the roof. Use your chalk and tape measure to mark about 12 inches up on the roof for the first set of shingles.

You won t void your warranty by going with the racking method but with some manufacturers you d have trouble collecting a settlement on two specific problems. To lay out the design for the shingles begin at the bottom of the roof and place a tape measure inch from the edge of the roof to ensure the shingles overhang the drip edge. Preparing the roof 1. Lay the first row of shingles directly covering the narrow starter row.

Overlap each metal piece by at least 150 mm 6 and use asphalt plastic cement under each section of overlap.