How To Roof A Porch With Shingles

Ask this old house general contractor tom silva reveals the best ways to secure shingles to a roof.

How to roof a porch with shingles. In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to reshingle a roofsteps. Finish your gable roof addition tie in by installing siding to match the existing house and fascia and trim boards at eaves and edges. Divide that number by the length of the tabs. If you are renovating an old roof remove the old shingles first.

This gives you the number of rows of shingles you will need. Installing the first set of shingles you should start from the bottom of the roof and make sure that they are nailed down securely. If it is a new roof install the tar sheeting on top of the sheathing. Fold new shingles over the new valley onto the old roof overlapping by at least a foot.

Roofing contractor jack viera demonstrates installing three tab asphalt roof shingles. Measure your roof from the bottom to the top of your porch roof plus one row your last shingles will slide under your home s shingles. The tar sheeting should be stapled in place and should cover everything to prevent any leakage. If you are renovating the roof you may want to use new sheeting anyway if the old underlay is in poor condition.

If the porch is an open porch anyway this is not so important. Cover roof deck with 30 pound felt underlayment. Then nail shingles on the new roof and exposed areas of the old roof. If it comes out to an odd number like 7 5 adjust the spacing to make it 8 rows.

Staple felt every 6 to 8 inches. The next layer should be placed with the bottom of each shingle meeting the seam between the two shingles beneath.