Protect your wood shed from the elements by installing roof shingles.
How to install cedar shingles on a shed roof.
Start installing roof shingles.
Shingles keep water out in layers.
Roofing shingles come in strips that are generally about 3 feet long and 8 or 10 inches wide.
Ensure the second shingle overhangs the edge of the roof by the same amount as the first shingle.
Cedar breather creates a space between the cedar shingles and the roof.
Each row of shingles overlaps the one below and a full shingle overlaps the joint between the sides of the shingles below it.
This leaves room for the shingles to contract and expand.
This space allows the shingles to dry more quickly preventing warping and cupping prolonging the life of the shingles.
Shingling a wooden storage shed roof is important for a great looking and long lasting shed.
Cedar breather comes in 200 square foot rolls and should be installed over the roofing felt with nails or tacks.
Put the next shingle about one eighth to one quarter of an inch away from the edge of the first shingle.
Attach the shingle to the roof with two nails driven in near its top edge.
Roofing felt drip edge shingle.