How To Install Felt Roofing Shingles

Using your hammer pry up the nails.

How to install felt roofing shingles.

Watch and see how easy it is. Starting a roof with tarpaper felt. Setting the roll and then nailing off. Many pros shingle in a vertical line up the roof because it s much faster.

Ask this old house general contractor tom silva reveals the best ways to secure shingles to a roof. Bring a trash can up on the roof so you have a place to throw old shingles and flashing. These thick layers of roofing felt are installed by heating the back of the felt with a butane torch and then carefully applying it to the roof. Next remove old shingles and flashing.

Install the shingles so that each one is overlapping the shingle directly below it which will conceal the nails. Installing the roofing felt does take care but can go very quickly. See below for a shopping list tools and steps subscr. Known in the trade as vertical racking or staggering this how to lay shingles method enables the roofer to install a single column of shingles all the way to the peak without the wasted back and forth motion necessary to fill several rows of stair steps.

How to install felt underlayment for a new roof. Remove the metal flashing. Roofing felt is comprised of a base made from natural materials such as wood cellulose or synthetic ones such as fiberglass or polyester and then coated or saturated with a protective coating such as bitumen asphalt which repels water but still allows the product to breathe. This video walks through the very basic steps for installing tarpaper felt.

Handy home shows you universal shingling techniques that can be applied to any shed. Taking the time to properly prepare the sheathing will make all the difference in how quickly and easily the felt paper is installed. Roofing contractor jack viera demonstrates installing three tab asphalt roof shingles. It starts with installing solid decking usually plywood or oriented.

Use caution so you don t damage any windows or siding in the process. When you reach the end of a row cut the last shingle to size before installing it. To learn how to install shingles over the ridge on your roof scroll down.