This Old House How To Shingle A Roof

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

This old house how to shingle a roof.

Pry off old roof shingles with pitch fork. Staple felt every 6 to 8 inches. Use your chalk and tape measure to mark about 12 inches up on the roof for the first set of shingles. Align the step flashing with the leading edge of the starter course and nail it in place using one nail in the upper corner.

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. Do this on both sides of the roof. Place and nail the shingles from the bottom of the roof to the top. With nearly 6 000 square feet of roof to cover this 1891 shingle style home needed a roof that would appear authentic to the home s original style.

Before running the first row of shingles install a piece of step flashing along the sidewall so that it sits tightly against the roof. Continue to chalk additional guidelines based on the width of the shingle through at least four courses rows across the roof. See below for a shopping list tools and steps subscr. The timberline hdz shingles shown here feature proprietary shadow bands that are applied using a sophisticated computer controlled feathering technique.

Nail down loose roof sheathing to rafters. In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to reshingle a roof steps. Nail each side of the cap shingle into the roof. This is for 1 layer of old shingles.

The cap of each shingle should fall evenly in half over each side of the ridge. Starting at the bottom of the roof map out a guideline with chalk. 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. Nail drip edge flashing to lower edge of roof.