Shingling A Shed Roof Peak

Installing a shed roof that is impermeable to the elements is not easy and the top row of your shingles is often the most vulnerable to water.

Shingling a shed roof peak.

Shed roof shingle types 3 tab roof shingles. Rubber roof shingles a shingle made from recycled rubber mostly tires. Measure up the width of a full shingle from the drip edge and make a mark at each end of the roof. Shingling a shed and want some tips.

When shingling a shed roof with three tab shingles the standard asphalt covered tar backed shingles used on most residential roofs you will come to a point at which the top row must be finished with another type of shingle i e ridge cap shingles. In order to make your roof water tight and to eliminate wind infiltration first place tar on the bottom edge of the roof and lay a row of roofing shingles upside down all the way across the bottom of the roof. Roofing shingles come in strips that are generally about 3 feet long and 8 or 10 inches wide. Watch and see how easy it is.

Handy home shows you universal shingling techniques that can be applied to any shed. Like composite or synthetic it is manufactured to resemble cedar slate or asphalt shingles. Nail the shingle in place with four nails so the shingle overlaps the drip cap on the end and bottom of the roof by 1 2 to 3 4 inch. Continue nailing cut shingles along the bottom row to create a solid strip of shingles at the bottom of the roof.

If you hit a stack vent or chimney interlace the shingles with the flashing to allow water to run down the roof. Capping a roof is the last thing done during a roofing project. It must be completed at the very end of the shingle run to overlap the uppermost shingles and form a. The most common asphalt shingle and have 1 4 slots cut out to form three 12 inch rectangular tabs in their bottom half.

Start installing roof shingles. When you reach the peak either bring the ridge edges together with a ridge capping layer or cut regular shingles into 3 tabbed equal pieces and bend them so they fit on the roof peak. A shed roof is one that has a single sloping side.