Tom silva shows the apprentices how to properly install wood shingles.
How to install a shake roof.
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Position the first shingle so its end overhangs the edge of the roof by 1 1 4 to 1 1 2 inches.
Start nailing the new shingles at the lower edge of the roof.
Use a hammer stapler to fasten it down applying a staple every 12 to 14 inches.
Always install flashing around a chimney and other valleys where two roof planes meet as these areas are more prone to leaks if not protected.
A starter course is then applied at the eave with a 1 overhang of the wall surface.
The roof can then be completed in the normal manner.
Installing the cedar shingles.
Cedar shake roof how to install.
Before installing the shakes the roofer covers the roof deck with 15 or 30 pound roofing felt.
The type of metal flashing should be installed to cover the top four inches of the wall and the bottom 10 inches of the roof slope before the final course of shake shingles is installed.
The roll is still 36 inches wide but it has a.
Install new flashing metal flashing is often called drip edge along the bottom of the roof near your gutters.
Use interlayment felt for the second layer.
How to install a cedar shingle roof on a garden shed.
Remove these old shingles and loose roofing nails from the roof.
The responsibility of deciding the grading standards and installation details for red and yellow cedar roofs falls to the cedar shake and shingle bureau cssb.
Nail the drip edge in place using your hammer and roofing nails.
Secure it to the.
Then lay down a layer of roofing felt.
Second layer of felt paper.
Cover the roof with roofing felt.