How To Lay Roof Shingles

This will help determine how the shingles will lay on the roof width.

How to lay roof shingles.

Some roofers install shingles so the cutout lines describe a slight angle as you look from the bottom to the top of the roof. Most asphalt shingles are 3 feet 91 4 centimeters in length. Asphalt shingles can be laid over cedar shakes or shingles however this is a roofing project best left to pros. How to measure for roof shingles.

The bottom row of shingles must hang past the edge of the roof. Place nails in the three tab shingles about 3 4 inch 1 8 centimeters above the cutouts near where the tab meets the upper part of the shingle. Multiply the width and length measurements together to determine the area. A step by step guide teaching you how to lay and secure shingles to your dunster house roof.

It generally takes three packs of shingles to cover 100 square feet 9 29 square meters. However most people prefer the cutout lines to be aligned so they make straight vertical lines. Measure the width and length of each section of your roof. 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.

If your roof s width is not an even multiple of the shingle s length you will have a partial piece on one end of each row. This step by step tutorial shows how to install 3 tab roof shingles using the racking method. Lay a starting row at the bottom of the roof along the edge. 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.

Re roofers have tricks to lay new roof shingles over old so that the same step ups between courses are maintained but if any old shingles are cupped curled or otherwise misshapen those defects will telegraph through to the new layer. In this video we secure the shingles to a hipped roof. Do this on both sides of the roof. Before you reshingle a roof read our step by step guide for adding new shingles over old ones.