Shingling A Shed Roof

Asphalt shingles can be laid over cedar shakes or shingles however this is a roofing project best left to pros.

Shingling a shed roof.

Place the ridge cap shingles over the roof ridges. Protect your wood shed from the elements by installing roof shingles. Before you reshingle a roof read our step by step guide for adding new shingles over old ones. Each row of shingles overlaps the one below and a full shingle overlaps the joint between the sides of the shingles below it.

Place and nail the shingles from the bottom of the roof to the top. Shingles keep water out in layers. 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. Like composite or synthetic it is manufactured to resemble cedar slate or asphalt shingles.

Nail each side of the cap shingle into the roof. Handy home shows you universal shingling techniques that can be applied to any shed. Continue laying your shingles horizontally up the roof. In this video i show you the basics of roofing.

The most common asphalt shingle and have 1 4 slots cut out to form three 12 inch rectangular tabs in their bottom half. If you hit a stack vent or chimney interlace the shingles with the flashing to allow water to run down the roof. Shingling a shed and want some tips. Beveled wood pieces called horsefeathers must be laid along the thick edges of the shakes to make a fairly flat surface.

Roofing felt overlaps the sheathing and shingles overlap the paper. Watch and see how easy it is. Ensure that each cap overlaps the one below it by 1 4 inch 7 cm. I do this on my shed but these basic principals can be applied to your house as well.

The cap of each shingle should fall evenly in half over each side of the ridge. Shed build time lapse.