How To Get Hook Nails Into Roof

Remove the shingle cap.

How to get hook nails into roof. Nail it every couple of feet. Snap a chalk line horizontally across the roof two feet down from the top. Remove siding from the house where the new roof will attach to expose rafters or other framing of the old roof. 2 cut about 2 feet off the end of a two by four using a circular saw.

Install the drip edge on the gable ends of the roof after you finish installing your underlayment. The rafters are generally spaced every 16 inches on center. Drive one 3 inch nail into. On uneven ground place squares of plywood under one foot to level the ladder base and then secure it with wire or rope tied to stakes.

Nail a ledger board usually a 2 by 6 or 2 by 8 inch to the old roof temporarily. Insert two equally spaced nails into the rafter. By pre drilling a hole in the wall you will prevent the screw from cracking the wall as it goes in. The ladder should be long enough to extend 3 feet but not more than 5 feet above the roof s edge.

This video is about all surface roofing construction. That will keep it from sliding sideways as you step onto the roof. Use the smallest screws or nails you can get away with. Fasten the top of the ladder with rope or wire tied to a secure anchoring point such as a 20d nail driven into a rafter.

Long enough to hold the item in place but hopefully not so long that they will damage anything behind the wall. Start at the bottom side of the gable and overlap the sections of drip edge a few inches as you work your way up the roof see figure a. Use a tin snips to cut the drip edge to size. Use a utility knife with a hook blade to cut the shingles back 3 inches or as recommended by the vent manufacturer from the ridge.