How To Lead A Hip Roof

Lead ridges should be dressed around a raised timber ridge pole and laid in sections.

How to lead a hip roof. Lead or stainless steel clips fixed to the ridge pole are clipped over the lead flashing. The 16 inch long hip slates are overlapped 8 inches halfway by both the overlying slates and the flashings. Install the slates in pairs not one side at a time. This project guide is a combination of those two articles and it covers replacing the existing roof decking installing underlayment and ice dam protection laying the first row laying shingles in the field flashing ridge shingles and vents and more.

Make sure that you start with the first ridge cap lying on the bottom of the ridge of your hip roof. Place the 4 6 common rafters in their designated positions along the 2 longest walls and nail them firmly to the wall with a nail gun. Attach 4 6 centering rafters and lift the ridge beam into place. Cut the felt in a straight line so that the bottom edge of the felt extends 8 inches past the roof hip.

Now use a single cap at every spot as you go up the ridge. Move the roll of felt which you ve now severed from the strip on the roof up and out of your way. The 10 inch step flashings then overlap each other by 2 inches. Working on the base of the edges of your hip roof by making use of 2 stacked shingles.

Continue rolling out the felt until you reach the roof hip on the other end. You need to trim those shingles so that they fit correctly. A faster easier method to frame a hip roof. Each length of lead ridge should overlap the next section by 150mm.