How To Shingle 8x6 Roof
X 4 288 in.
How to shingle 8x6 roof. Nail each side of the cap shingle into the roof. Place the first shingle end flush to the edge of the roof. You want to lay the shingles from the bottom to the top of the valley. Shingle calculator for your shed continued the perimeter of the roof needs to have a shingle nailed in place with the tabs facing inward.
Shingling a shed and want some tips. Length of the roof front to back time 2 edges 96 in. Understand the physics of how a sloped shingle roof works. Asphalt roofing shingles simply rely on the force of gravity to shed water from rain or snow melt.
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. The cap of each shingle should fall evenly in half over each side of the ridge. In the dictionary to shingle is. Nail each side of the shingle to each side of the ridge just below the shingles self sealing strip.
From our calculations above we have. Your last shingle is an exposed shingle. Handy home shows you universal shingling techniques that can be applied to any shed. Weave and cut the valley on the highest side of the roof.
Ensure that each cap overlaps the one below it by 1 4 inch 7 cm. Start by overlapping a starter from both sides of the valley at the bottom. This insures proper seal at the roof edges. Place the ridge cap shingles over the roof ridges.
Watch and see how easy it is. Install the next shingle approximately 2 3 past the seal strip of the first shingle. If the roof shingles and all accessory roof components are arranged and overlapped with this in mind the roof should successfully shed water. A couple of weeks ago we published a two part series showing how a local roofing contractor shingled a roof with architectural shingles.
Roof rise times 4 edges 72 in. X 2 192 in. Place and nail the shingles from the bottom of the roof to the top.