How To Shingle A Slanted Roof Shed
See step 1 above.
How to shingle a slanted roof shed. Lay the last ridge cap shingle in the center of the shed roof on top of the exposed adhesive portions of the two center ridge cap shingles. Overlap each metal piece by at least 150 mm 6 and use asphalt plastic cement under each section of overlap. Secure the last ridge cap shingle with four nails at the corners of the shingle and cover the nail heads with roofing cement. For this project you will need.
Continue shingling as you did in the manner described. If you want to make a slanted shed roof then you will need to frame the roof properly so that it is completely supported one method of achieving the slant in your roof is to have one of the walls higher than the other. Nail the shingles in place. Center a minimum 610 mm 24 wide minimum 28 gauge pre finished galvanized metal valley liner in the valley and fasten with only enough nails to hold it in place nailing at the edges only.
Continue nailing cut shingles along the bottom row to create a solid strip of shingles at the bottom of the roof. Roofing felt drip edge shingle. This video will show you how to install roof shingles. However you can also frame the roof so that one side of the frame is bigger than the other sides giving the slant.
Install drip edge so that the top lip goes over the last course of shingles. Nail drip edge accordingly. Shingling a wooden storage shed roof is important for a great looking and long lasting shed. Your goal is to get your last row of shingles as close to the top edge as possible while keeping the.
Measure up the width of a full shingle from the drip edge and make a mark at each end of the roof.