How To Shingle A Square Hip Roof

I posted this video at the request of one of my subscribers.

How to shingle a square hip roof. Cut the side of the shingle to match. Overlap them as before and continue until you reach the top. Note that in the last 3 4 years costs of roof shingles and many accessories have gone down by an average of 18 20 currently the us national average for benchmark architectural shingles is around 74 51 square or 25 per bundle. Trim the very last shingle on each ridge as needed.

Place main shingles on each peak start from the lowest edge of the roof and mark the shingle paths up the peak. How to shingle a square hip roof step 1. Line up the first shingle with the bottom of the entire shingle lined up with the bottom edge of the roof. Then finish by placing the last caps at the very top of the roof.

However shingles are packaged in a way that they are light enough for the average person to carry around. A square of shingles is the number of shingles needed to cover 100 sq feet of roof area. This will only interest you if roofing your own buildings is in your future. Find the dimensions of each of the roof s faces.

As a rule of thumb there are 3 bundles to a square assuming that you are using three tab strip shingles. Waste is calculated at 7 5 for a gable roof and 15 for a hip roof which are typical in the roofing industry. Calculate the amount of asphalt or fiberglass shingles needed to cover a hip roof. How to shingle a hip roof step 1.

A hip roof s square footage is equal to that of a gable roof with the same dimensions. If the roof has a triangular shape stretch your tape measure along the bottom edge then measure from the peak point down to the center of the bottom edge. Start from the bottom edge of the ridge and secure each shingle with 1 1 2 inch nails. The difference is in the amount of ridge capping you need and the amount you will waste.

For trapezoidal roofs measure the bottom edge the top edge also known as the ridge and the distance between the 2 edges. Install the flashing on the ridges and tin strips along the edges of the hip roof to provide additional.