How To Shingle A Garden Shed Roof

Make sure the top and bottom of each row overlap by 2 inches 5 1 cm.

How to shingle a garden shed roof.

Attach the starter strip. Roofing felt drip edge shingle. Use a hammer stapler to fasten it down applying a staple every 12 to 14 inches. Bitumen shingles require galvanised nails with a minimum 10mm head to secure them.

Install the drip edge over the gable end felt and under the eaves felt. Apply waterproof paint or primer to promote felt attachment. Installing a shingle shed roof is very simple and requires little diy know how. Lay the entire first row one at a time nailing each down with one inch roofing nails.

Use a chalk line or straightedge and framing square to ensure that your rows remain neat and orderly all the way across your roof. If your shed roof is flat or has a pitch of 18 degrees or less consider building a green roof on it. Nail the shingle in place with four nails so the shingle overlaps the drip cap on the end and bottom of the roof by 1 2 to 3 4 inch. Continue nailing cut shingles along the bottom row to create a solid strip of shingles at the bottom of the roof.

Step 2 position the first shingle so its end overhangs the edge of the roof by 1 1 4 to 1 1 2 inches. For this project you will need. Place one nail at each corner a little way in from the edges and then one if not two in the middle. Use a 4 inch 10 cm paintbrush or a roller to apply the paint or primer.

I do this on my shed but these basic principals can be applied to your house as well. Begin shingling at the bottom edge of the roof starting at one end. Secure each shingle at the top using three 1 in 2 5 cm roofing nails. Cut the tabs off a shingle.

Begin at the bottom working in horizontal lines and gradually moving upward. Shed build time lapse. Wooden cedar shingles require about 1kg 1400 nails of 31mm x 1 8mm silicone bronze annular ring nails for 6 bundles of shingles. How to shingle a shed with 3 tab and architectural shingles.

Drag it gently from one end of the roof to the other east to west or west to east. In this video i show you the basics of roofing. Cover the roof with roofing felt.