How To Take Off Old Roof

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How to take off old roof.

How to remove old flat roofing. Work from the top bottom and sides to save back muscles. Staple felt every 6 to 8 inches. Flat roofing has some advantages but when it ages or falls into disrepair it can be troublesome.

Cover roof deck with 30 pound felt underlayment. Install a course along the snapped line then install succeeding courses using a guide or a snapped line. The nails in the shingle should come up with the shingle when you pry it off. Pry off old roof shingles with pitch fork.

Make the pile on a flat area away from flowers and shrubs. Nail down loose roof sheathing to rafters. Remove the old shingles with tear off shovels. In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to reshingle a roof steps.

As the old roofing material piles up at the roof jacks carry it to the edge of the roof and toss it into the trash container below. What to do if the old roof is not straight if the existing roof has wavy horizontal lines you can take out the waves by snapping a horizontal line 1 2 inch below the shingle bottoms of one course. Leaks form and the materials erode into something that is better. Place a pitchfork flat garden shovel or shingle scraper under the shingle.

If you ve had old roofing stripped off about 10 000 nails came with it and most landed on your grass mulch and driveway. Find a pre screened local roofing contractor. Clean the roof with a push broom and remove or pound in any remaining fasteners. Remove all of the shingles on the roof.

Contractors have a tool that makes it easy to pick these up a giant magnet on wheels that they pass over the yard to grab the dropped fasteners so they don t cause any flat tires or injuries. It doesn t matter where you start or stop. Pry the shingle from the roof.