How To Re Shingle Your Roof

Staple felt every 6 to 8 inches.

How to re shingle your roof.

Nail down loose roof sheathing to rafters. Roofing second layer of shingles roofing. Nail drip edge flashing to lower edge of roof. During re roofing a new shingle overlay is placed over your worn shingles to restore the look of your roof as well as provide a protective layer to help prevent leaks from getting inside your home.

Asphalt shingles can be laid over cedar shakes or shingles however this is a roofing project best left to pros. Unless your roof is tiny you re going to want to get your hands on a pneumatic roofing nailer. Prices range from 100 to 300. The cap of each shingle should fall evenly in half over each side of the ridge.

How to shingle over existing shingles and how to shingle a roof how to install roof shingles shingle layout lines h. Before you reshingle a roof read our step by step guide for adding new shingles over old ones. Flat shovel or pitch fork pry bar tin snips roofing hammer shingle knife and extra blades staple gun. Place and nail the shingles from the bottom of the roof to the top.

Stripping away the old roof more expensive because of the additional labor and materials peeling off the old roof down to the sheathing is your only option if you already have two layers. Beveled wood pieces called horsefeathers must be laid along the thick edges of the shakes to make a fairly flat surface. Re roofing is the quickest and least costly way to restore your roof s appearance. Learn to prepare the roof for shingles lay even courses and install your ridge shingles like the experts do.

When installing a new asphalt shingle roof you really do not need any specialty tools to tear off and re roof your home. In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to reshingle a roof steps. Cover roof deck with 30 pound felt underlayment. Part 1 of 3.

Pry off old roof shingles with pitch fork. Renting one costs about 35 a day or 90 a week so if you own a compressor you might as well buy rather than rent. Ensure that each cap overlaps the one below it by 1 4 inch 7 cm. Place the ridge cap shingles over the roof ridges.

Nail each side of the cap shingle into the roof.