How To Nail Down Roofing Felt

Remove old felt from the roof with your hands and a putty knife.

How to nail down roofing felt.

Step by step guide on how to apply bituminous roofing felt to your shed roof. An assumption is made all materials are ordered based on the necessary measured requirements. How to install roofing paper. Where a roll ends and a new one is begun the two rolls should be overlapped by four inches.

Hammer nails into the rolled roofing to secure it. They are long enough to penetrate the sheathing. Step 1 prep the area. Overlap and cut drip edges.

The paper should then be nailed in or stapled every three to four inches across. How to do it. Tack it in place at the corner with the end flush with the end of the roof and the bottom edge of the roll right along the bottom of the roof deck over the drip edge. Roll out about 10 feet of.

Includes useful advice on the best materials to use together with information. Make sure you use a strong hammer and 1 inch 2 5 cm roofing nails. Grab loose pieces of felt and pull them off the roof. Step 5 secure ends.

Valley ridges and hips should have a 6 inch overlap of paper. Ensure that you hammer the nails properly into the roof don t leave the nails sticking up above the layer. Cut drip edge flashing at an angle at the corner press it lightly against the eave end. Use a trowel to spread roofing cement over half or more of the strips.

Hammer the nails in at 10 inches 25 cm intervals across the roof. Dry the roof surface. If you have a sloped roof cut strips of roofing 9 inches wide position them flush with the drip edges along the eave and rake and attach them by driving two rows of nails that are about 3 inches apart. Use 1 inch nails for new roofing.

Step 2 roll it out. Nail the roofing in place with short roofing nails spaced 6 inches apart. You will need 1 10 gallon of lap not mastic cement for every roll and 2 pounds of roofing nails for every square. Place this roofing material so it straddles the valley.

Step 4 over the peak. Apply and attach drip edge. Clean the decking as well as. Apply drip edge to the eave.

Cut this piece of roofing to an 18 inch width with a utility knife. An underlayment of felt roofing is optional. Clean the roof decking of any debris protruding nails or other objects. Step 3 overhang paper.

In roofing one square equals 100 square feet.