One man stays in the truck loading shingles onto the belt while another is stationed on the roof offloading the supplies as they are carried up by the moving belt.
How to pulley shingles onto roof.
You ll also want a knife or scissors handy for adjusting the size of a shingle to fit in certain areas like the corner of a roof.
I placed a temporary pulley up on the roof top.
Install the roof shingles.
Chalk line helps with outlining straight edges to evenly lay down shingles.
I m ready to shingle another house.
It took about 90 minutes to make.
I loaded a stack of shingles on the wood board and then as i pulled the rope pulley the board with.
But i m now 71 and not up to manhandling shingles onto the roof.
Finally the preparation is over you can now install the shingles.
The cap of each shingle should fall evenly in half over each side of the ridge.
How to get shingles on your roof easily.
Ensure that each cap overlaps the one below it by 1 4 inch 7 cm.
Start on the lower edge of the roof install the starter shingles by nailing them down using roofing nails.
Place and nail the shingles from the bottom of the roof to the top.
Essentially this system is one where a conveyer belt on a rigid platform extends directly from a truck up to the roof.
Nail each side of the cap shingle into the roof.
Place the ridge cap shingles over the roof ridges.
I either have to find a supplier who ll put them on the roof or rent one of the above.
Roofing nails are for securing asphalt shingles in place as opposed to regular nails that aren t always strong enough.