How To Put Roofing Paper On

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How to put roofing paper on.

Staple it to the plywood with a staple gun placing the staples at 6 to 8 inch intervals along the edges and in the middle of the paper. Where a roll ends and a new one is begun the two rolls should be overlapped by four inches. This overhang will ensure water will not enter underneath the paper getting trapped on top of the wood roof planks. The paper should then be nailed in or stapled every three to four inches across.

Whatever your reason for attaching roof felt you should only do it after cutting your pieces to the appropriate size and cleaning and. Setting the roll and then nailing off. All nails and staples should be placed on the lower half of the paper. Valley ridges and hips should have a 6 inch overlap of paper.

Make sure you use a strong hammer and 1 inch 2 5 cm roofing nails. Allow for a inch overhang of paper down each side of the roof when unrolling the paper. Ensure that you hammer the nails properly into the roof don t leave the nails sticking up above the layer. Step 3 overhang paper.

Roll out the tar paper along the bottom edge of the roof. Unroll the paper on the roof and cut it to the correct length with a utility knife. Lay the first course of tar paper lengthwise on the roof so one edge is covering the drip edge nailed to the roof. This video walks through the very basic steps for installing tarpaper felt.

Hammer the nails in at 10 inches 25 cm intervals across the roof. Start at the bottom edge of the roof and roll the paper roll out toward the peak. Starting a roof with tarpaper felt. Hammer nails into the rolled roofing to secure it.

Cut it to fit your roof if.