How To Re Felt An Octagonal Shed Roof

New fascia barge boards can also be supplied if required.

How to re felt an octagonal shed roof.

Now back onto the rood of the shed and nail down the overlapping edges of the felt. I positioned the cross members to coincide with the plywood roofing pieces. We will then re felt with either our standard duty or premium duty felt as shown below. As before tack it in place then add more clouts between the tacking.

Cutting your felt pieces. The finishing brass finial was cobbled together from a doorknob and the base of a discarded brass vase. The existing fascia barge boards will be taken off and the old felt removed. This will give you extra felt to hang over.

For each piece of felt tension across the roof and secure down the edge using 10 x 10mm felt nails evenly space. The rest of the roof was fairly standard dpc plywood roofing felt then asphalt shingles. Once you ve done this you re done. Roll back first felt piece.

Use your craft knife to cut a slit in the felt overhang at the apex of the roof then fold the felt down there and nail securely at 10cm intervals along the gable. When installing felt correctly on a shed roof you can achieve a waterproof membrane that fits seamlessly with the surroundings or stands out dependent on the colour of felt you choose. Calculate the area of your roof by combining the area of each surface. Add about 2 inches 5 cm to each of your measurements before calculating the area.

Fold down the bottom edge of the felt and secure to the felt batten using 5 x 10mm felt nails per felt piece evenly spaced. You can use your utility knife to cut a slit in the felt overhang at the very top of the roof and then fold the felt down there and nail securely at regular intervals along the gable. You can t have too many nails holding your felt down a loose edge will eventually rip if it s caught by a strong wind. I used a plant pot to cover the finial and then felted it over.

Installation can be as simple as removing the previous shed roof substrate and the fixings that accompany it simply roll out the felt to the length and fix into place with nails. If necessary trim of any excess felt along the bottom edge. The original fascia barge boards will then be refitted.