How To Tie A Tarp To Your Roof

To secure a tarp to your roof.

How to tie a tarp to your roof.

Try to pick a day that is not windy or else you may face frustration. If you have a old stack of singles you could also put that on the roof to help hold the tarp down. This will prevent water and debris from entering the damaged area. You can buy big cork screw landscaping rods to put in the ground.

Install a blue tarp on a roof. Unfold the tarp on the roof. Lay the tarp out flat over the roof. Let the rest of the tarp hang off the lower border of the roof that overhangs the wall known as the eave.

Good luck and i hope it helps. Then fold the excess tarp under a few rotations for a tight clean fit. Stretch a tarp flat on the roof. To begin securing the tarp screw through the rolled 2 x 4 boards with your screw gun.

Extend the top edge of the tarp over the ridge of the roof. Don t forget to secure the strapping used in step 4. Lay the tarp across the roof so that at least 4 feet 1 2 m lies on the sloped part of your roof on each side known as the peak. Never lay the tarp out during a storm.

Lay more 2 by 4s on either side of the tarp and attach those as well for a tight well secured water barrier. To minimize water damage in the interim before long term repairs can be made cover the damaged part of the roof with a tarpaulin. The 2 by 4 should be about 2 feet longer than the tarp width. Time to add your furring strips.

Secure the tarp s remaining sides with additional 2 x 4 boards using your screw gun and screws. Screw the 2 by 4 directly into the roof to secure it. If you have a helper this part is easy. The screws must pass securely into the roof.

It makes sense to get most of the pieces of wood up on the roof beforehand. Find the source of the roof leak.