How To Re Shingle Your Roof

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How to re shingle your roof.

During re roofing a new shingle overlay is placed over your worn shingles to restore the look of your roof as well as provide a protective layer to help prevent leaks from getting inside your home. Stripping away the old roof more expensive because of the additional labor and materials peeling off the old roof down to the sheathing is your only option if you already have two layers. Renting one costs about 35 a day or 90 a week so if you own a compressor you might as well buy rather than rent. Place the ridge cap shingles over the roof ridges.

Nail drip edge flashing to lower edge of roof. Nail down loose roof sheathing to rafters. Unless your roof is tiny you re going to want to get your hands on a pneumatic roofing nailer. Place and nail the shingles from the bottom of the roof to the top.

When installing a new asphalt shingle roof you really do not need any specialty tools to tear off and re roof your home. However the job will go much faster and easier if you can rent or borrow some of the power specialty tools. Roofing second layer of shingles roofing. Asphalt shingles can be laid over cedar shakes or shingles however this is a roofing project best left to pros.

Pry off old roof shingles with pitch fork. Before you reshingle a roof read our step by step guide for adding new shingles over old ones. How to shingle over existing shingles and how to shingle a roof how to install roof shingles shingle layout lines h. Re roofing is the quickest and least costly way to restore your roof s appearance.

The cap of each shingle should fall evenly in half over each side of the ridge. Learn to prepare the roof for shingles lay even courses and install your ridge shingles like the experts do. Nail each side of the cap shingle into the roof. Cover roof deck with 30 pound felt underlayment.

Part 1 of 3. Re doing the shingles on your roof can help keep your house in good shape keeping your family safe and protected from the elements. If your roof is in good shape but has some damage to one side from a downed tree or has lost shingles in a wind storm an overlay is worth considering. Flat shovel or pitch fork pry bar tin snips roofing hammer shingle knife and extra blades staple gun.

In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to reshingle a roof steps.