How To Shingle Peak Roof

How to cap an asphalt shingled roof preparing the peak.

How to shingle peak roof.

This picture gives you an idea of the condition of the existing roof plywood and you. Remove existing roof and underlayment. This nailing area is right where you see the dabs of black asphalt cement that are just above the tab knockouts. Measure the length of a shingle as it lies across the roof.

Make sure that the tab of the shingle in the second course will cover it completely. Secure the last ridge cap shingle with four nails at the corners of the shingle and cover the nail heads with roofing cement. It must be completed at the very end. Cut and bend a shingle to conform to the shape of the peak of the roof.

Preparing the roof 1. Many pros shingle in a vertical line up the roof because it s much faster. The original plan was to preserve a portion of the existing roof since. Put in one 2 inch long nail back 6 inches from the edge of the cap shingle.

Place the second step flashing piece over the end shingle in the first course by positioning it 143 mm 5 5 8 above the bottom edge of the exposed asphalt shingle. Hammer a roofing nail on each side of the shingle five inches from the bottom edges and one inch from the side edge. Use a roofing nail 1 to tack the drip edge down one every 10 when placing two pieces of drip edge together overlap one end over the other by 1 and secure using two roofing nails one in the back and one in the front. Capping a roof is the last thing done during a roofing project.

Butt the edge of the first cap shingle along this line. Positioning of the cap. Get the right number of shingles for the job. If your eave is one straight length then pick an end and work to the other.

It generally takes three bundles of shingles to cover 100 square feet. Nailing the cap. Remove old shingles and. Known in the trade as vertical racking or staggering this how to lay shingles method enables the roofer to install a single column of shingles all the way to the peak without the wasted back and forth motion necessary to fill several rows of stair steps.

Secure the horizontal flange to the roof. This will help determine how the shingles will lay on the. You can either use special shingles called ridge shingles or cut a number of regular shingles into 3 tabbed equal pieces and bend each so they fit snugly on the roof peak and nail them into place. Overlap the shingles to cover the nails on the side edges and use roofing cement to cover the nail heads on the shingle at the end of the roof.

You ll need longer nails for this part as you re driving through more layers of shingles. The cap must be positioned to minimize wind and weather damage after it has been nailed down.