How To Re Shingle Your Roof

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How to re shingle your roof.

Unless your roof is tiny you re going to want to get your hands on a pneumatic roofing nailer. 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. Prices range from 100 to 300. Re doing the shingles on your roof can help keep your house in good shape keeping your family safe and protected from the elements.

Before you reshingle a roof read our step by step guide for adding new shingles over old ones. Place the ridge cap shingles over the roof ridges. 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. How to shingle over existing shingles and how to shingle a roof how to install roof shingles shingle layout lines h.

Roofing second layer of shingles roofing. Pry off old roof shingles with pitch fork. Staple felt every 6 to 8 inches. Beveled wood pieces called horsefeathers must be laid along the thick edges of the shakes to make a fairly flat surface.

Nail drip edge flashing to lower edge of roof. When installing a new asphalt shingle roof you really do not need any specialty tools to tear off and re roof your home. Part 1 of 3. Asphalt shingles can be laid over cedar shakes or shingles however this is a roofing project best left to pros.

In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to reshingle a roof steps. Nail down loose roof sheathing to rafters. However the job will go much faster and easier if you can rent or borrow some of the power specialty tools. Learn to prepare the roof for shingles lay even courses and install your ridge shingles like the experts do.

Re roofing is the quickest and least costly way to restore your roof s appearance. 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. 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. The cap of each shingle should fall evenly in half over each side of the ridge.

Ensure that each cap overlaps the one below it by 1 4 inch 7 cm.