How To Shingle A Lean To Shed Roof

Cover the lean to roof with corrugated metal roofing.

How to shingle a lean to shed roof.

Align the edges flush and insert 6 8d nails. Secure the last ridge cap shingle with four nails at the corners of the shingle and cover the nail heads with roofing cement. Install asphalt roofing on storage shed. After the shed roof framing is complete finish the lean to along with any part of the existing roof from which you ve removed shingles with new shingles to blend the lean to into the old roof.

Nail the shingle in place with four nails so the shingle overlaps the drip cap on the end and bottom of the roof by 1 2 to 3 4 inch. Continue nailing cut shingles along the bottom row to create a solid strip of shingles at the bottom of the roof. To add shingles to a lean to shed you will need. Place the first panel on one end of the roof and secure it to the sheathing strips top and bottom with a screw gun and galvanized steel or aluminum screws depending on the type of roofing metal with plastic washers on them.

Lay the last ridge cap shingle in the center of the shed roof on top of the exposed adhesive portions of the two center ridge cap shingles. If the siding is vinyl use a siding removal tool to pop out the bottom edge. Here s how to use flashing along the top edge of a lean to shed when finishing the top row of shingles. Measure up the width of a full shingle from the drip edge and make a mark at each end of the roof.

Finish the shingles up to the top edge of the lean to as described in steps 1 5 above. A couple of galvanized inch nails to hold all the shingles on the roof. Fitting the roofing sheets cut the roof sheets from 3 4 plywood and then attach them to the top of the shed.