How To Cover Your Roof With A Tarp

Partially unroll your tarp to cover the damaged area from the roof s eaves to peak.

How to cover your roof with a tarp.

It eliminates the need for hammers wood stripes nails bricks and sandbags when trying to cover the damaged roof area. Most tarps cover the majority of a roof but to be safe measure the size of the damage and make sure your purchased tarp will cover the damaged area. Make sure to cover the roof s ridge line first. The national average cost to tarp a roof on an emergency basis usually falls within the range of 200 1 000.

If required cut plywood as needed cover up any existing penetrations with plywood secure the perimeter with screws every 6 to 12 into the roof sheathing below preferably into trusses unroll the full tarp make sure that the length extends 1 past the edge of the roof on the damaged side. X research source if you have any uncertainty ask an employee for help. If you don t cover the ridge line the tarp won t be effective at keeping out water. Create an anchor board by rolling the tarp s peak end with a 2 x 4 inch board and nailing the tarp to your board with your 3 inch nails.

Overlap the ridge line with the tarp by about 2 feet. That being said if the damage to your roof was caused by some sort of natural. There should be an additional 4 feet of tarp on every side. The following techniques can be used to tarp a roof after a storm.

If you know you have a weak spot in your roof you can use these same techniques to tarp before a storm. When tarping after a storm take photos of all the damaged areas before you begin both inside and outside for insurance purposes.