How To Felt A House Roof

Let it stand for about 30 minutes and then using galvanized nails and your hammer nail down the first layer.

How to felt a house roof.

Make sure it stays flat. How to remove felt from a summer house roof. Cover roof deck with 30 pound felt underlayment. As you roll it out make sure that it remains flat.

Begin at the bottom right or bottom left of the roof. Most pros use this line to begin shingling working left and right toward the rakes. Roll your felt out on the roof and cut it to fit with a utility knife. Staple felt every 6 to 8 inches.

Nail down loose roof sheathing to rafters. Next find the center of the roof at the top and the eave then snap a vertical chalk line. Pry off old roof shingles with pitch fork. Before you put your new felt on the old stuff needs to come off.

The felt keeps the roof deck dry before shingles go on protects against wind driven rain as shingles fail and increases fire resistance. You will need to begin at the very bottom of one side of the roof. In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to reshingle a roof steps. Roofing felt is sold in rolls and the product label will give information on the area contained.

Roll the felt so that it overhangs the edge by 2 inches. Then rolling the felt lengthwise move it across the surface of the roof shed. Divide the area of your roof by the area of the felt rolls you plan to use and allow an approximate 10 extra for waste. Afterward roll the felt away from you lengthwise along the lower edge about 10 feet 120 in.

Nail drip edge flashing to lower edge of roof. Start rolling the first layer of felt out from the bottom of one side of the roof. Step 2 next move onto adding the actual superfelt to the roof. Cut the excess membrane leaving a 5mm 10mm overhang.

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