How To Finish Last Row Of Shingles On Shed Roof

This is the basic sometimes called straight up way of laying shingles.

How to finish last row of shingles on shed roof.

Install your shingles to the top edge of your lean to roof. You can buy the ridge caps already made to match your shingles or you can use the same shingles you have been using and cut them to fit the roof cap. A couple of weeks ago we published a two part series showing how a local roofing contractor shingled a roof with architectural shingles. Watch and see how easy it is.

Fold the top of the shingle over the ridge. When shingling a shed roof with three tab shingles the standard asphalt covered tar backed shingles used on most residential roofs you will come to a point at which the top row must be finished with another type of shingle i e ridge cap shingles. Unlike a stand alone shed finishing the top row of shingles on a lean to does not involve cutting strips. Here s how to shingle the last row of a lean to roof.

Install the shingles so that each one is overlapping the shingle directly below it which will conceal the nails. For the kind of shingles you purchase there may be a special starter row of shingles or a roll of strip material that you cut to the length of your roof. Shifting them in this way will join the ends of the first regular row of shingles placed over the starter shingles. The ridge on the top of the shed.

How to shingle a shed roof ridge. Then begin nailing the shingles to the roof working in rows and starting at the edge of the roof. However you will need a couple of different types of sealers to ensure screws and gaps are not exposed. The tabs of the last row of shingles should come within 5 1 2 of the ridge.

Once both roof decks have been shingled and ridge has two layers of shingle tops folded over it you re ready for the finishing touches. Shingling a shed and want some tips. When you reach the end of a row cut the last shingle to size before installing it. This project guide is a combination of those two articles and it covers replacing the existing roof decking installing underlayment and ice dam protection laying the first row laying shingles in the field flashing ridge shingles and vents and more.

Handy home shows you universal shingling techniques that can be applied to any shed.