How To Get On The Roof Of Your House

After 15 to 20 years of keeping rain snow and squirrels out of your hair your roof likely will need to be replaced maybe sooner if you live in an area prone to bad weather.

How to get on the roof of your house.

Space them by 6 inches. If you re using 3 tab shingles put in your nails about 3 4 inch 1 8 centimeters above the cutouts near where the tab meets the upper part of the shingle. Depending on 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. Install the drip edge on the gable ends of the roof after you finish installing your underlayment.

Start at the bottom side of the gable and overlap the sections of drip edge a few inches as you work your way up the roof see figure a. Nail it every couple of feet. You are still going to be eye to eye with your customers but instead of spending 20 minutes pulling measurements and calculating i now have the roof measurements before i even get to the house. On the other hand if you re looking to build in a vaulted ceiling in your home a stick roof is better suited to make that happen.

Some building codes in fact now mandate how much underlayment must be applied and how much of the roof it must cover. Look online for roofing companies or a roofing contractor that does free roof inspections. This underlayment must be waterproof since it will act as a barrier against wind rain and snow. Make an appointment with the roofing contractor for your free roof inspection.

Roof repair or replacement is a costly endeavor. You should not have to pay for a roof inspection. When the roof company arrives make sure they take a camera up on the roof to take pictures of what they find. The next step is to apply a self adhesive underlayment to the bare roof sheathing.

Your roof type will determine how easy raising your roof will be. Often the financial aspects of installing a new roof or repairing your existing roof are so overwhelming that a healthy roof may seem like an impossible goal. Use a tin snips to cut the drip edge to size. However you don t have to feel overwhelmed or alone.

In the same manner you did with the drip mold mark the areas you need to nail with chalk lines. For roofing felt synthetic roofs such as epdm tpo and pvc and metal roofs you will need nails to fasten them to your roofs. I still inspect the roof and check the number of layers so i can give an accurate price.