How To Install A Shake Roof

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How to install a shake roof.

How to install a cedar shingle roof on a garden shed. Use a crowbar nail bar or roofing shovel to loosen the old shingles. Before installing the shakes the roofer covers the roof deck with 15 or 30 pound roofing felt. Second layer of felt paper.

Use a hammer stapler to fasten it down applying a staple every 12 to 14 inches. Cedar shake roof how to install. Installing the cedar shingles. Remove these old shingles and loose roofing nails from the roof.

How to install roofing shakes roof deck. The type of metal flashing should be installed to cover the top four inches of the wall and the bottom 10 inches of the roof slope before the final course of shake shingles is installed. Tom silva shows the apprentices how to properly install wood shingles. The roll is still 36 inches wide but it has a.

A starter course is then applied at the eave with a 1 overhang of the wall surface. The roof can then be completed in the normal manner. Always install flashing around a chimney and other valleys where two roof planes meet as these areas are more prone to leaks if not protected. Position the first shingle so its end overhangs the edge of the roof by 1 1 4 to 1 1 2 inches.

The responsibility of deciding the grading standards and installation details for red and yellow cedar roofs falls to the cedar shake and shingle bureau cssb. Install new flashing metal flashing is often called drip edge along the bottom of the roof near your gutters. Nail the drip edge in place using your hammer and roofing nails. Secure it to the.

Use interlayment felt for the second layer. Their manuals for sidewall and roof installations are invaluable resources and almost everything you need to know about a bundle of shakes or shingles is clearly printed on its label.