How To Cover A Shed Roof With Felt

Roofing felt is essential to ensure your outbuilding is ready for all weathers by providing a waterproof cover to the building s roof.

How to cover a shed roof with felt.

Roofing felt commonly called tar paper is an important component of any roofing system. Cut the strips of felt roof to the right length using a knife including the 5cm overhang. Using a roll of felt coverage or several rolls provides the roof with additional waterproofing and protects the wood sheathing of a roof until the installation of shingles is finished. First measure your shed along the bottom of the roof and up to the middle.

For easier cutting unroll the material on a flat surface and use a hooked blade knife to cut the felt to the size of your shed s roof. To attach roof felt on a shed start by calculating the area of your roof and buying enough felt to cover it. Nail the first strip along the top edge placing each nail around 5cm apart. 1 for each side of the roof as well as a third section that will overlap the 2 side panels by about 30cm on each side and run along the top ridge of the shed.

For most sheds you ll need to cut 3 pieces of felt. Ideal for an apex flat or pent roof shed felt and roofing membrane are durable and perfect for a newly built structure or to re cover existing roofing material. Laying the new felt ridged roof unroll your new sheet of felt and measure out the length of the roof. Rolls of felt are not often available as wide as a shed roof so you will need to cut more than one pice to cover the whole roof.

Building codes and shingle manufacturers also typically require the use of roofing felt. Make sure that any section of felt you cut has about 50mm extra on each edge to allow the joints to be sealed well. The felt should overhang the end by around 5cm.