How To Felt A House Roof

Pry off old roof shingles with pitch fork.

How to felt a house roof.

Roll your felt out on the roof and cut it to fit with a utility knife. Most pros use this line to begin shingling working left and right toward the rakes. Step 2 next move onto adding the actual superfelt to the roof. Before you put your new felt on the old stuff needs to come off.

Make sure it stays flat. The felt keeps the roof deck dry before shingles go on protects against wind driven rain as shingles fail and increases fire resistance. Let it stand for about 30 minutes and then using galvanized nails and your hammer nail down the first layer. Cut the excess membrane leaving a 5mm 10mm overhang.

As you roll it out make sure that it remains flat. Afterward roll the felt away from you lengthwise along the lower edge about 10 feet 120 in. Cover roof deck with 30 pound felt underlayment. Start rolling the first layer of felt out from the bottom of one side of the roof.

In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to reshingle a roof steps. Then rolling the felt lengthwise move it across the surface of the roof shed. Begin at the bottom right or bottom left of the roof. Roll the felt so that it overhangs the edge by 2 inches.

Staple felt every 6 to 8 inches. Roofing felt is sold in rolls and the product label will give information on the area contained. It is important to point out that you are rolling the felt lengthwise and not up and down when you install roof felt. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube.

Nail drip edge flashing to lower edge of roof. The summer house in the picture was 3 5m x 3 5m following the above steps i found that i needed 5 strips of felt in total to recover the roof. You will need to begin at the very bottom of one side of the roof. Nail down loose roof sheathing to rafters.

How to remove felt from a summer house roof.