How To Lay Roof Tiles On A Porch

An awful lot of people including builders and roofers get the layout of a new roof wrong right from the start subsequently they end up with a leaking roof or one that just looks awful.

How to lay roof tiles on a porch.

Churchtown roofline windows. The two pieces should meet neatly at the corners. Install the eave piece first then the rake piece over it. Drive nails at high points on the underlying roof the bottoms of the shingles.

How to space roof tiles and space roof battens or laths. If your roof has a steep slope install the battens next which are thin strips of material that run horizontally along the roof. Secure the underlayment with nails that are at least 2 inches from the edge of the roof. Working on a roof involves working at height even on a bungalow so always use scaffolding or other stable platform never use just ladders.

Install the underlayment for the new roof tile next working with 10 foot sections at a time. Roofing batten common sizes of tile lath slate lath or tile batten. Roofing with plain tiles. How to tile a roof if you would prefer to read how to tile a roof and see more help please visit this link unless you found this video via my website.