Redoing A Roof Yourself

Place the ridge cap shingles over the roof ridges.

Redoing a roof yourself.

Also are there any walls or chimneys that intersect the surface of the roof. Afterward drag the remaining part of the epdm membrane to the left until it meets the left width of the roof. Do you have any openings in the roof. Ensure that each cap overlaps the one below it by.

It should reach 3. You ll need to have flashing for those. Pry off old roof shingles with pitch fork. Attic vents sewer vents utility masts etc.

This might be a good time to consider replacing redoing those or their flashing especially if they don t survive removal of the old roof. This is a step by step tutorial will show how to reroof a roof from start to finish. Nail down loose roof sheathing to rafters. Staple felt every 6 to 8 inches.

A self adhesive membrane applied along the roof s perimeter from the eaves up. Nail each side of the cap shingle into the roof. The cap of each shingle should fall evenly in half over each side of. Grab the top rectangle by its left most corners and flip it to the right across the roof to align with the right most edge.

Place and nail the shingles from the bottom of the roof to the top. A narrow row of. This byot diy project is all about how to install a new roof. In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to reshingle a roof.

Spread the vertical epdm membrane horizontally along the width of the roof.