Reskinning House Roof

To avoid the skin from shifting from its place you can use two clamps that will hold the skin in place.

Reskinning house roof.

The shingles won t stick together which makes them prone to wind damage. Avoid roofing your house in below freezing temperatures. Nail drip edge flashing to lower edge of roof. Cover roof deck with 30 pound felt underlayment.

A solid watertight roof is absolutely essential to your home but the asphalt shingles that protect your roof from the elements don t last forever. Use the hammer to tap on the edges of the skin until the skin begins to fold correctly. The best shingles will last up to fifteen years. Nail down loose roof sheathing to rafters.

Pry off old roof shingles with pitch fork. The rise is how much the roof increases in pitch for every 12 inches in horizontal. Use the split end of a claw hammer to pry out nails still holding bits of shingles onto the roof. Slide the split ends of the hammer under and around the nail.

Use 90 degree angles to hammer the skin. A couple of cold days won t cause trouble but after weeks and months the adhesive strips on the shingles can attract dust and fail to seal even when the weather does warm up. In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to reshingle a roof steps. Do this gently so as to not damage the door or the skin.

Lever the split end of the hammer up to pull the nail out of the roof. This is the trickiest part of estimating the cost to reshingle a roof because you have to factor in the rise.