How To Shingle A Garden Shed Roof

In this video i show you the basics of roofing.

How to shingle a garden shed roof.

Cut the tabs off a shingle. Use a chalk line or straightedge and framing square to ensure that your rows remain neat and orderly all the way across your roof. Use a hammer stapler to fasten it down applying a staple every 12 to 14 inches. When it comes to roofing for your shed green is more than just a color it is an environmentally sound way of putting the finishing touches on your garden shed project.

Continue nailing cut shingles along the bottom row to create a solid strip of shingles at the bottom of the roof. Drag it gently from one end of the roof to the other east to west or west to east. If your shed roof is flat or has a pitch of 18 degrees or less consider building a green roof on it. Secure each shingle at the top using three 1 in 2 5 cm roofing nails.

Make sure the top and bottom of each row overlap by 2 inches 5 1 cm. Nail the shingle in place with four nails so the shingle overlaps the drip cap on the end and bottom of the roof by 1 2 to 3 4 inch. Place one nail at each corner a little way in from the edges and then one if not two in the middle. Shed build time lapse.

For this project you will need. How to shingle a shed with 3 tab and architectural shingles. Installing a shingle shed roof is very simple and requires little diy know how. Shingling a wooden storage shed roof is important for a great looking and long lasting shed.

Roofing felt drip edge shingle. Apply waterproof paint or primer to promote felt attachment. Wooden cedar shingles require about 1kg 1400 nails of 31mm x 1 8mm silicone bronze annular ring nails for 6 bundles of shingles. Step 2 position the first shingle so its end overhangs the edge of the roof by 1 1 4 to 1 1 2 inches.

Attach the starter strip. Begin at the bottom working in horizontal lines and gradually moving upward. Cover the roof with roofing felt. Lay the entire first row one at a time nailing each down with one inch roofing nails.

Roll out and staple down roofing felt in overlapping rows. I do this on my shed but these basic principals can be applied to your house as well. Install the drip edge over the gable end felt and under the eaves felt.