How To Shingle A Summer House Roof

A step by step guide teaching you how to lay and secure shingles to your dunster house roof.

How to shingle a summer house roof.

Fitting iko shnigles on a tuin pryramid log cabin or gazebo roof. Nail the shingles with no tabs such as precut pro start shingles and apply asphalt cement from a caulk gun in many dots along the drip edge under the edge then press the tab less shingles down onto the line of asphalt cement dots with adequate spaces between the dots. In this video we secure the shingles to a hipped roof. Measure from one side of the summer house to the ridge and then back down to the other side.

Once you ve reached the ridge bend the shingle over the ridge so that each side is equal and nail it into place with a single nail on each side. Snap a vertical chalk line from the inside edge of the first shingle on the second row to the top of the roof and from the inside edge of the first shingle to the top of the roof. Next measure the width of the roof. Ask this old house general contractor tom silva reveals the best ways to secure shingles to a roof.

Cedar shingles are made from cedar and are very long lasting. Cut the last ridge shingle to the length you need but be sure that no part of the roof is exposed. You may need a step ladder to take this measurement and again make a note of that measurement too. A continuous bead of asphalt could trap condensation or windblown water under the roofing at some point.

Now you have both measurements you need to add at least an extra 100mm to the length s measurement. See below for a shopping list tools and steps subscr. These cedar shingles over time will take on an attractive silvery appearance which looks quite stunning. These chalk lines will serve as a guide for subsequent even numbered rows of shingles and odd numbered rows respectively.