How To Staple Roofing Felt

Begin by using your staple gun to staple down the first part of your felt to the corner of your roof.

How to staple roofing felt.

Since you are new to the game i would greatly recommend you use 30 felt over 15. Using your staple gun secure the felt to the roof. The tiny diameter of staple legs mean less hold with time. The staples held better than the nails.

Place the replacement felt over the exposed area of the roof and secure using the arrow htx50 professional hammer tacker and 1 2 t50 staples. Unroll your felt and secure it to your roof with a staple every 8 inches. The paper should then be nailed in or stapled every three to four inches across. Use a construction stapler or a hammer.

If you are only tacking down the felt for while you roof the building then 3 8 tack hammer staples are more then enough. All nails and staples should be placed on the lower half of the paper. Its way better to work with and will last longer. If you can find a roof with staples here because of code it is easy to identify them because so many have worked up.

Apply and attach drip edge. Start by stapling a row in the middle of the new roofing felt section. Apply drip edge to the eave. Starting at the bottom of your roof unroll a few feet of felt lengthwise.

Adjust the felt as you roll it making sure that it s straight with no bubbling. Cut drip edge flashing at an angle at the corner press it lightly against the eave end. Sadly time has shown me differently. Valley ridges and hips should have a 6 inch overlap of paper.

Never install the felt vertically across your roof. Smooth out wrinkles as you progress to eliminate spots that could trap moisture and cause problems in the future. Overlap each row at least 3 to 4 inches. If you live in an area with inclement weather you should consider using a special ice and water protector.

Where a roll ends and a new one is begun the two rolls should be overlapped by four inches. Roll out about 10 feet of felt and fasten with staples or roofing nails with plastic washer heads. I was on a shake roof and could see staples worked up over an inch. Put fasteners at least every 8 inches.

Hang the lower edge of the felt over the eave the part of the roof that meets or overhangs the shed s walls by about 0 5.