How to Install Residential Roofer Shingles
Shingles on a house will eventually begin to wear out over time. This will cause water leakage that can damage the roof and interior of your home. At this point, you will have to replace the damaged shingles with new ones. Putting in new roof shingles isn’t hard at all. This will allow you to save money because you are doing the job yourself.
Supplies:
- Flashing
- Shingles
- Hammer
- Roofing nails
- Pitchfork
- Felt paper
- Staple gun
- Use a pitchfork to shovel off the old shingles and dispose of them. Put the pitchfork beneath the shingle layer and position it upward.
- Look at the wood for any portions rotting. Replace wood that has been damaged by water. Put down the felt paper onto the roof. Use a staple gun every six to eight inches. Next, cut the paper where it touches the chimney.
- Make sure you nail the flashing to the bottom of the roof. Then hang the first layer of shingles over the flashing. A ¼ inch should be over the flashing. Take some roofing nails and use them to attach the shingle on the roof. Put the next shingle right next to it and nail it through the flashing to the roof. Keep doing this for the rest of the row.
- Put the first real row of shingles on so they overlap the flashing shingle layer, then nail it onto the roof. Do this for the rest of the row.
- Cut the first six inches from the first shingle in the second row. Put it on so it overlaps the first layer halfway through. Put the shingles on the same way for the remainder of the area.
- Cut the shingles to go around the chimney and anything in the way. Do this on both sides of the roof until the shingles make it to the top. Put a layer of shingles on the top edge of the roof.