How To Cut Roofing Felt

Next continue to lay your felt in strips moving up your roof making sure it lays flat.

How to cut roofing felt.

Move the roll of felt which you ve now severed from the strip on the roof up and out of your way. Cut out a big square rectangle shape around the pattern piece and iron it onto the felt. I place a piece of cotton fabric over my felt and freezer paper when i iron to make sure i don t damage the felt with the heat of the iron. Peel off the freezer paper piece.

Use a heavy duty felt for long term weatherproofing. Cut the piece out on the tracing line. How to cut asphalt roof shingles this method focuses on cutting asphalt shingles with a utility knife. Using a straight blade and a hooked blade.

If the roof felt tears cut a piece large enough to cover the tear with lots of overlap slip the top under the next lap. Step by step guide on how to apply bituminous roofing felt to your shed roof. Continue rolling out the felt until you reach the roof hip on the other end. Felt comes in either 15 pound or 30 pound ratings.

If you reach the end of your roof and have extra roofing felt use a utility knife to carefully cut the felt to the edge of your roof. To lay your felt over obstacles like vent pipes cut a slit in the felt and place the slit over the pipe.