How To Felt A House Roof

Divide the area of your roof by the area of the felt rolls you plan to use and allow an approximate 10 extra for waste.

How to felt a house roof.

Most pros use this line to begin shingling working left and right toward the rakes. Afterward roll the felt away from you lengthwise along the lower edge about 10 feet 120 in. Roofing felt is sold in rolls and the product label will give information on the area contained. The felt keeps the roof deck dry before shingles go on protects against wind driven rain as shingles fail and increases fire resistance.

You will need to begin at the very bottom of one side of the roof. Nail drip edge flashing to lower edge of roof. Before you put your new felt on the old stuff needs to come off. The summer house in the picture was 3 5m x 3 5m following the above steps i found that i needed 5 strips of felt in total to recover the roof.

Next find the center of the roof at the top and the eave then snap a vertical chalk line. Roll your felt out on the roof and cut it to fit with a utility knife. Let it stand for about 30 minutes and then using galvanized nails and your hammer nail down the first layer. Then rolling the felt lengthwise move it across the surface of the roof shed.

Step 1 with a dunster house log cabin it is best to lay a plastic waterproof membrane not supplied over the roof which is then to be secured down with a staple gun in intervals of around 20mm. Step 2 next move onto adding the actual superfelt to the roof. Cover roof deck with 30 pound felt underlayment. Cut the excess membrane leaving a 5mm 10mm overhang.

Make sure it stays flat. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Staple felt every 6 to 8 inches. Nail down loose roof sheathing to rafters.

How to remove felt from a summer house roof. Pry off old roof shingles with pitch fork. Start rolling the first layer of felt out from the bottom of one side of the roof. In this video this old house general contractor tom silva explains how to reshingle a roof steps.

Roll the felt so that it overhangs the edge by 2 inches.