How To Finish A Roof

To meet all three goals insulating your finished attic ventilating the roof and maximizing headroom use a combination of dense batt insulation rigid foam sheeting and air chutes.

How to finish a roof.

Shed roofs come in all shapes and sizes but we are looking specifically at two types. If you re finishing your attic insulating it to the proper r value can cause a dramatic loss of headroom if you limit yourself to fiberglass batts. Many living roof systems are available for installation and they use different methods for growing the roof s. To ensure our content is always up to date with current information best practices and professional advice articles are routinely reviewed by industry experts with years of hands on experience.

Lay strips of felt horizontally across the roof. Lay a strip of felt at the bottom of the roof and move towards the top of the roof with each new strip. Install the roofing felt. Ensure that each higher strip slightly overlaps the strip below it.

Finishing a metal shed roof written by don p. Single slope and lean to. A shed roof is one that has a single sloping side. Use a staple gun or hammer tacker to staple the felt to the roof.

Later on we ll investigate the finer points of applying shingles to the top row of a lean to type shed. An ecological approach to finishing a flat roof is to add a living roof.