How To Felt A House Roof

Staple felt every 6 to 8 inches.

How to felt a house roof.

The felt keeps the roof deck dry before shingles go on protects against wind driven rain as shingles fail and increases fire resistance. Make sure it stays flat. Let it stand for about 30 minutes and then using galvanized nails and your hammer nail down the first layer. Next find the center of the roof at the top and the eave then snap a vertical chalk line.

Before you put your new felt on the old stuff needs to come off. 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. Nail drip edge flashing to lower edge of roof. Roofing felt is sold in rolls and the product label will give information on the area contained.

Afterward roll the felt away from you lengthwise along the lower edge about 10 feet 120 in. As you roll it out make sure that it remains flat. Step 2 next move onto adding the actual superfelt to the roof. Start rolling the first layer of felt out from the bottom of one side of the roof.

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. Cover roof deck with 30 pound felt underlayment. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Most pros use this line to begin shingling working left and right toward the rakes.

Roll the felt so that it overhangs the edge by 2 inches. Cut the excess membrane leaving a 5mm 10mm overhang. Then rolling the felt lengthwise move it across the surface of the roof shed. Begin at the bottom right or bottom left of the roof.

How to remove felt from a summer house roof. Pry off old roof shingles with pitch fork. 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. Nail down loose roof sheathing to rafters.

Roll your felt out on the roof and cut it to fit with a utility knife.