How To Nail Roof Jacks

If you are new to working with roof brackets.

How to nail roof jacks. The front end of the base goes under the shingle just above it and you drive a 3 inch nail through the hole at that end to secure it. Attach two jacks to the roof by pulling up a tab of one of the shingles sliding the top. Nail the cut off shingle into place about 6 inches from its lower edge. Ideally locate a rafter below the sheathing.

Then the nail is pounded in and sealed. Make sure to keep nails out of the tar strip as you work. If not you will need to break the tabbing cement and carefully lift the exposed part of the shingle insert the jack and nail using a wonder bar or something. Make sure that you don t push it all the way inside your roof since you might damage it.

Drive a nail in each slot and pound it down in such a way that it is level with the metal of the jack. Step 1 check out the roof. Roof jacks provide a stable surface to work increasing safety and making it easier to apply roofing. Roof jacks appear to be installed by lifting shingles and only creating nail holes under the shingle.

Use a ladder against a side of the building to climb to the roof edge. Step 2 attach two jacks. Now you ve installed the first one. You can usually feel sheathing nails which are driven into rafters through the underlayment attach a jack by driving two 16d nails never roofing nails into a rafter.

Hammer in one nail about 2 inches from each end of each shingle and another nail about 1 inch above each cutout. Each jack has a flat base with a series of nail holes. I have not inspected closely yet but i think in this case the nails do go through the exposed part of the shingle. Guide to installing roof brackets.