How To Put Up Rolled Roofing

Valleys will be open so flash them before hand with metal or two layers of roll roofing the first an 18 inch wide strip and the second 36 inches wide.

How to put up rolled roofing. They are long enough to penetrate the sheathing. Make sure the roofing material is laying flat with no bumps or wrinkles attach the upper edge with the large head. Position the first course so it overhangs the drip edges by about 1 4 inch and roll it out a. Plan so that no two butt joints are closer than 2 feet from each other.

Make sure the rolled roofing is parallel to the eve of the roof. The roll is unwound and laid on the site of the future installation. For this heat up the gas burner and push it to the edge of the site where it will be fixed. Snap a chalk line as a guide for the first layer roofing.

Fix edge fabric roll. Do not use the eaves as a guide instead because they can be uneven. Use 1 nails for re roofing. Use 1 inch nails for new roofing.

To seal a plumbing vent spread roofing. Install roll roofing measure 35 inches up from the eaves at several intervals along the roof and mark them. Enlist the help of one or two helpers to handle the long strips. How to do it attach first course.