How To Felt A House Roof

Step 2 next move onto adding the actual superfelt to the roof.

How to felt a house roof.

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

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. How to remove felt from a summer house roof. Start rolling the first layer of felt out from the bottom of one side of the roof.

Cover roof deck with 30 pound felt underlayment. You will need to begin at the very bottom of one side of the roof. Nail down loose roof sheathing to rafters. Pry off old roof shingles with pitch fork.

Roll the felt so that it overhangs the edge by 2 inches. Begin at the bottom right or bottom left of the roof. Then rolling the felt lengthwise move it across the surface of the roof shed. Roofing felt is sold in rolls and the product label will give information on the area contained.

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. It is important to point out that you are rolling the felt lengthwise and not up and down when you install roof felt. As you roll it out make sure that it remains flat. Nail drip edge flashing to lower edge of 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. Afterward roll the felt away from you lengthwise along the lower edge about 10 feet 120 in. Staple felt every 6 to 8 inches. Most pros use this line to begin shingling working left and right toward the rakes.

Cut the excess membrane leaving a 5mm 10mm overhang.