How To Finish Last Row Of Shingles On Shed Roof

Shingling a shed and want some tips.

How to finish last row of shingles on shed roof.

Handy home shows you universal shingling techniques that can be applied to any shed. Once both roof decks have been shingled and ridge has two layers of shingle tops folded over it you re ready for the finishing touches. However you will need a couple of different types of sealers to ensure screws and gaps are not exposed. Watch and see how easy it is.

Install your shingles to the top edge of your lean to roof. Nail the fold over to the other roof deck. When you reach the end of a row cut the last shingle to size before installing it. You can buy the ridge caps already made to match your shingles or you can use the same shingles you have been using and cut them to fit the roof cap.

Shifting them in this way will join the ends of the first regular row of shingles placed over the starter shingles. This is the basic sometimes called straight up way of laying shingles. Unlike a stand alone shed finishing the top row of shingles on a lean to does not involve cutting strips. A couple of weeks ago we published a two part series showing how a local roofing contractor shingled a roof with architectural shingles.

Install the shingles so that each one is overlapping the shingle directly below it which will conceal the nails. When putting shingles on a shed roof you are going to be starting at the top of the roof and ending down at the the edge but what about the last row. The ridge on the top of the shed. Fold the top of the shingle over the ridge.

How to shingle a shed roof ridge. When shingling a shed roof with three tab shingles the standard asphalt covered tar backed shingles used on most residential roofs you will come to a point at which the top row must be finished with another type of shingle i e ridge cap shingles. For the kind of shingles you purchase there may be a special starter row of shingles or a roll of strip material that you cut to the length of your roof. Here s how to shingle the last row of a lean to roof.

The tabs of the last row of shingles should come within 5 1 2 of the ridge.