Installing Roof Valley Shingles

Working your way up and across begin laying your courses.

Installing roof valley shingles.

If necessary trim a part off the adjacent shingle in the course to allow a longer portion to be used. Then begin nailing the shingles to the roof working in rows and starting at the edge of the roof. Do not use a shingle trimmed to less than 25 cm in length to finish a course running into a valley. Ensure ice and water protector has been installed along the valley first.

Then install a non corrosive metal valley flashing of 24 minimum width lap successive sheets of metal flashing a minimum of 12 inches and seal laps. Shingle the other side of the valley the same way. How to shingle a valley with architectural shingles. Be mindful of the proper nailing technique so that your nails always hold the top edge of the course beneath it.

Apply an approximately 3 inch width of asphalt roofing cement along the sides of flashing and embed shingles in mastic. Stop nailing 6 inches from the center. In general the closed cut valley method implies stretching one side of the shingles beyond the valley while those on the other side are trimmed. Install your roof shingles now that you ve conquered the underlayment and drip edge and plotted your course it s time to truly learn how to install roof shingles.

Center a minimum 610 mm 24 wide minimum 28 gauge pre finished galvanized metal valley liner in the valley and fasten with only enough nails to hold it in place nailing at the edges only. Once you ve done that cut your shingles to size if they re not already. Lay one and two tab shingles as you near the valley so full size shingles will run across the valley. To install asphalt shingles start by installing underlayment and new flashing on the roof.

Install an underlayment centered in the roof valley. To secure the roof valley flashing nail it down carefully. If you are looking to install shingles you might want to consider the closed cut valley method it is popular because the two roof planes do not need to be shingled at the same time. Snap a chalkline 2 to 3 inches past the valley center on the top layer of shingles.

Overlap each metal piece by at least 150 mm 6 and use asphalt plastic cement under each section of overlap. Nail the shingles 5 cm back from the chalk line.