Installing Roofing Felt Vertically

As you work the paper can be tacked down in the center so it won t blow away.

Installing roofing felt vertically.

Starting a roof with tarpaper felt. Start the roof felt at one bottom corner of the roof. Setting the roll and then nailing off. 2 tack the felt onto the initial rolling spot using a tack gun.

Overlap each row at least 3 to 4 inches. Favorite answer yes you certainly can install roofing felt paper vertically instead of horizontally but why would you want to. Install underlayment a minimum of 6 inches up roof protrusions or vertical abutments. This also applies to metal hip or valley flashings that may be specified.

Never install the felt vertically across your roof. Believe me no one i know would be dumb enough to want to be on the. Start at the bottom of the roofline and work up so any water that gets through the roofing material will shed down the tar paper and will not go under it. Laying the felt the roofing felt should be applied in layers that overlap.

Hang the lower edge of the felt over the eave the part of the roof that meets or overhangs the shed s walls by about 0 5 to 0 75 inches 1 3 to 1 9 cm. Install new flashing metal flashing is often called drip edge along the bottom of the roof near your gutters. Install a single vertical length of underlayment roll centrally over hips and down valleys before weaving horizontal underlayment across the valleys and hips. Start by laying asphalt felt or other underlayment over the roof.

Drive cap nails 6 to 8 inches apart in rows along the top and bottom of the sheets as well as in a row in the middle. This video walks through the very basic steps for installing tarpaper felt. If you live in an area with inclement weather you should consider using a special ice and water protector.