How To Do Your Own Roof

Center starter course on the roof s centerline.

How to do your own roof.

To ensure our content is always up to date with current information best practices and professional advice articles are routinely reviewed by industry experts with years of hands on experience. A compressor rents for about the same as the nailer. Allow the shingles to overhang drip edge by inch then nail them in place. Nail drip edge flashing to lower edge of roof.

Renting one costs about 35 a day or 90 a week so if you own a compressor you might as well buy rather than rent. With roofing talk with your roofing pro to see if he will allow you to tear out the old roof for a discount. If you need to re roof your house put on slip resistant shoes and a safety harness and start removing the tiles from your roof. On dec 17 2019.

Some roofers are so busy during the summer that they are happy to have you do some of this work. Arrange the shingles so the ends and the tab notches do not lie directly above gaps in the shingle below. Prices range from 100 to 300. Pry up the nails and frequently stop to shovel the old tiles into a large trash container.

Remove the metal flashing around chimneys vents and valleys in the roof and sweep the roof when you re finished. Stripping away the old roof more expensive because of the additional labor and materials peeling off the old roof down to the sheathing is your only option if you already have two layers. And while nobody likes having to pay to replace a roof the critical and aesthetic function it serves should help ease the pain of spending 8 000 to 20 000 on the work. The roof is arguably the most important component of your house.

If the gaps lined up water could get directly onto the roof sheathing and then seep in through a nail hole. Snap vertical chalk line down center of roof. Do your own roof replacement written by william marra on jul 28 2009. Professional roofing contractors still need to install the new roof whatever roofing material it happens to be.

If your roof is in good shape but has some damage to one side from a downed tree or has lost shingles in a wind storm an overlay is worth considering. Unless your roof is tiny you re going to want to get your hands on a pneumatic roofing nailer.