How To Felt A House Roof

How to remove felt from a summer house roof.

How to felt a house roof.

Pry off old roof shingles with pitch fork. Step 2 next move onto adding the actual superfelt to the roof. Begin at the bottom right or bottom left of the roof. Roofing felt is sold in rolls and the product label will give information on the area contained.

Then rolling the felt lengthwise move it across the surface of the roof shed. Nail down loose roof sheathing to rafters. Staple felt every 6 to 8 inches. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube.

Start rolling the first layer of felt out from the bottom of one side of the roof. You will need to begin at the very bottom of one side of the roof. Next find the center of the roof at the top and the eave then snap a vertical chalk line. As you roll it out make sure that it remains flat.

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. Cut the excess membrane leaving a 5mm 10mm overhang. Roll your felt out on the roof and cut it to fit with a utility knife. Let it stand for about 30 minutes and then using galvanized nails and your hammer nail down the first layer.

Make sure it stays flat. Roll the felt so that it overhangs the edge by 2 inches. 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. Cover roof deck with 30 pound felt underlayment.

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

The felt keeps the roof deck dry before shingles go on protects against wind driven rain as shingles fail and increases fire resistance.