Asphalt Shingle Roof Installation Instructions

Nail metal flashing called drip edge along the bottom edge of the roof deck near the gutters.

Asphalt shingle roof installation instructions.

Once this course is laid you can begin snapping horizontal chalk lines up the roof to ensure straight rows. How to install asphalt shingles 1. With one or two helpers you ll be able to shingle a 1 500 square foot roof in about two days. Of the shingle tabs where the bottom edge of the tab meets the top of the cutout.

Use six nails and four spots of asphalt roofing cement for every full shingle for every full shingle as shown below. Apply 1 spots of asphalt roofing cement under each corner and at about 12 to 13 in from each edge. Step one in any roofing project is always safety first. Briarwood installation 42 571 28kb pdf.

Castlebrook installation 42 586 96kb pdf. Start to finish 2 days. Use four roofing nails per shingle as indicated on package instructions six nails in high wind areas. Make sure to expose 5 in.

Tear off the old shingles. Use sticky back ice and water shield as underlayment where ice dams or leaf and twig dams are likely to build up and at. With respect to shingle application roof slopes from 2 12 to less than 4 12 18 5 are called low slope roofs while roof slopes of 4 12 or greater are called normal or standard slopes. Briarwood 42 quick start guide 2 66mb pdf.

Asphalt roofing shingles simply rely on the force of. Install new flashing metal. Overlap each row at least 3 to 4 inches. This article discusses best roofing practices for the installation of asphalt roof shingles including installation temperature shingle sealing methods shingle course offsets asphalt shingle nailing location and specifications low slope and steep slope limits for asphalt shingles and roof flashing at building eaves and around skylights.

Nail the roofing strips parallel to the roof edge set in 1 and 8 from the roof edge with nails spaced 4 o c. Start by laying asphalt felt or other underlayment over the roof. Install drip edge and install 9 cant strips of roll roofing material along the rake and eaves edges gable ends and lower roof edge such that the roofing strip overhangs the roof deck by 1 4 to 3 8. Asphalt shingles are an effective roof covering material for sloped roofs that can be successfully used on slopes as low as 2 12.

Using your staple gun secure the felt to the roof. If you live in an area with inclement weather you should consider using a special ice and water protector. Working at heights on a roof presents fall hazard risks and. Roof shingle installation instructions.

Before you begin make sure you re comfortable measuring laying out a job driving nails and cutting with a knife. Understand the physics of how a sloped shingle roof works. Briarwood installation 42 spanish 761 06kb pdf.