Putting New Shingles On A Roof

Installing a new roof over shingles takes less time than tearing off the old roof.

Putting new shingles on a roof.

Nail a horizontal row of shingles over the drip edge. Hammer the nail into the top part of each shingle. Now that we ve taken care of the primary question at hand we ll consider a couple of reasons why you might want to do this. Use your chalk and tape measure to mark about 12 inches up on the roof for the first set of shingles.

Continue to chalk additional guidelines based on the width of the shingle through at least four courses rows across. What you need power nailer or roofing hatchet tape measure roofing shovel or flat pry bar hammer drill carpenter s square straight cut tin snips utility knife chalkline broom. Manufacturers will still. Starting at the bottom of the roof map out a guideline with chalk.

Repeat this basic pattern alternating shingles across the roof working toward the right side using the chalk line to keep the shingles straight horizontally. Looks just as good and lasts as long. Roll out a single layer of roofing felt or tar paper which serves as a moisture barrier. But before we get started one thing must be clear.

Butt a full shingle up against the cut shingle and nail into place. As long as it s done right and under the right conditions installing new shingles over old ones can last as long and look just as good as a complete re roof. Many pros shingle in a vertical line up the roof because it s much faster. Adding new roofing over old sometimes called a re roof is possible only with asphalt shingles also called composition shingles.

Installing asphalt shingles over an existing shingle roof it s not ideal to install new shingles without removing the old ones but follow this pro advice if you do. Should old shingles be removed before new installation. Has the same manufacturer s warranty. Use 4 nails per shingle and 6 nails on the prevailing windward sides of the roof as wind resistance nailing.

Known in the trade as vertical racking or staggering this how to lay shingles method enables the roofer to install a single column of shingles all the way to the peak without the wasted back and forth motion necessary to fill several rows of stair steps. Then we ll look a lot more reasons why you might not want to do this. The shingles should jut out from 1 4 to 3 8 inch 7 to 1 cm over the drip edge. Although placing new roofing over old may be allowed by some codes roofovers tend to be inferior and won t last as long as a roof installed over stripped sheathing.