How Spacing Roof Shingle

With laminated shingles place four to six quarter sized dots spaced evenly about one inch above the bottom of the overlapping shingle.

How spacing roof shingle.

First snap a line for the top of the. Using alternate patterns 1. If possible have the shingles delivered via a boom directly onto the roof. Stagger each course to achieve the half pattern.

You ll get the most life out of your shingles and your roof by laying them in a smart. Lay the starter row of metal shingles at the drip edge and affix to the roof with metal roofing nails. Most metal shingles will be attached to the roof using metal shingle. For three tab shingles place two quarter size spots of plastic roof cement under the lower corners of each tab as shown in figure 2 7.

When nailing the shingle do not place any nails closer than 6 from the valley center. You may want to lay a shingle find where it sits in the valley and give it a small bend so the shingle sits firmly in the crease. Then the end of each shingle overlapping a step flashing must also be well embedded in plastic cement. All the other patterns work in essentially the same way offsetting.

Snap horizontal chalklines to help you keep the courses straight. As on the other shingles use 4 roofing nails on each shingle. Install a starter strip. Consider four and five.

How to do it prep work space. Imbed each step flashing in a 75 mm 3 wide application of asphaltic plastic cement and nail in place.